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Letters Group should stop testing on animals Published in THE JOURNAL NEWS
www.thejournalnews.com May 6, 2006: (Original publication: May 6, 2006) We wish to thank the public for stopping to talk to us during the March
of Dimes Walkathon festivities in White Plains on April 30, to learn about
some changes we are urging them to make. The MOD tells the press they follow "strict guidelines" regarding animal
testing � but the fact is there are essentially no guidelines. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture has given animal testers almost complete free
rein; what precious little guidelines must be followed � transport, cage
size � becomes irrelevant: When you're lying alone in agony without
anesthesia (which can legally be withheld) or any other means of comfort,
food becomes secondary. Due to minimal USDA standards of care, primates in experiments funded by
the March of Dimes have died due to the absence of an anesthesiologist
during surgery, lack of adequate monitoring after surgery, and from
"technical problems." March of Dimes funded experimenters have also
restrained monkeys in chairs for many days at a time, sewn cats' eyes shut,
and damaged the brains of ferrets and other animals
www.marchofcrimes.com . A MOD walker reported her twins were "saved" by MOD-related drugs; but
thalidomide was also hailed as a "savior" drug for babies, until years later
it was revealed to cause horrifying birth defects itself. Researchers had
deemed this drug "safe" after multiple animal tests. And while MOD displays
these "success" stories, thousands of others could be helped and are not,
due to what we believe are wasteful practices. Kiley Blackman, Yonkers Letters to the editor:
[email protected] , 250 wds or less, incl contact info for
verification. They might print follow-up letters to this one (refer to all
facilities that test on animals as well; add websites, etc).
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