FW: Urge Military to End Live Animal Training

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Urge Military to End Live Animal TrainingThu, 10 Jul 2008 21:49:32 -0400

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Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:21 PM

Fw: Urge Military to End Live Animal Training

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Petition Filed to Urge Military to End Live Animal Use in Medical Student Courses

Live animals, such as ferrets and pigs, are used in medical student courses at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD, and Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. USUHS is the country’s only military medical school, and the teaching methods it uses impact medical student training at military facilities across the country.

John J. Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) Senior Medical and Research Adviser stated that "for every instance where they're using live animals, there are methods that can be used instead that would provide either equivalent or superior educational value.”

 

 

 

PCRM and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) have spearheaded efforts to end the use of live animals for medical student training at U.S. military facilities. NEAVS applauds and supports these efforts in our shared commitment to replacing the use of animals at all levels of science education and training. We ask our supporters to take action to help end this unnecessary and inhumane practice.

 

 

 

Please call, e-mail, fax, or write a letter to USUHS president Charles L. Rice, M.D., and the dean of the medical school Larry W. Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., and politely ask them to end the school’s live animal lab program.

 

 

 

Charles L. Rice, M.D. President Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 4301 Jones Bridge Rd. Bethesda, MD 20814-4799 Phone: 301-295-3013 Fax: 301-295-1960 president

Larry W. Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D. Dean F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 4301 Jones Bridge Rd. Bethesda, MD 20814-4799 llaughlin

 

 

 

For more information: petition filed by PCRM to the Department of Defense (DOD).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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