Stop Animal Testing!

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Comment by Athena89 on August 10, 2008 at 7:15pm

another action from PCRM: note, this does not endorse any candidate... its only about animal testing.

Ask Sens. Obama and McCain to Take a Stand on Animal Testing

Join PCRM supporters in signing a petition that asks Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama to tell us where they stand on an issue that is very important—the fact that the Food and Drug Administration does not mandate the use of proven alternatives to animal testing by companies applying for approval for their products. We ask that you sign our petition and urge your friends and family to sign, too. Help us motivate both candidates to address this issue on a national level.
http://support.pcrm.org/site/PageServer?pagename=candidate_petition08&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr011=1ohbrud981.app8b

Comment by Michelle on July 20, 2008 at 11:00am

I recently worked at a place as an animal care tech, breeding mice for research and I am so sick of the things that I learned and experienced!!! I do not work there any longer.... there is unnecessary breeding and discarding going on in these places!!!!!
I had no idea of what I was getting myself into!!!!
NEVER AGAIN :[

Comment by Athena89 on July 4, 2008 at 2:50pm

PETA ACTION ALERT
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC)
The CSC refuses to clarify the language in its Compact for a Safe America to ensure that animal tests are not conducted by companies that have pledged to evaluate the safety of the ingredients that they use. Every year, millions of animals are killed in barbaric and unnecessary tests of consumer products. The animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive quantities of a test substance or endure the pain of chemical burns in their eyes and skin, even though the test results are unreliable or not applicable to humans.
Please click the link below to send a quick note to all the member organizations of the CSC urging them to make the right decision and make sure that companies do not use animals in order to test the safety of ingredients in cosmetics.

http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/safe_cosmetics?rk=fpBUjOE1zONPW

Comment by Susie Dresh on June 28, 2008 at 9:05pm

Animal testing is commonly done using Ferrets as as an Animal Model, but I never see or read anything about it. I would like to see some support in the favor of these wonderful pets. They are also commonly used in fur coats (fitch fur) as well raised in fur farms over in Europe.


I. Introduction

Ferrets have a long history as animal model subjects. In 1933, influenza-induced rhinitis was
first observed in ferrets. Because this model mimics the shedding of viruses from respiratory tissue in a
fashion similar to humans, their importance as an animal model was immediately apparent
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. Ferrets
belong to the Order Carnivora, which includes dogs, wolves, cats, bears, weasels and otters. At the
family node, ferrets diverge from the Canidae to form the Family Mustelidae. Most closely related to
the European polecat, the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo) deviated from the polecat at least
2,500 years ago. Sharing the Genus Mustela with ferrets are the ermine (Mustela erminea), mink
(Mustela vison) and several weasel species. Of the two ferret species, the sequencing project would
exclusively encompass the domestic ferret; the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripei) is endangered.


Abstract:
The six areas of biomedical research that most commonly use ferrets (cystic fibrosis, influenza and
other respiratory diseases, lung cancer, reproductive and fetal biology, neuroscience, and specific
forms of cancer) are collectively responsible for over 12 billion dollars of funding from the National
Institutes of Health alone for 2006. This total represents about 44% of the NIH annual grant monies.
Additionally, ferrets have the potential of becoming an important system for drug and vaccine
development, including validation and toxicity studies. The lack of genomic sequence hampers the
interpretation of the results from existing research programs as well as the development of novel
programs that rely on this kind of information. Combined sequencing of ferret genomic DNA and ESTs
will allow for the development of additional resources for genomic and proteomic research and provide
the genetic information necessary to improve the interpretation of results and quality of reagents for
future research efforts within this model. There is strong support from the research community for this
proposal, as evidenced by the accompanying 53 letters of endorsement from leading investigators in
both academic and industrial institutions. These emphasize that ongoing research with ferret
biomedical models is significantly limited by the lack of sequence data and derived molecular tools. In
particular, ferret sequence data is urgently needed for models of infectious respiratory diseases with
pandemic potential, e.g. avian influenza and SARS corona virus. National interest in these models is
evidenced by recent Congressional funding for pandemic flu preparedness (June 2006) and the
Biodefense Advanced Research and Development Authority (Dec. 2006).

Comment by The Pawz Cauze Show on June 23, 2008 at 7:10pm

Comment by Regina Dickerson on June 23, 2008 at 11:40am

I agreed totally on ending animal testing. There are plenty of other ways to test instead of using the animals who end of suffering. NO EXCUSE!!!!!!!!

Comment by Athena89 on June 11, 2008 at 7:00pm

To get active, see:
http://www.peta.org/
see also:
http://www.aavs.org/
(American Anti-Vivisection Society)

AND also use the guide for cruelty free shopping at Leapingbunny: I have been buying these products for over 20 years and they are much more available these days:
http://www.leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php

Comment by Sylvia Vetter on June 11, 2008 at 7:55am

In addition to most animal testing not being necessary, what really angers me is that the U.S. Government finances a lot of it, and also that companies that make cleaning products and make-up also repeat these tests over and over! STOP IT!

Comment by Athena89 on May 2, 2008 at 9:44pm

I just took action online to support a bill pending in the U.S.
House of Representatives to end the use of chimpanzees, our
closest living animal relatives, in invasive research.
The Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 5852) would phase out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research and retire the approximately 600 government owned chimpanzees to suitable, permanent sanctuary.
I hope you will join me in urging your U.S. Representative to
co-sponsor The Great Ape Protection Act. It only takes a minute, and will make an enormous difference for these animals.
Here is the link:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2008_apeprotectionact?rk=wpL8EwEqFHsTW

Comment by Athena89 on April 27, 2008 at 8:30pm

Tell Allergan that Mice Should Not Die for BOTOX (its easy, online form... take a minute to help)
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/Botox_Kills_Mice

Millions of Americans think they have found the fountain of youth in a bottle. They think they can shave years off their faces with a simple injection of BOTOX Cosmetic, whose key ingredient is botulinum toxin, the most poisonous substance known to mankind. Their mission to stop the advancement of time, however, requires regular maintenance since Botox injections last only three to six months. Yet to the mice used in the testing phase of Botox, the passage of time is stopped permanently. An undisclosed number of mice have died in the testing of Botox Cosmetic, all for the sake of smoothing out a few wrinkles. The Humane Society of the United States believes this practice must stop, and we are pressuring Allergan, Inc. -- the pharmaceutical giant that has made hundreds of millions of dollars off Botox Cosmetic -- to fast track the development and acceptance of a non-animal alternative to the ineffective and inhumane LD50 test which Allergan uses to test Botox. We need your help in this campaign. Please contact David E.I. Pyott, chief executive officer of Allergan, and let him know that you don't think mice should die in the name of individual vanity. Join our campaign to stop Allergan from hiding behind the antiquated Food and Drug Administration requirements and instead actively pursue a non-animal alternative to the LD50 test.

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