QueenScoopalot
06-05-2004, 12:44 PM
Animal Research Article & Poll: Please Vote in Online Poll
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> MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly 300 primate experts will gather on campus June
8-11 for the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists.
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> Is It OK To Use Animals For Testing To Help Humans?
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> The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is hosting the meeting at
the UW-Madison Memorial Union. A featured speaker will be Pulitzer prize
winner and UW professor Deborah Blum, who wrote "Love at Goon Park," a
biography of late UW primatologist Harry Harlow.
>
> The week-long event includes a two-day symposium on the use of common
marmosets in biomedical research. Both meetings are open to registered
participants and working or credentialed reporters.
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> UW Primate Center Director Joe Kemnitz said researchers are proud to host
the event.
>
> "Primate researchers are known for their enthusiasm about working
together," he said. "Field and lab researchers, veterinarians and animal
caretakers learn a great deal from one another."
>
> Animal rights activists have long scrutinized the UW Primate Center,
saying it abuses and kills animals during testing. In 1997, a Madison
newspaper reported that researchers quietly killed at least a dozen zoo
monkeys in experiments. The monkeys were being used to study AIDS.
> ( Read More at: http://www.emorylies.com/dewaalvilaszoopart2.htm )
>
> In 1998, several UW primate researchers recieved threatening letters and
razor blades in the mail from an animal rights group, calling itself the
"Justice Department." ( Read More at:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/oct99/threat28rthreat28r102799a.asp )
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be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
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>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world...indeed, it is the only thing that ever has!" -- Margaret
Mead
> http://www.channel3000.com/news/3381793/detail.html
>
> PLS FORWARD WIDELY!
>
> MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly 300 primate experts will gather on campus June
8-11 for the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists.
>
> Is It OK To Use Animals For Testing To Help Humans?
> http://www.channel3000.com/news/3381793/detail.html
>
> The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is hosting the meeting at
the UW-Madison Memorial Union. A featured speaker will be Pulitzer prize
winner and UW professor Deborah Blum, who wrote "Love at Goon Park," a
biography of late UW primatologist Harry Harlow.
>
> The week-long event includes a two-day symposium on the use of common
marmosets in biomedical research. Both meetings are open to registered
participants and working or credentialed reporters.
>
> UW Primate Center Director Joe Kemnitz said researchers are proud to host
the event.
>
> "Primate researchers are known for their enthusiasm about working
together," he said. "Field and lab researchers, veterinarians and animal
caretakers learn a great deal from one another."
>
> Animal rights activists have long scrutinized the UW Primate Center,
saying it abuses and kills animals during testing. In 1997, a Madison
newspaper reported that researchers quietly killed at least a dozen zoo
monkeys in experiments. The monkeys were being used to study AIDS.
> ( Read More at: http://www.emorylies.com/dewaalvilaszoopart2.htm )
>
> In 1998, several UW primate researchers recieved threatening letters and
razor blades in the mail from an animal rights group, calling itself the
"Justice Department." ( Read More at:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/oct99/threat28rthreat28r102799a.asp )
>
> Copyright 2004 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
>
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world...indeed, it is the only thing that ever has!" -- Margaret
Mead