On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:29:54 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:

>"Dutch" > wrote in message ...
>>
>> > wrote
>> FYI...
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>> (start at the bottom and work up)
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>> From:
>> To:
>> Subject: PCRM & PETA Let Us Down...
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>> PCRM is an oxymoron. Responsible medicine necessarily implies that the best
>> interests of the patient are first and foremost. PCRM, as a front for PeTA
>> and animal rights is ideologically incapable of placing the best interests
>> of patients first.
>
>'Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
>is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine,
>especially good nutrition. PCRM also conducts clinical research studies,
>opposes unethical human experimentation, and promotes alternatives to
>animal research.
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If scientists could replace animal research and testing
with methods which did not need to use animals then
they would.

There are several reasons for this:

* Scientists do not like or want to use animals in research.
Like the vast majority of people they do not want to see animals
suffer unnecessarily. In fact less than 10% of biomedical research
uses animals. Unfortunately for much of the work involved in
biomedical research there are as yet no working alternative
techniques that would allow us to stop using animals.

* Biomedical research is producing thousands of new compounds,
which may have potential as new drugs. It is much more efficient to
screen these compounds using rapid non-animal techniques to test
their effectiveness and toxicity.

* The very high standards of animal welfare and care required of
British research establishments are a contributory factor in making
animal research very expensive. If scientists can develop alternatives
to using animals it will allow them to divert their limited research funds
to other areas of research.
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http://www.bret.org.uk/noan.htm
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[...]
From the bald eagle to the red wolf, biomedical research has
helped bring many species back from the brink of extinction.
Conservation and captive breeding programs, often using
fertilization techniques developed for humans, have made it
possible for these animals to be reintroduced into the wild, and
today their numbers are growing. Biologists and wildlife
veterinarians rely on the latest research in reproduction, nutrition,
toxicology and medicine to build a better future for our wild
animals.

In vitro fertilization, sperm banks and artificial insemination were
all developed to help human couples, but today they also are
regularly used to ensure the survival of endangered species.
[...]

http://fbresearch.org/helpingwildlife.html
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