World Week for Animals in Laboratories April 20th–26th, 2008

April 22, 2008 : 7:04 PM

In Defense of Animals (IDA), a non profit organization involved in animal rights, has been working since 1983 to increase awareness of animals used in research.

Posted by MJ Smith, Best Friends Network Volunteer

One of the campaigns IDA is working on is Vivisection. The practice of performing experiments on living animals continues to be an issue even with great advances in medical research tools. Today, more than 90 percent of medical schools in the United States have eliminated animal laboratories from their curricula, but some still practice on live animals that are then typically sacrificed.
IDA is dedicated to protecting animals from suffering and educating the public. They are a source for information on animal rights materials, including those on animal abuse, animals in entertainment, puppy mills, exotic birds, and veganism. In addition they participate in a horse rescue program whereby they care for horses who are victims of severe abuse or neglect in partnership with Cliffrose Ranch in Snowflake, Arizona.

IDA http://www.idausa.org/index.shtml

Vivisection http://www.vivisectioninfo.org/faq.html

Learn more about “World Week for Animals in Laboratories” and what you can do to help
http://www.wwail.org/

Wisconsin
Wisconsin is home to some of the last remaining schools still using live animal labs for student training.

The Medical College of Wisconsin was pressured by both the Wisconsin Humane Society and IDA (thousands of people) last year to end the practice of animal laboratory testing (dogs)…………………….. In response, the Medical College chose to use pigs instead for 2008. They still defend the right to use animals in their teaching.

For much more information on this topic, see the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) website: http://www.pcrm.org/
http://www.pcrm.org/resch/meded/mcw_doglab/

Medical College of Wisconsin: http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.aspx

Photo by MJ Smith

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April 24, 2008 at 6:46 PM
posted by: go_cat_go

ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS COVANCE CRUELTY PROTEST
WORLD WEEK FOR ANIMALS IN LABORATORIES
IN MADISON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 26!

Meet at 10:00 in front of the tall statue at the Camp Randall Stadium.

For more information about Alliance For Animals:
http://www.allanimals.org/index.html

Signs and flyers will be provided.

Please help us protest their cruel use of animals. Covance is a New Jersey-based contract laboratory that tests pesticides, industrial chemicals, cosmetic ingredients, food additives and drugs on animals. It’s also one of the largest breeders of dogs for experiments. Covance is the largest importer of primates for experimentation, importing more than 12,000 primates in 2005.

In the Spring of 2006, Covance chose to accept the findings of a USDA inspection and was fined for violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

Violations included:
Handling primates in a verbally abusive manner
Handling primates in a physically abusive manner
Failure of oversight committees and scientists to properly classify procedures as causing pain or distress – resulting in a lack of protocol to alleviate pain.
Denial of veterinarian authority to treat pain or administer mercy euthanasia
Failure to provide adequate space and exercise for dogs
Failure to adequately provide mandated psychological well-being considerations for primates

In 2004, Covance reported using 2774 dogs, 1443 rabbits, 2645 monkeys, 62 cats, 270 pigs, 15 Guinea pigs and 14 ferrets at its Madison laboratory.

An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) occurred among monkeys at Covance in Madison in June 2006. The tuberculosis was detected after quarantine.

Covance urges people to “Test with the best” but video evidence and USDA inspections show it is among the worst. The suffering continues around the clock.

The above information was written by Anneliese Emerson of Alliance for Animals. Please contact them for further information and verification of the data above.