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Letters Mouse-breeding facility inhumane THE JOURNAL NEWS - 9/28/06
Concerned citizens are calling on Sen. Nicholas Spano and Gov. George Pataki to
immediately withdraw plans to build a mouse-breeding facility in Yonkers
(Sept. 14 Business story), which will turn these innocent beings over to
research laboratories. These two are using $10 million in taxpayer money for this project. Gov.
Pataki recently gave considerable taxpayer money to local foie gras
purveyors, which caused him to be sued by the Humane Society of the U.S. Facilities like this are always located in poor and indigent areas, never
in places like Scarsdale or other tony addresses. Since Yonkers is
supposedly attempting gentrification, why is Mayor Phil Amicone allowing
Spano to spit in our faces with a facility that screams urban blight and
poverty? Isn't there enough violence here without adding to the suffering?
We'd like to know why this was kept a secret until the deal was done. We'd
also like to know exactly who is overseeing these questionable grants of our
hard-earned taxes. Not only is animal testing bad science (Read "Sacred Cows and Golden
Geese" by former researcher Dr. Ray Greek for more info); the mice victims
are friendly, clean, intelligent, inquisitive little beings who hurt no one.
In the supermarket recently I heard a small child ask his mother what the
mouse traps were for. She told him they killed mice. This precious youngster
said "Why would anyone want to hurt a little mouse?" Why indeed, Sen. Spano?
To see exactly what the results of Spano's torture chamber will bring, visit
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