Flashback+(Against+Animal+Testing)

unlisted, unlisted. __Support Brands That Do Not Test on Animals__. unlisted IamsCruelty.com. 4/3/2009 []. __The Rotten Truth Behind Iams' "Dental Health Defense" Diets, Animals Still Suffer at Iams__

1. Products not tested on animals- Active Life Pet Products, Animal Food Services, Artemis Pet Food, Onesta Organics Inc., Pet Chef Express, PetGuard, Posh Nosh Inc., Timberwolf Organics, Inc., Veternary Nutritional Formula, Want A Cookie? (MG) 2. 2002- Iams promised they wouldn't contribute to or fund animal testing and use non-sergical methods for simulations (MG) 3. November 2002-October 2005- Iams funds UMMC by Dr. Roger B. Johnson (MG) 4. Gingivtis experiments- (periodontal disease) 21 beaglesby cutting and surturing gums (MG) 5.Proof- "Animal Activity Protocol" "a[t] the end of the experiments, the animals will be sold and transferred to another research facility." (MG) 6. Truth- keep dogs in cramped cages and test for years, then transfer to other facilities rather than to homes (MG) 7. never revealed location of "retirement centre" (MG) 8. PETA undercover investigator discoverd horrible living conditions for dogs at Sinclair Research Center, hired by Iams (MG) 9. dogs gone crazy because confined to steel cages, left piled on filthy floor, chunks of muscle taken from thighs, sergically debarked, sweltering in summer heat (MG) 10. sick animals neglected and not given veternary care (MG) 11. Violations of Animal Welfare Act- no veterinary care, lacking space, untrained employees- almost 40 others (MG) 12. penalty of $33,000 (MG) 13. Iams promises- no longer funding Sinclair Research Center, no unlawful and cruel experiments on animals, conducting in-home tests (MG) 14. up to 700 animals mistreated in facilities (MG) 15. Perude University- got permission from Iams and $200,000 to do studies on rats- taping tails of rats to cage so their back legs are suspended so they can test muscular astrophy (MG) 16. Iams fights release of information (MG) 17. Possible experiment alternatives- in-home data collecting, not using animal muscle tissue, blood, etc. (if human tissue can be reproducesd using stem cell research, scientists can use that for their simulations), colaboration with animal clinics for testing (MG) 18. PER test- protein efficiency ratio- test growth-retarding chemicals- not necessary anymore!!!!!! (MG)

unlisted author, ColumbiaCruelty.com, __Columbia University Fined for Cruel Puppy Killings,__ [|http://www.columbia]cruelty.com/feat-pupkillings.asp, 4/3/2009

19. CU paid $2,000 fine for inhumane puppy killings to USDA through cardiac puncture- puncturing animals' hearts using large syringe- not legal, puppies were not properly sedated (MG) 20. CU kills hundreds of thousands of animals a year in experiments (MG) 21. Mehmet Oz in charge of research facility performing experiments (MG) 22. test on primates and horribly neglect and abuse them (MG)

unlisted author, PETA.org, __Give the Animals 5__, 4/6/2009, http://www.stopanimaltests.com/feat/gta/

What's done to animals 23. skin corrosion- chemicals burning through layers of skin (MG) 24. skin absorption- chemicals are used to penetrate the skin (MG) 25. skin irritation- chemicals cause irreversable skin damage (MG) 26. phototixinity- exposure to chemicals then sunlight or ultraviolet rays (MG) 27. pyrogenicity- drugs that cause fevers and inflamation (MG) 28. simulating diseases (MG) 29. using chemicals to test safety (MG)

__sting Facts__. April 6, 2009 . 30. 25 to 50 million animals are killed in laboratories every year (SA) 31. costs $136 million each year (SA) 32. most animal tests end up harming or killing humans about 61% of the time (SA) 33. cosmetic companies perform more than half of all animal tests (SA) 34. alternative ways of testing costs less than animal testing (SA) 35. animal testing isn't very accurate (SA) 36. wastes time, money, and resources (SA) 37. animals and humans are very different so it's hard to judge on what animal to test on (SA) 38. animals can not be used to test for other animals because it's only 100% accurate for the animal that is being tested on (SA) 39. since 1901 all nobel prizes involved in medicine have been awarded to scientists that do not test on animals. (SA) 40. animal testing can have dangerous results to humans (SA) 41. zelmid ( an anitdepressant) tested on rats and dogs with no problems, caused severe neurological problems. (SA) 42. an arthritis medication, flosint proved fatal to humans after being tested on rats, monkeys, and dogs 43. a medication called practolol caused blindess in 78 people and killed 23 other people(SA) 44. more than 100,000 people have been in the hospital and later died from toxic reactions to medications in 1994 that were not predicted from animal tests. (SA) 45. experiments to study head trauma requires a pet's head to be strapped down and recieve high impact blows to the head resulting in brain damage. (SA) 46. to study recovery from certain injuries, an animal is strapped down and the pet's knewes are cut to leave large flaps. (SA) 47. for eye medications pet's eyelids are sewn shut then later compared (SA) 48. to measure severe curns on live tissue, a pet is burned alive with a flame-thrower until the flesh can be removed in large pieces while the animal is alive. (SA) 48. cost families $300 a year (SA) 49. "general accounting office reviewed the drugs marketed between 1976 through 1985 (when animal testing started) and of these, 52% were found to be dangerous than pre-marketed animal studies had indicated, with effects including permanent disability and death. less than half of drugs and cosmetics on the market show the same result in humans as in animals." (SA) 50. scientists have also tested maternal deprivation on monkeys. they take monkeys from their mothers and systematically abuse them. (SA) 51. monkeys carry dozens of viruses, but yet scientists still test on them. (SA) 52. sabins made an argument aganst animal testing when he testified to the house committee on veterans affair in 1984 (SA) 53. most people that promote animal testing say that it has helped the polio vaccine but it's not helping very much. (SA)

Blue, Laura. __How much does Animal Testing Tell us?__. 2009 TIME Magazine. April 7, 2009 . 55. once scientists test on rats and is successful, they move on to another species. (TS) 56. use different species of animals to test different parts of the human. (TS) 57. scientists are finding non-animal models for research (TS) 58. we could soon replace animal testing with computer modeling (TS) 59. people don't know enough about the complex living organisms to duplicate them (TS) 60. animals are not a perfect mimic of the human. (TS)
 * 54. majority of testing is on rats and mice. (TS)

__Animal Testing__. 2009 The Humane Society. April 6, 2009 .

__Isn't it a Choice Between Kids and Rats?__. DAWN Watch. April 7, 2009 .

61. animals are killed in attempts to find cures for obesity (TS) 62. penicillin uses guinea pigs to improve the product (EW) 63. the first discovery of penicillin did not use animal testing. (EW) 64. 11,000 anticancer chemical developed in mice do not help humans at all (EW) 65. dogs are killed while testing tobacco. (EW) 66. 5 milligrams of botulinum kills man, 10 grams does not have any effect on animals. (EW) 67. organs of animals can be used to improve those organs in humans. (TS) 68. ten drugs were recalled after being tested on animals. (TS) 69. rabbits are being tested a lot because they don't have tear ducts (TS) 70. 95% of tesearch subjects are rats, mice, and birds (TS) 71. most animal research tests do not have any efffect on the humans (TS) 72. monkeys are taken away from their mothers and then they are immediately beaten to see the mothers reaction. (SA) 73. animals are tested to find cures for diabetes (SA) 74. to see if smoking causes cancer, they test on animals (SA) 75. animals are also tested to test high blood pressure and heart diseases (SA) 76. animals are tested the first time to make a medication, but they are usually tested a second time to try to improve the same medication.(SA) 77. most of animal testing is not curing cancer or saving kids. (SA) 78. researchers have cut open the skulls of baby rats to remove their brains without numbing the animal at all. (SA) 79. this is a violation of the experimental protocol. (SA) 80. scientists have figured out that penicillin kills guinea pigs and they were the ones who were tested on to improve it in the first place. (SA) 81. some animal tests have resulted in false information, such as smoking is noncarchinogenic and that benzene is safe. (SA) 82.thalidomide was released "after three years of animal tests" but it caused birth defects in humans. (SA) || __Cosmetic Testing__. 2004 P&G Kills. April 7, 2009 . 101. cosmetic companies kill millions of animals every year. (EW)

__Animal Testing Facts__. 2008-2009 Buzzle.com. April 5, 2009 . 83 products range from skin creams and shampoos to cancer preventing drugs and baccines (EW) 84. some countries have a law that says that a new drug should be tested on at least two different spies of live mammal, both can not be a rodent (no matter what they are testing) (EW) 85. less than 2% of all human illnesses are in the animal kingdom, yet we use them to find cures to illnesses that animals have never had (EW) 86. only 5 to 25% of the animal tests and human results are agreeable (EW) 87. almost 9% of the anaesthetized animals in the laboratory die (EW) 88. 88% of still-births are caused by drugs that are passed as 'safe' in animal tests. (EW)

__PETA's Mission Statement__. __Some Recent Victories,__ PETA. Monday, April 13. 2009 .

What PETA Does/ How They Help: 89. focuses attention on where the largest amount of animals are suffering (MG) 90. focus on mistreatment of specific animals- beavers, dogs, seals, etc. (MG) 91. works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, legislation, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns (MG) 92. leading organization in protesting and fighting against animal cruelty (MG) 2009 accomplishments (Big and Small) 93. Gap Pledged to Leave Apes out of Ads- Gap abused apes used in their commercials and one attacked and heavily injured a woman (MG) 35. First Animal Protection Regulation Campaign in Bolivia- campaigned against combat training exercises in Bolivia, live dogs tied down and stabbed repeatedly (MG) 94. Penalize Clay County, Florida for Illegal Dog Experiment- locked dog in heated truck to see if heat stress killed another dog transported in one of their vehicles (MG) 95. Idaho High School "Donkey Basketball"- animals mistreated during animal game (MG) 96. Rabbits- Texas High School students forced to kill and skin rabbits in animal science class for experiments (MG) 97. Insurence Company Adopts Policy Against Animals used in Entertainment- staff member swallowed live goldfish for company entertainment, considered illegal by local laws (MG) 98. Florida's Glood Centres Commit to Ditch Ringling- for donating blood, offered free Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey tickets- circuses tie the elephants with rope, seperate babies prematurely from mothers, cruel and confusing tricks (MG) 99. persuaded D'Agustino, a New York grocery store chain to discontinue selling coupons for Barnum and Bailey circus and sell articles notifying the public of their animal cruelty instead (MG) 100. organization started in the 8o's (MG) ||  ||