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From: Natalie Bowman
Date: Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:14 PM
Subject: Slaughterhouse Rescues Find Sanctuary at California Shelters

Hi Kelly,

Farm Sanctuary and Animal Place, a nonprofit sanctuary for farm animals, are now coming to the aid of 14 animals seized from a Watsonville, Calif. slaughterhouse- whose owner is now being charged with cruelty and investigated by the state Department of Agriculture.

I have included a press release below with further details, in case you are interested in posting on the story.

Warm regards,

Natalie Bowman
Communications Manager
Farm Sanctuary
P.O. Box 150, Watkins Glen, NY 14891
PH: 607-583-2225 ext. 250
www.farmsanctuary.org

P.S. Farm Sanctuary has just offered refuge to six more goats from the slaughterhouse, including two new mothers and their twin kids.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Natalie Bowman, Farm Sanctuary, 607-583-2225 ext. 250, nbowman [at] farmsanctuary.org Marji Beach, Animal Place, 707-449-4814, marji [at] animalplace.org

Animals Confiscated from Slaughterhouse Find Refuge at California Sanctuaries

Farm Sanctuary and Animal Place Shelter Neglected, Sick and Injured Animals from Watsonville Abattoir

Orland, CA and Vacaville, CA - May 5, 2008 - Farm Sanctuary, which operates the largest rescue and refuge network for farm animals in North America, and Animal Place, a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and discarded farmed animals, have responded to a call from Santa Cruz Animal Services and are coming to the aid of 14 neglected animals confiscated from a Watsonville, Calif. slaughterhouse on Thursday, May 1.

The rescued animals-12 goats, one cow and one sheep-were discovered at the Lee Road slaughter facility on Thursday, May 1 by Todd Stosuy of Santa Cruz Animal Services, when he noticed a cow with a bloody horn from the road and initiated an investigation. Stosuy said that in addition to the injured cow, he found 12 very ill, malnourished goats with overgrown, rotted hoofs, as well as several other animals who would have perished if he had not intervened. Upon returning to the facility on Saturday, May 3, Stosuy seized eight more goats and another sheep whose health had deteriorated since his last visit; the sanctuaries and Animal Services are arranging placement of these animals. According to Stosuy, all of the rescued animals were either acquired by the owner at auction or raised on the property and were to be hand-picked by and slaughtered for local customers.

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One of my least favorite things about presidential elections - aside from the bitter partisanship, the misogyny and racism, the fear of additional conservative Supreme Court Justices, and the loss of my very personhood, of course - is all the dogdamn pandering to the redneck hunting lobby. (C’mon, like anyone took this seriously. Pffft!)

This cycle, it’s Hillary who’s selling out her humanity for the “sportsmen’s” murderer’s vote. Clinton’s comments of this morning, made in response to Obama’s comments of April 6, are what set me off, but in searching for the exact quote on teh internets, I found quite a few references to her Duck Hunter days. (See, I can condemn the misogyny directed at Hillary without blindly throwing her my vagina vote. Nay, nay, nay boiz!)

Here’s Clinton on February 18:

“I’ve hunted. My father taught me how to shoot,” she told a crowd at the Labor Temple in rural northern Wisconsin. “I remember standing in the cold water. It was so cold, you know, at first light. I was with a bunch of my friends, all men.

“And they all were playing a trick on me, and said, ‘We’re not going to shoot, you shoot,’ ’cause you know what they wanted to do. They wanted to embarrass me.

“So the pressure was on. So I shot, and I shot a banded duck.”

Awww! Isn’t that special. I think I’ll vote for her, because she’s snuffed out at least one life in the name of sport. She’ll be perfect to take over the war in Iraq!

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From: Born Free USA Newsletters - donotreply [at] apiforanimals.org
Date: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Subject: Victory for Lynx / Our New Blog

Alerts at a Glance:

* Court Rules in Favor of Threatened Lynx — Judge says MN Trapping Program Violates ESA
- Fantastic News! This week’s ruling by a federal judge orders MN to ensure that no further lynx are captured by trapping activities within core lynx habitat.

* We’ve Launched a New Blog!
- Be sure to check out our blog for regular, incisive, up-to-the-minute commentary on issues affecting wild animals in need, both in the USA and around the world.

* Help Us Help Animals
** Make a Donation: Please consider a contribution in support of our 2008 campaigns and programs. Your gift will help us make a difference for countless animals this year.

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Previous IDA alerts here and here.

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From: DawnWatch - news [at] dawnwatch.com
Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Subject: DawnWatch: Animal slaughter art exhibit closes under peaceful protest, then threats — SF Chronicle 3/30/08

Last week, a San Francisco art exhibition that included animal cruelty was in the news. This Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, included a lead article (by Ilana DeBare, pg B1) headed, “Art Institute halts exhibition showing killing of animals; Workers threatened; video unclear about why deaths filmed.”

The article opens:

“Citing threats of violence by animal rights activists, the San Francisco Art Institute said Saturday that it is canceling a controversial exhibition that included video clips of animals being bludgeoned to death, as well as a public forum it had scheduled to address the controversy.

“”We’ve gotten dozens of threatening phone calls that targeted specific staff people with death threats, threats of violence and threats of sexual assaults,’ said Art Institute President Chris Bratton. ‘We remain committed to freedom of speech as fundamental to this institution, but we have to take people’s safety very seriously.’

“The exhibit that sparked the controversy was a one-person show by Paris artist Adel Abdessemed called ‘Don’t Trust Me,’ which opened March 19.

“Along with a variety of other elements, the show included a series of video loops of animals being bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer in front of a brick wall. The animals killed included a pig, goat, deer, ox, horse and sheep.”

While the headline and opening lines of the article suggest that the exhibition was removed only because of threats of violence, further on we read:

“Abdessemed’s show, one of about a dozen public exhibitions that the 650-student school hosts each year, had opened fairly quietly. But as word spread among animal rights groups, more than 8,000 people sent e-mails to the institute slamming the show. Institute officials temporarily closed the show Wednesday and scheduled a public forum for Monday.

“But then the tone of some of the e-mails turned violent, Bratton said, with threats against individual staff members, such as, ‘We’re going to gather up your children and bludgeon their heads.’ Officials decided to shutter the exhibition permanently, the first time in the institute’s 137-year history that a show was closed for safety reasons. They also canceled the forum.

“”Some of the people who said the most threatening things said they would be present at the forum,’ Bratton said.”

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Subject: Part 1/ UPDATES: JAN-MAR 2008

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PART 1: KC UPDATES / JANUARY - MARCH 2008
Victories * Setbacks * Progress For Animals: ONLY PUBLISHED TRI-MONTHLY
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PART 1: KC UPDATES / JAN - MARCH 2008
1. Hallmark Meat Exec Admits Downed Cows Enter Food Supply
2. Juvenile Arrested In Edna’s Disappearance Found Guilty
3. Dog Attacked With Drill Gun - Updated
4. Canada’s New Rules For “Humane Seal Hunt” (oxymoron of the year?)
5. Mississippi Legislators Snub Buddy’s Law
6. Puerto Rico Faces Suit Over Roundup/Kill of Animals
7. Official Investigation Of Puppy Killer Is Underway, Marines Say
8. In Shadow Of Vick Case, Virginia Toughens Dogfighting Laws
9. Landmark Crate Ban On Way To Nov. 2008 Calif. Ballot
10. Los Angeles: Spay-Neuter Proposal Becomes Law
11. South Africa To Resume Elephant Culling After 13 Years
12. Three U.S. Agencies Aim To End Animal Testing
13. Animals Lose A True Friend With Congressman Lantos’ Death

PART 2: KC UPDATES / JAN - MARCH 2008
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14. Tammy Grimes To Appeal Unjust Sentence In Doogie Case
15. Companies Prosecuted In Poisoned Pet Food Recall
16. Report Calls For Prosecution Of Pet-Killing Dogcatcher
17. Judge To Bush Admin: You Can’t Exempt Navy In Sonar!
18. FDA OKs Food Sales From Animal Clones
19. NIH Tells UCONN Primate Experimenter To Return $65K
20. Dr. Anteneh Roba Earns Circle Of Compassion Award
21. USA: Killing Dogs In Training Of Doctors To End
22. SF Zoo Attack Victim Admits Taunting Tiger
23. Premarin Maker Wyeth Faces Over 5,300 Lawsuits
24. Denny’s Stop Sponsorship Of Ringling Bros. Circus
25. Boys Sentenced In Toby’s Brutal Death
26. The Dogs That Vick Hurt

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From: In Defense of Animals - takeaction [at] idausa.org
Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Subject: Writing Alert: “Elephant In A Bubble” Isn’t Science, It’s A Sideshow!

Tell the Los Angeles Times: “Elephant In A Bubble” Isn’t Science, It’s A Sideshow!

On Tuesday, March 18th, the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, California will feature a sensationalist stunt in which a “bubble artist” will attempt to set a record by enclosing an Asian elephant — a member of a critically endangered species — inside a giant soapy bubble. The elephant to be used in this gimmick is named Tai, and is rented out by Have Trunk Will Travel, a business that employs coercive methods of training that rely on negative reinforcement, physical punishment, and use of the bullhook.

IDA has called and written to the Discovery Science Center explaining why using an abused member of an endangered species in a publicity gimmick is wrong, but they chose to ignore us. Then an essay essentially agreeing with our position appeared on the Opinion page of the Los Angeles Times (see below or read online).

Please send a letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times at letters [at] latimes.com. Letters should be brief (300 words at most) and written in your own words. Do not send attachments, and remember to include your full name, address, and phone number (for verification purposes — street names and phone numbers will not be published). For complete writing guidelines, call (800) LATIMES, Ext. 74511. If your letter is published, let us know.

Here are some talking points that you can use in your letter:

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From: Nick Jukes
Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:22 AM
Subject: Russia - New formal agreement to replace dissections

InterNICHE – International Network for Humane Education (Russian branch)
VITA – Animal Rights Center

www.interniche.org, www.vita.org.ru

Phone: 007 495 954-92-79

TODAY TOMSK AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY SIGNS AGREEMENT TO END THE DISSECTION OF ANIMALS

Press release, 17 March 2008

On 17 March 2008 the International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE) and the Department of Ecology, Health & Safety and Hunting Management of the Faculty of Zoology at Tomsk Agricultural Institute sign a formal agreement to end the use of animals for dissection.

According to the agreement, InterNICHE and VITA will supply the department with computer hardware and zoology software. The project will save hundreds of shrews, voles, lizards, frogs, crabs and other animals every year, as well as over forty species of insect.

Tomsk Agriculture Institute has become the sixth Russian higher education institute to sign an agreement with InterNICHE to end such use of animals in teaching.

“The computer programs demonstrating professionally performed dissections will allow students to acquire all the necessary theoretical knowledge,” said InterNICHE Co-ordinator Nick Jukes, “And students can learn practical skills by dissecting ethically sourced animal cadavers, that is, animals who died of natural causes or were euthanised for medical reasons.”

“We want to modernise our teaching and for that reason we accepted the InterNICHE and VITA proposal to introduce new, humane teaching techniques in zoology,” said Dr. Elena Kleptsyna, head of the department. “Our students will gain the skills required using methods now accepted in most western higher education institutes, where the majority experiments on animals have been replaced by humane alternatives.”

“We hope that this project will encourage respect for the lives of others – one of the professional skills so important for these future specialists,” declared Elena Maroueva, InterNICHE National Contact for Russia and VITA Director. “There is no doubt that experiments on animals can have a crippling effect on students’ emotions and could lead to a heartless attitude towards people, animals and nature.”

The project was made possible thanks to a gift from the late Director of the Centre for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, T. N. Pavlova, and donations from supporters of VITA and other organisations.

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Subject: #1/ KC DIGEST: China Cat Cull, Chico Is Gone, Kid Slays Animals

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Please DO NOT hit reply. Respond directly to the author of each alert.

3/11/08
PART 1: MARCH KC DIGEST - Alerts From Kinship Circle Supporters
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PART 1: MARCH KC Digest
1. Beijing Kills Cats As Clean-Up For Olympics
2. Chico Is Dead - A Victim Of Bureaucratic Ignorance
3. Stop Spanish Animal Serial Killer, Age 16
4. Ask For Full Ban On Hunting Hares With Dog Packs
5. Pennsylvania Pigeon Shoot Legislation

PART 2: MARCH KC Digest
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6. WAR March Madness: Focus On HLS
7. UPDATES: India Cancels Dog Cull / Cats Of Cape May Spared
8. Paul Watson Shot By Japanese Whalers. Vest Saves Him.
9. Politician In Spain Outs Himself As Animal Abuser
10. Support Animal Welfare Reforms In Portugal

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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Subject: I’M MAD/ Downer Ban? USDA Says Forget It

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3/1/08: Downer Ban? USDA Says We Don’t Need It
www.KinshipCircle.org

The Cost Of Cheap Meat: Utter Inhumanity
photo: Farm Sanctuary

From Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle:

I try to keep my personal opinions out of letter-writing campaigns. So, I apologize for the intrusion. But I am livid.

I see videos, photos and cruelty reports daily, with the silent motto: I can cry later. The HSUS videos from Hallmark Meat Packing Co. are about the worse I’ve seen. Cows with huge, bewildered eyes as they’re rolled, clubbed, thrown down chutes, dragged on caved-in legs…

The first letter campaign Kinship Circle ever posted was to Congress, asking for humane euthanasia of downer animals. That was nearly a decade ago…and NO DOWNER LAW EXISTS.

So, you’d think the recall of 143,383,823 pounds of beef would finally prompt a downer law. Or that the government would be so embarrassed it took some animal guy with a video camera to bust their inept inspections, they’d…well…pass the downer law.

But you’d be wrong. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer, perhaps the most moronic individual currently promoting beef for the Bush admin, struck down calls from Democratic senators for a ban on the slaughter of downer cows (at Congressional hearings, 2/28/08).

Schafer feels downers can enter the food supply safely: “The rules say if one goes down, you call the veterinarian to make a judgment… Today I’m convinced the rules in place are such where we are protecting the food supply.” (In the meantime, the one who “went down” is in agonizing pain).

And so it goes. Torturing animals under the radar. AN ANIMAL WHO CAN’T WALK IS AN ANIMAL WHO CAN’T TURN A PROFIT. “GET ‘EM UP!”

I now believe it is a waste of time to lobby Sec. Schafer. But your Senators and Reps, especially Democrats (who called for the hearing), can support the Downed Animal and Food Safety Protection Act (H.R. 661/ S. 394) which bans slaughter of downer cows, pigs, sheep and all “livestock.”

If you already wrote to your Senators and Rep, please write again. As background, our original letter campaign is here:

2/23/08: USDA-Certified Cruel: Downers Dragged, Shocked, Rammed

Don’t let the downer law sit on a shelf for another 10 years.

Brenda Shoss, KC

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Action Alerts

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urge South Africa to ‘Cull’ Elephant Killing From Policy
South Africa is poised to finalize the country’s Norms & Standards for Elephant Management, a policy that it describes as a “toolbox” of options for the management of elephants. Unbelievably, one of the “tools” that South Africa considers acceptable is “culling”—killing elephants as a method of “population control.”

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Urgent: Squirrels Cruelly Killed at Overland Park, Kansas, Apartment Complex!
Please contact Johnson and let her know that using body-gripping traps to catch squirrels is inhumane and unnecessary given the alternatives that are available and that it’s not going to solve the problem in the long run.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Take Action for Baby Birds in Phoenix!
On February 26, PETA caseworkers received reports that The Koll Company is planning to begin a pigeon-removal program in March at the Missouri Commons, located at 1430 E. Missouri Ave. in Phoenix, Arizona.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): URGENT: U.S. Food Markets Torturing Turtles, Frogs, and Other Fragile Species
Please contact the following markets, which PETA has been told are keeping exotic animals in horrific conditions, and demand that they stop selling animals for human consumption.

Public Citizen: URGENT: Senate to Vote on Consumer Safety
The Senate is expected to vote on the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2663) this coming week. We need your help to pass it!

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From: Farm Sanctuary - info [at] farmsanctuary.org
Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Subject: Farm Sanctuary News: Tell the USDA: No Downers

FARM SANCTUARY NEWS

Tell the USDA: No More Downed Animal Abuse!

The widely-publicized abuse of downed dairy cattle at the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company in Chino, Calif. has upended the meat industry and set the stage for positive change. Those who think the abuses of animals slated for slaughter can continue to go unseen have now been put on notice that the public is watching and growing wary. Let’s make sure the suffering of these animals was not in vain! Let the USDA know that the Hallmark case will not be forgotten and that the treatment of farm animals is a huge priority for the public.

Newborn Calf and his Mother Reunite for Life at Our California Shelter

Days old and barely breathing, Harrison the calf was lying alone in an open field and only hours away from death when he was discovered by a compassionate humane officer in Santa Cruz, CA. The newborn—the son of a cow bred to replenish a small herd of beef cattle—was nonresponsive, bellowing only briefly in pain when the officer checked his vitals and determined that he was in desperate need of medical attention. Read more.

2007 Walk for Farm Animals a Rousing Success

Last fall, more than 2,000 people took to the streets in 46 cities and towns across North America to speak out for farm animals, resulting in the largest and most successful Walk to date! In addition to educating people about the cruelty of factory farming, Walk participants raised over $170,000 to support Farm Sanctuary’s rescue, education and advocacy work. Our sincerest thanks go out to all the compassionate people who helped make this event possible. Read more.

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Action Alerts

Audubon: Help Raptors, Stop the Illegal Killing
Please ask your U.S. Representative to co-sponsor HR 4093, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2007, to ensure raptors and other migratory birds are given adequate protection.

Corporate Accountability International: When will Pepsi change its Aquafina labels?
It’s been more than six months since Pepsi responded to your concerns, announcing it would print “Public Water Source” on its Aquafina labels. But the labels on the shelves still haven’t changed!

DawnWatch: South Africa elephant slaughter plans make international news 2/25-27/08
A sad development in South Africa has made news around the world this week. The story from the Associated Press went up on the International Herald Tribune website on Tuesday, February 26, headed, “S. Africa will kill elephants to control population, animal rights activists threaten boycotts.”

Defenders of Wildlife: Support a National Wolf Recovery Plan
In the wake of the federal delisting of wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies, Defenders and our allies at the Natural Resources Defense Council have filed a formal petition with the Fish and Wildlife Service calling for a national wolf recovery plan.

In Defense of Animals (IDA): Help Stop Trap-and-Bolt Killing of Wild Deer
Take Action to urge Ohio town officials to manage wildlife humanely.

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Action Alerts

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Tell your representative to vote Yes for clean, renewable energy
The House of Representatives will vote soon on a bill to extend federal tax incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies that have expired or will expire by the end of this year.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Protect Yellowstone and the Greater Rockies
Tell the Bush administration to halt the oil and gas project in the Baca National Wildlife Refuge until a thorough study of its potentially devastating environmental impacts is carried out.

The Sierra Club: Gray Wolf Protections Prematurely Lifted
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to prematurely remove the wolves from the Endangered Species list. The delisting, coupled with aggressive wolf killing practices and management plans in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming could push wolf numbers dangerously low.

United Poultry Concerns (UPC): We are at the Final Stop to End Animal Fighting in Virginia!
H.B. 656 has passed through many hurdles, passing the House by a vote of 93-2 and now will be up for a vote on the Senate floor! This is the last stop for this legislation before the Governor’s desk — and the last chance for the cockfighting lobby to try to introduce weakening amendments.

The Wilderness Society: Protect the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
We have a responsibility to pass this success story on to the next generation, by urging the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to emphasize wildlife and wilderness protection as it crafts its 20 year management plan for the Refuge.

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Action Alerts

DawnWatch: Hallmark slaughter update 2/22-2/24/08
The latest good news, reported in the Saturday, February 23, Wall Street Journal by David Desmodel, is headed, “Meatpacker to Shut Down In Wake of Massive Recall.”

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): URGENT: Tell Frazier Mountain High School to Nix ‘Donkey Basketball’ Game
Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec, California, plans to host a cruel “donkey basketball” game on March 1.

Campaign Updates, Press Releases, etc.

The Animals and Society (Australia) Study Group & The University of Newcastle present The 2009 International Academic and Community Conference on Animals and Society: Minding Animals
We invite you to join us between 13 and 19 July, 2009, to discuss, learn and consider the human interrelationships with our nonhuman animal kin.

Jenny’s Heroes
JENNY JONES, THROUGH HER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, “THE JENNY JONES FOUNDATION”, IS PREPARED TO GIVE AWAY $1,000,000 FOR WORTHY CAUSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

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From: Last Chance for Animals - campaigns [at] lcanimal.org
Date: Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Subject: Animal Testing in the News! 2.22.08

More Kinship Circle Factsheets

According to an USA Today article released last week a new program announced by a coalition of three government agencies - the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - could lead to the end of animal testing to evaluate the safety for humans of new chemicals and drugs.

These agencies have signed a “Memorandum of Understanding” to develop and implement the new methods. Historically, toxicity has been identified by injecting chemicals into animals and seeing whether they were harmed. According to the director of the NIH’s National Genome Research Institute, Francis Collins, “It was expensive, time-consuming, used animals in large numbers, and it didn’t always work.”

The agencies acknowledge that full implementation of the shift in toxicity testing could take years because it will require scientific validation of the new approaches.

The new systems the agencies hope to use rely on human cells grown in test tubes and computer-driven testing machines. They allow the scientists to examine potentially toxic compounds in the lab rather than injecting them into animals.

All the data produced will be put into a public database.

Read USA Today article here.

Read the journal article that appeared in Science here.

Read Medicine.net article here.

Read the NIH press release here.

Last Chance for Animals, and other anti-vivisection organizations, have been fighting for the millions of animals in laboratories for over 20 years! This is great news. While we know these tests will not end the suffering of animals overnight, it is a positive step in the right direction.

For the Animals,

Campaigns Department
Last Chance for Animals

Last Chance for Animals | 8033 Sunset Blvd. #835 | Los Angeles | CA | 90046

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