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- Path: sparky!uunet!wpg!russ
- From: russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence)
- Subject: Re: animals in research
- Message-ID: <Bxu6qv.vz@wpg.com>
- Organization: WP Group
- References: <1992Nov9.223222.10233@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:28:07 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- Russell Lawrence writes:
- rl> I was immediately successful, however, in making contact with Joel
- rl> Newman at PCRM who made the following statement:
- rl>
- rl> PCRM promotes alternatives to animal research and encourages
- rl> higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in animal
- rl> research. We also oppose unethical use of humans in medical
- rl> research.
- rl>
- rl> This reconfirms the prior statements made by Ted Robinson and Bob
- rl> Black, and negates the claim made previously by Martin Hulsey.
-
- From article <1992Nov9.223222.10233@athena.cs.uga.edu>, by hulsey@athena.cs.uga.edu (Martin Hulsey):
- mh> With respect to PCRM's *present* position, I stand corrected.
- mh>
- mh> Recall what Bob Black quoted from a PCRM pamphlet...
- mh>
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- bb> Here's some text extracted from the PCRM's Declaration of Concern and
- bb> Support:
- bb>
- bb> "We support: effective, humane research methods which reduce or
- bb> replace the use of animals in research, including epidemiological
- bb> research, clinical studies, cellular research, and computer models.
- bb>
- bb> "We support: improved legal protection for all animals in
- bb> laboratories.
- =========================================================================
- mh>
- mh> By advocating "replacement" of "inhumane" and "ineffective" animal
- mh> paradigms, PCRM opposed animal research then.
-
- PCRM opposed SOME animal research.
-
- mh> By "promoting
- mh> alternatives" to animal paradigms (as though they existed), and
- mh> implying that existing standards of ethics and effectiveness are
- mh> unsatisfactory, PCRM opposes animal research now.
-
- PCRM's position states that they support "effective, humane
- research methods which reduce or replace the use of animals in
- research". Can you present a statement from PCRM to support your
- simplistic claim that PCRM was/is opposed to all animal research?
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- Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000
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