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  World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week News Conference - Wright Patterson AFB

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 18, 2007
Contact: Michael Budkie, SAEN, 513-703-9865 (cell) www.saenonline.org 

Attention: Daybook/Weekend Assignment Desk

Money to protect U.S. troops in Iraq wasted on unnecessary lab experiments at Wright Patterson Air Base, charges watchdog

DAYTON, OH – Scarce federal dollars for U.S. troops in Iraq are being squandered in useless experiments across the country – including here at Wright Patterson Air Base, according to a national research watchdog organization.

A protest and news conference to provide details will be held SUNDAY, April 20, at 12 Noon at the Wright Patterson AFB, Gate 1-C, RT 444.

More than $1.1 million at the air base – which could be used to provide missing body armor for U.S. troops in Iraq – is wasted on animal experiments that could be done more cheaply, according to the non-profit watchdog group SAEN, based in Ohio.

One medical expert said of the work at the base:

"(These experiments) are particularly unnecessary (they) may be performed using validated non-animal methods that are scientifically, educationally and ethically superior, if done at all."

Michael Budkie, executive director of SAEN, will host the news conference. He is conducting a tour of research facilities throughout six Midwest states this month.

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