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From: avatar@pnet51.cts.com (Timothy Fay)
Newsgroups: sci.research,talk.politics.misc,sci.bio
Subject: Re: animal research
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Date: 1 Feb 89 19:25:26 GMT
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skellyjp@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James P Skelly) writes:
>In article <221@anselm.UUCP>, sperry@anselm.UUCP (MALF) writes:
>>     Using animals for scientific research is completely unnecessary and
>> cruel to the animals.  With todays technology we do not need to use
>> animals for the research.  The tests done have been done at least 100
>> times allready. 
>
>This is wrong.  There is no substitute for the use of animals in medical
>research nor is animal research cruel to the animals...

I can accept that, under certain conditions, some animal research MAY be
necessary.  But please spare us this baloney that animal research isn't
cruel to the animals.  It IS cruel and, someday hopefully, it will also
be unnecessary.

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