AR-News: Help Animals & Support Non-Animal Toxicity Tests

Fri Feb 6 14:26:26 EST 2004

Ask World Wildlife Fund to Help All Animals & Support Non-Animal Toxicity 
Tests

I think we really have a chance of making a difference with the recent
introduction of the "Give the Animals Five" campaign introduced into the
U.S. Congress by Jim Moran.  Please take a moment to send a letter to
the WWF to ask them to join us in this crucial effort to protect millions
of animals from harm.

For more information, visit:  www.meangreenies.com/wwf.html
and refer to previous alert at:  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalAdvocacy/message/3699

SAMPLE LETTER:  Remember to include your name and address and please change 
some of the words, especially in the subject header and first sentence.  You 
could start off with a sentence about why you are writing, "As a mother with 
children," "As someone who has always loved animals," "As a senior citizen 
who cares about..." etc.
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Ms. Kathryn S. Fuller, President
World Wildlife Fund – US
1250 24th St., NW
Washington, DC 20037
Fax: 202-861-8378
Email:  fuller at wwfus.org  (wwfus.org)

Re: Let’s Stand Together To Protect The Animals & Give Them Five (5) - Your 
Support in Asking U.S. EPA to Increase Its Funding And Use Of Non-Animal 
Test Methods

Dear Ms. Fuller;

Won’t you join U.S. Congressman Jim Moran in his campaign to help eliminate 
animal suffering by promoting effective non-animal testing methods whenever 
possible.  On January 14, 2004 Representative Moran sent a letter to every 
member of the U.S. House asking why we are still shaving animals’ backs and 
spreading chemicals on their skin (often causing lesions or ulcerations 
endured with no anesthetics or painkillers) when there are better methods 
that are more accurate, faster, less expensive and don’t require the use 
[and torture] of live animals.

As a major organization working to prevent the abuse and extermination of 
animals worldwide, I ask you to fully embrace your mission and join 
Congressman Moran in asking Congress to follow the lead of other OECD member 
countries in progressing to non-animal methods in a minimum of five specific 
areas:

      1.) Skin Corrosion: Replace current archaic tests on rabbits with 
EpiDerm, EPISKIN and Corrositex all of which have been validated by 
ECVAM/ICCVAM and accepted internationally as an OECD test guideline.

      2.) Skin Absorption: Replace these painful animal tests with modern 
tissue-based methods that allow researchers to study a broader range of 
doses, including those at the actual level of exposure that occurs in the 
occupational environment, which is not possible with the current 
animal-based methods.

      3.) Skin Irritation: Replace these medieval torture chamber devices 
for animals with modern clinical skin patch tests whose results prove 50% 
more accurate than current animal test subject results.

      4.) Phototoxicity:  Replace full-body restraint of small animals with 
the 3T3 Neutral Red Uptake (NRU) Phototoxicity Test cell culture method.  
The 3T3 NRU is the only internationally accepted test for phototoxicity, and 
costs significantly less to run than its animal-based counterpart.

      5.) Pyrogenicity: Instead of locking animals into body restraints and 
injecting toxics into their bloodstream, use the modern, cost-effective and 
accurate Human Pyrogen Test (HPT) using donated human blood to test for 
fever-causing contaminants.  The HPT eliminates inaccuracies among strains 
and species and costs one fifth less than the animal test with one tenth of 
labor charges.

Join U.S. Representative Moran in giving the animals five.  We all win when 
we stand together and ask Congress to replace cruel, expensive and outdated 
animal tests with modern methods.  Let’s bring this lagging area of 
technology into the 21st century.  Instead of endorsing the largest 
government animal-testing program of all time, the Endocrine Disruptor 
Program, I ask you to stand up for the animals by giving them a high five.  
We can do much better for our people, our animals and our environment by 
embracing modern technology.

Sincerely,

Ask National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to Help Animals by Supporting
Non-Animal Toxicity Tests

I think we really have a chance of making a difference with the recent
introduction of the "Give the Animals Five" campaign introduced into the
U.S. Congress by Jim Moran.  Please take a moment to send a letter to
NRDC to ask them to join us in this crucial effort to protect millions
of animals from harm.

For more information, visit:  www.meangreenies.com/nrdc.html
and refer to previous alert at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AnimalAdvocacy/message/3699

SAMPLE LETTER:  Remember to include your name and address and please change 
some
of the words, especially in the subject header and first sentence.  You 
could
start off with a sentence about why you are writing, "As a mother with
children," "As someone who has always loved animals," "As a senior citizen 
who
cares about..." etc.

Ms. Frances Beinecke, Executive Director
National Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Fax:  212-727-1773
Email:  fbeinecke at nrdc.org  (nrdc.org)

Re: Let’s Stand Together To Protect The Animals & Give Them Five (5) - Your
Support in Asking U.S. EPA to Increase Its Funding And Use Of Non-Animal 
Test
Methods

Dear Ms. Beinecke;

Won’t you join U.S. Congressman Jim Moran in his campaign to help eliminate
animal suffering by promoting effective non-animal testing methods whenever
possible.  On January 14, 2004 Representative Moran sent a letter to every
member of the U.S. House asking why we are still shaving animals’ backs and
spreading chemicals on their skin (often causing lesions or ulcerations 
endured
with no anesthetics or painkillers) when there are better methods that are 
more
accurate, faster, less expensive and don’t require the use [and torture] of 
live
animals.

As a major organization working to prevent the abuse of natural resources 
and
wildlife, I ask you to fully embrace your mission and join Congressman Moran 
in
asking Congress to follow the lead of other OECD member countries in 
progressing
to non-animal methods in a minimum of five specific areas:

1.) Skin Corrosion: Replace current archaic tests on rabbits with EpiDerm,
EPISKIN and Corrositex all of which have been validated by ECVAM/ICCVAM and
accepted internationally as an OECD test guideline.

2.) Skin Absorption: Replace these painful animal tests with modern
tissue-based methods that allow researchers to study a broader range of 
doses,
including those at the actual level of exposure that occurs in the 
occupational
environment, which is not possible with the current animal-based methods.

3.) Skin Irritation: Replace these medieval torture chamber devices for 
animals
with modern clinical skin patch tests whose results prove 50% more accurate 
than
current animal test subject results.

4.) Phototoxicity:  Replace full-body restraint of small animals with the 
3T3
Neutral Red Uptake (NRU) Phototoxicity Test cell culture method.  The 3T3 
NRU is
the only internationally accepted test for phototoxicity, and costs
significantly less to run than its animal-based counterpart.

5.) Pyrogenicity: Instead of locking animals into body restraints and 
injecting
toxics into their bloodstream, use the modern, cost-effective and accurate 
Human
Pyrogen Test (HPT) using donated human blood to test for fever-causing
contaminants.  The HPT eliminates inaccuracies among strains and species and
costs one fifth less than the animal test with one tenth of labor charges.

Join U.S. Representative Moran in giving the animals five.  We all win when 
we
stand together and ask Congress to replace cruel, expensive and outdated 
animal
tests with modern methods.  Let’s bring this lagging area of technology into 
the
21st century.  I ask you to call on the U.S. EPA to increase its funding and 
use
of non-animal test methods and endorse the use of only those new test 
methods
that have been rigorously assessed by the ICCVAM and found to be 
scientifically
valid.  We can do much better for our people, our animals and our 
environment by
embracing modern technology.   Let’s give the animals a high five.

Sincerely,

Animal experiments have:
a 63% failure rate when detecting human carcinogens
a 75-95% failure rate for detecting drug side effects
a 70% failure rate for detecting drugs which cause birth defects
Success rates lower than those achieved by uneducated guesswork.

This is not science!!

Recommended website: The Absurdity of vivisection
http://vivisection-absurd.org.uk/

Information on animal research available free by EMail from 
vivisectionkills at hotmail.com

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