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HomeMy WebLinkAbout55-Animal Control " . Citizens Fof:IRe,sponsibJe Re~arch: 1986 \\171Y'lr~ YES ON ADVISORY HH SAN BERNARDINO W ~ U ~ MEASURE" JUNE 3. 1986 P.O, BOX 8282 · SAN BERNARDINO. CA 92412 · !714t~4.~5?7.;i~" I:-?-.J~ 1/ (. ~Iay ~:J. 198(5 :\", ,j, ,,,,,,,,1. ti~,. b\J~ To: Membem .of the City GounciJ ',' .'. I' ~ l City of ~';an Bernardino. California " L' r., ,',: Subj: lIgencb It.em for Discussion: Measure HH, City Ordinance which din.-cts the City of San Bernardino to make available to Approved Research Academic Institution animals for research purposes It is resP',~,tfully requested that the City Council of the City of San Bernardino review the policy regarding the sale of unclaimed animals for research and educational purposes to approved Academic Institutions, Citizens for Responsible Research and the Scientific C~mmunity have grave concerns with internal procedures adopted by the city since the passage of Measure HH in June 1986, The current procedures and it' 3 enforcement, not only violett.e the intent of Measure HH but it violates the will of the people who ,"learly expressed to the council to continue the policy of making uncl,',j nJCd and unwanted animals available to research inc,;tit,utions, The cun"ent, procedure (attachment one) virtually closes t,he doors to aeademk in", t.i tutions. for exampl",. animals may only be purchased bet.ween the hours "f 10: 30 and noon on Wednesday. Additionally, virtually all animals br')l.lght to the Animal SheU",r (by definition in the cm"rent pol ky) C') lld be c la:o,sified as pets, 'TIlis current p:>licy must. be changed if t.he city is t.o comply with t.he int.ent of the people of the Cit.y of San Bemardin' ' , when in ,Tune 1986, dl rected t.ha t t.he ci t.y continue to sell unc I aimed ',-nimals to research inst,i tut,ions, At,t,achment. two are suggested charJ,f',es I:", the present. p)licy, In calendar year 1985 (attar.lunent three), t.he city sold 1109 dogs and 29 cata t.o research institut.ions, No animals have been sold for research since March 1987, It, appearF t,hat. the cit.y has allowed and continues t.o allow Animal Rights Acl;ivi~: Ls to, freely nKoVe in and out, of t,he Anima,l She 1 tel', where t.hey influene,> ><',Hcy decidon", and general public at.t.it.udes, Attachment four is a let.t.",r t.hat. clearly ~'\'ates the views of a city employee, "ho on :3ept.ember :., 1988 testified b-3fore t.he Bc,ard of Supervisors in San Diego G:XUlty in 8l1[Jp:,rt, of an Animal Right.s Coalition urging San Diego County to (ljf~c.)nt.inul=- t.h8 rt'2dease of unclaimed animals to research institut.ions. Addit.ionally, the appoint.!no';nt. of an Animals Right.s Activist. t.o t.he Animal (:ont.rol CommL"E.ion by Cit,y CotUlcil Member Gordon Queil. 5th Ward should be q'18stioned since the app::>intee does not reside in the t.hat Ward, CHi;~ens f,x Resp:l/lsible Research and t.he Scientific Communit.y are deeply concemed about. the issues raised in this let.ter and hereby request t.hat t.he C :;~:zJ;twr, Carvalho, Mem~ PA~:OR ~y CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH: 1986 CAL, STATE 1.0, '86().584 I MARIO PORRAS. TREASURER S-5 o o CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL PROCEDURE GUIDELINES ~- NUMBER 2.012 CATEGORY: ALL PERSONNEL DATE: 8 ( 11/ 87 SUBJECT: ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH SCOPE: ALL ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL PURPOSE: TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM PROCEDURE FOR THE SALE OF ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH. '--'" This policy supercedes all previous policies relative to the avail- ability of dogs and cats to research institutions. Research personnel will only be permitted to make selections on Wednesday only from 10:30 a.m. to Noon. Research personnel must be accompanied by a shelter staff member for purposes of enforcing this policy. .. Dogs and cats which qualify under one of the following character- istics will not be made available for research: 1. Dogs or cats with identification tags, licenses (to include expired or untraceable tags). 2, Dogs or cats with any type of collar; flea collar, harness, rope, chain, string or ribbons in hair, docked tails, cropped ears and dewclaws, even painted toenails. (Something obviously placed attached by a human). 3, Any dog or cat which has notations on the impound ticket indicating the owner or interested party has inquired,about the animal. '. 4, No current or former Homefinder animals. 5. No owner release animals unless specifically requested in' writing by the former owner. 6, Unless an animal's kennel card indicates said animal shall be made available for research, said ani~al shall not be released to a research institution. . , , Any questions reqarding this matter are to be directed to the Director. Any violation of th~s policy may result in disciplinary action. o o SAN BERNARDINO POUND POLICY As I review the successive internal memoranda dated 8/6/86; 7/2/87 and 8/11/87, it is apparent that the Pound Director and this current Consultant Debi Biggs are usurping the San Bernardino City Ordinance and Proposition HH which states in essence that all unclaimed animals should be made available for research. To this end, and in recognition that some members of the public may not wish their animals to be used in research, I would suggest the following policy: 1. Research personnel will be permitted to make selections Monday to Friday from lOam to noon. 2. Research personnel will be accompanied by a regular shelter staff person, 3. Dogs and cats will be made available for research after five (5) working days from their impoundment unless - a. They are current Homefinder animals. b. Their owner specifically stated that they were not to be released for research. 4, Shelter staff will attempt to contact owners of animals with identification tags and licenses at least twice during the five day impoundment. Staff will keep a record of such attempted contacts. 5, Members of the general public will not be permitted to undertake any activity designed to prevent research personnel from acquiring animals within 75 feet of the shelter. Prohibitted activities include: a. Harrassment and photography of research personnel. b, Distribution of literature. c. Approaching and harrassing members of the public, attempting to release animals to the shelter. d.Purchase of animals by members of the public, except the registered or legal owner, after personnel from a research institution have been permitted to inspect available animals without specific written permission of the representative from the research institution. 6. Research insstitutions will hold all animals released from the shelter for 72 hours after release from the shelter during which only routine veterinary procedures such as vaccinations, deworming and grooming will be performed. The institution will release any animal claimed by the legal owner to a member of the regular shelter staff during this 72 hours period. The institution will be reimbursed for the cost of the animal and incurred expense in case of such a reclaim. . . .........-.., ~..",,:,. . .-..~.. ---. "1 am convinced that most Americans are unaware of the devastating effect that animal-rights extremists are having on lifesaving medical research," warns this eminent scientist and neurosurgeon The Facts About Animal Research By RoaDT J. WHrrz. M.D. Foua YIlAU ItDO 1 wu part of a NrgiW team trying to re- move 'a malignant tumor from the brain of a ninc-ycar-old girl The operation failed because we could not stan the hemorrhag- ing in the brain till\lC. We were wIable to separate the little girl from the c:aIICCr that wa slowly ki11iag her. To buy time. we put her '. on a program of radiation. CoaaJrreIIdy we were esperi- IJICftti.,g in our braia-raean:h ~ oraIDrY with a new high , . laMr 1ClIlpe!. Workiagwith-::;; and dogs that had been hwnancly ueatcd and propcrly _Ihctizcd. we .....f~ our operating rech- nique. Thea. in July 1985. my ..... a-. pediatric ncurosurgam Mall Likavcc, and I used the laser 10 remove all of thatlitde girl's tumor. Now 13. she is healthy. happy. and looking forward to a fulllifc. The mniftlml cxpcrimenu had enabled us to cure a child we could not help 15 months earlier. There is virtually no major treat- IIIllIlt or surgical procedure in mod- em medicine that could have been deulop;d W!~out animal re- search. Work with dogs and other animab led to the discovery of insu- lin and the control of diabetes. to open-heart surgery. the cardiac pacemaker and the whole area of organ traDlplantation. Polio. which _I, w.......M.D. PH.D..ild- of !L. I _' ISarpry"~~, ,. - a-oI ifooIIioII aad ....-- 01__..., at c.. __ _ UaiwnitJ ModicII ScbaoL '27 . ' t'" -, I I \ 1\ I! , I i, I I . I' , i:: I l , I " ". READER'$,D/GEST M.m. once killed some 30,000 people an- level of government, trying to fash- nually and criltc:" tJuiwands of ion a regulatory suaitjacket that is children. has a1lDl11t totally sure to slow mcdi""t progress. eradicated in the United StaleS by Rep. Robert Mruek (0., N.Y.) preventive vaccines perfect.ed on and SeD. Wendell Ford (0., Ky.) inonkeys. By working with ani- have inuoduccd companioJ! bills in ma1s. researchers have raised the Congress that would effectively cure rate for children aiBictcd with prohibit the sale of pound animal. acute lymphocytic leukemia from for any medical research funded by four percent in 1965 to 70 percent the NatioDallnstituleS of Health today. (NIH). Twelve staleS already have Aftimal research has vanquished banned such sa\es, and five more smallpox and enabled us to immu- have similar legislation under ac- nde our children against mumps. tive c:onsideratioD. measles, rube11a and diphtheria. In additioD,Rep. C~ RDIe and to defend them againJt infec- (0., N.C.) has inuoduccd a bill that tions by means of an arsenal of would. in effect, give animals medical "magic bullets" called "standiDg" in court. Should the bill antibiotia. pasa. anyone who decides that an Animals. too. have profited from animal has been misused in an ani- this research. Many a family pet has mal-research fac:ility could file Suil had cawac:ts removed. has under- in the animal's behalf against the gone open-heart surgery or wears a government, Thus. misguided rad- pac:cmaker. and many aOimals have icals could choke our courts with benefited from vaccines for rabies. nniunce suia. distempet. anthrax, tctanus and fe- ~i" 1leaIities. It is not line leukemia. hard to understand whyopponeots R.egulatory Straitjacket, The of research with anima\s have re- dramatic medical strides of the past ceived such a sympathetic response. 50 years far exceed the progress in The idea conjures up images. of aU of previous history. Unhappily. experiments on beloved family pea. the next 50 years may not see com- But the fact is that over go percent parable accomplishments. We owe of the more than 20 million animals this cloudy oudook to a radical used annually in medical research element within the animal-rights are mice, rall and other rodents. A movement, spearhcaded by ~e small percentage are farm animals for the Ethical Treatment of Ani- and monkeys. and less than one maIs (PET A) and other anti-vivi- percent are dogs and eats. sectionist groups. whose leaders About 200,000 dogs and cats are insist that aU research involving abandoned eae" -k in the United animals must cease. These exuem- States. These are ."i....l. that peG- isg are applying pressure at every pic have left to roam the sucetS, ,., ",.,""_'""'.......~,._~!'l'i'~"'~-",~".~,..,,"T:',..," ..""",x .~. ,,~'-?,'''' . .' ". ".' .'. ... ,'.... . ..:.-....;.~p . ~.'.,j;.~- _.. " . , . 0.. Q ,......,..... ,,,, THE FACTS ABOUl' ANIMAL RESEARCH forage in garbase dump' and run Tile ~ m_pftn.., Kacic wild. After a waicing period in me MtCabe n:counll:d anadIcr upccI: of pound. during which cimc any pet me Maaach_ poumi law: at picked up aa:idcsnally may be Mauach_ GcneraI Hospiral c:Iaimcd by its owner or adopted, "cost facton have forced Dr. Wil- the lIIIim8ls are put to death. It is lard Daggett to limit his cardiovas- only after this wucing period has cular studies to me rat heart, which apired that medical researcben severely limits me research qua- purchase a few already doomed tiOllJ that can be explored and ap- animals-in 1986, for example, less plied to human cardiac patients." than two percent of them. 1Dat Additionally, regulations gov- same year, about one-tenth of our eming the way we care for research dog~d eat popuIations-some ten animals have already increased millilltJ animals-were destroyed. costs substantially, and animal- Raearchen obcain animals from rights activists concinue to make pounds because the cost for each is new proposab to drive costs higher. usually $15 or less, while .nim_l. "It has even been proposed that bred . by commercia1 supplien for dogs used in research have individ- researdl purposes cost several hun- uaI, isolated runs so they can defe- dred dollars. If medical CCIIten are cate in privacy," says Dr. Mark prohibited from purchasing pound Ravitch, surgc:on-in-chief-emeritus animals. many researchcn will not at the Univenity of Pittsburgh's be able to afford to continue their Montefiore Hospital. "All of this work. has litde to do with dog welfare, This is nowhere more evident and everything to do with raising than in Massachusetts, one of the the price of medical research. " world's most productive medical- Shackled Experiments. The research CCIItcn and the fint state public should have confidence that to ban lotally the sale of pound the animals used in our medical- animals for medical-research pur- research laboratories are well treat- poses. The high cost of commer- cd. Every federally funded facility dally supplied dogs has forced has an "institutional animaI-are- noted Harvard Medical School 'and-use committee," one of whose physiologist Dr. A. Clifford Bar- functions is to ascertain that ani- ger to cut back on work aimed at mals are being cared for properly. finding cures for hypenension and The committee must include a coronary-anery disease. "The dog medical-research scientist, a non- is essential to the study of such scientist, someone nOC afIiliated diseases," says Dr. Barger. "In the with the institution, and a vea:ri- end, it's the public that is going to nwn, Additional monitoring is suffer." provided by federal agents. In the November 1986 issue of I certainly have no objection to ,~ :I ;, I . :\ ..1 :' i Ii , , i, I' I' ~ " . ,0 READBR'S DIGEST .v.d these safeguards. Governmcut- rc:RUCh." says Carol Sch-n of the fundcc:l projectS involve many Agoooi.rinn of American Univcni- thousands of ICicncisu in some 800 tics, "and when research is slowcc:l. institutions. and the probability people die." that there won't be some careless- J)t...." Setbacks. Public-opin- nClS is zero. But all good research- ion polls have shown that nearly 80 cd insist that animals be treatcc:l percent of us approve of the use of hu....-1y-notonly out of campa- oni...... in medical expcrimenraDoa. sion but also because valid work I am convinced that most Amm- dcpcmis on c1ean. healthy research ,~arc unaware of the devastating subjeca that arc not victims of effect animal-righlS extremisa are physical or emotional suess. having on such research. Frankie Charles McCarthy. DirectOr of 1.. Trull. president of the Founda- NIH's Office for proteetion from tion for Biomedical Research. say.. Research Risks. says: .We have had .People don't realize that they arc a ha1f-dozcn abuse cases since 1981. being steamrollercc:l. They may not Either .ni....l. have not been prop- recognize what is happening until a erly !3rcc:1 for-usua11y over a long lot of damage has been done:' wccItend-or an ancndant has not The damage is already con- conscientiously providcc:l an ani- siderable. For example. Stanford mal with adequate anesthetics. University's proposal to build a But we have _ run into a sadist state-of-the-art animal laboratory who got his kicks inflicting pain and a new biology building met on animals:' with opposition from the Palo Alto My main objection is to regula- Humane Society, First objecting to tions requiring animal-carc-and-use the lab. pardy out of concern for the committeeS lD pass on all research well-being of Stanford's animals. proposals involving anima\s. While the Society later joincc:l in an ap- experimcnlS begin with specific peal to delay constrUction of the goals. a scientist never knows at the biology building on the ba.is of outset where the research will lead. possible environmental damage. Yet he may not deviate from the These ddays will cost Stanford original p\an-in order to pursue an some $:1 million, unexpected opporcuniry-without What are the human stakes? ' fint filling out costly. time-consum- Stanford University scientisa have ing paper work to obtain commitICC already developed a permancut approval. New regulations govern- cure for diabetes in mice. It isn't ing the use of animals have already known yet whether this will lead to inCreased the hn."..;.1 burden on the a permanent cure for human diabe- nation'SI:17 medical schools by many tCl. but there is a strOng basi. for mi11ionsofdollanannually. "But the optimism. If this dream is to be real cost is that there will be less r-1i,Mi, research must procccc:l with I}O . o o ~"""t,. '::',";';J,,: .... ... j:'jI,,-.,t,,<I.~~# :"':'#~{;"4f -..... o. . -_.. -.".---- ~.__.. ' ;.~i."j~:~. ~i~;_;.~~. :~.:L~.~,~l:' -.J~~~.~J.o~__-~;..~.~. ...:.... ,'" THE FACTS ABOUT ANIMAL RESEARCH more mice, then with larger animab. the U niced SUlCI. The incident sc- Animal-rights activists like to verely hampered the work of re- claim that work ac:complished with scareheis who were invcsligaling animals can be done by other the effi:ca of the parasire in ,,,;....1. means, that we can unlock medical as a potmtiallOllfCC for infection in mysteries with compurers and with not only pregnant women but allo cell cultures grown in tell tubes. vic:timl of AIDS and other discasa But, as yet, there is no compurcr that weaken the immune sysran. that can even come close to mau:h- The inrcrnatiaul Animal Liber- ing the nervous syslCll1 that rells a ation Front (ALF) was identiiicd by mouse how to move a leg or a California's attorney general, John monkey a finger, Van De Kamp. as among the sure's How can researchers using cell three mOlt active terrorist organi- cultures. which do not have bones. zations during 1985. In a foray into develop a treatment for arthritis the City oniope National Medical or other bone diseases/ How can Center in Duarte. the ALF did cell cultures help us to perfect the sufficient damage to set back a surgical techniques used in organ cancer research project by twO transplanutiont For the foresee- years. At a University of California able future the answers 10 such at Riverside research facility, the questions can be found only by scien- ALP dcoboyed $683,500 wonh of tists working with living species. equipment and records, painted IDtimidation Tac:tia. Not con- wallS with slogans and turned loose tent to impose their views Ihrough 467 animals. including a monkey lawful means. fringe elements of involved in a program to improve the animal-rights movement have the lives of blind children. By last resorted to rerrorist activitv. Last September, animal-rights groups -April, intruders who left 'behind throughout the country had perpe- graffiti and vandalized university traced:&6 such serious crimes at vehicles set afire an unfinished vet- medical-research facilities over a erinary diagnostic laboralory al the two-year period. University of California's Davis campus. causing damage estimated at $3.5 million. A few months larer a group calling itself "The Band of Mercy" took :all cau from a Depart- ment of Agriculture research cen- ter in BeltsVille, Md. Eleven of these cats had been infected with a parasite, Toxoplasm gondii, which infectS pregnant women and causes some :&000 birth defectS annually in 1 '_.. ~.o..',.,. o. ,0" .l~'" '~'~''::'.';:..>~ w. AU A PBOPLB who love animals, but we mUll be realistic. Through the ages we have harvested .n;m.l. for fOod, clothing. shda:r. and in this century aIone medical scientists working with lIJJimaIs have playcd · major role in increasing our average life-span from 50 to 75 years. What a tragic diuervice to ourselves and fu- ture generations if we allow the ani- 'j' . '..~'~':' ~ ....,.. '-' /'.:.It.:.,.'~t ,,'~"~':.'~'- . o o ...,..' .~ ~ "'~.'''i# ...,....; ....'..,. :...0' ...,..__._'~ ...... .-:<-'."~' . ,.,4., i I " I !! Ii ! i " I i. READEKS DIGEST :::: emanisa lO quell.~ suiu aimed at IlOppiDg research. mamcDllIIIll .. That you oppaIC the bureau- What lO do? First, an imponant cram rcguIatiaaa that a1rady have doa\: Don't be miIIcd by eIDllIillIo.1 added far toO much lO the,CQIt of and fabc propapndL 'The .nim.l. medica1 research. in our repuablelaeudllaboralDria are _ being WlIIIlOIIiy tortUred by Dowa WANT lO wipc out leulr.....i..? sadistic scimtisu. Such repom AI,.hei",....'s? AIDS? Diabeta? Do should IIOl be Iakm serioul1y. we want beam' v.rri...... more a- Do let your rCl'fCSCDtatives in fective trea_a and cures for Congress know: high blood pressure. coroaary-ar- .. lDat you oppose: the so-c:a1Ied tcry disease, stroke and myriad oth- pct-f>.ota:tion bills. The Mrazek er ills? All of these things and more bin is H.R. 778; the Ford bill is are possible within the next 25 S. 1457. It makes no sense to re- yean,solDe of than 1OOIICr, because quire scientisa to pay exorbitant of the work medical scientisa are prices lO commercial supplien for now doing with .nim.l. But they :anima1s while coundcss millions can't be accomplished if wuurren- are put lO death in pounds. . der lO the rnindlea emotirv>.li.... .. That you oppose: legis1ation and intimidation of the .nim.l. permitting auimaI-righa nuisance righa fanatics. The chaicc is DUn. .....ii.1I 01 thiJ Mfidf _"".;Ia+&-, See ,.. 2'''' .. J/ome Grot.rn.s Gift MOM AN INCH, and me whoIc family has lO go 011 a diet. ..q,.r.I..- - " , , I I I A...... works hard to keep the wolf &om me door. TheIl his daugbJer grow. up and brings one home. -- -....... "'....- A ....JOR IWfIll is OIIe that keeps you &om work when the kids ant out 01 school. -Door Lu-. ~-~ ,i " ,: Mam UIlmON. i. when your -ser gets an A in _ ed~~.u... _ QooooIbr 1_ DooI..~ W. ,co.. ;. Tu ONLY noPU who listen to both'sides of a family quarrel ant me __ .1--- nei....&..... --.I.' ' u-~ 15---- . - .I;; .1" U; I'i I. <' " ". ! : I' I I;! , ,.!l ':"~~J~"'co.":i"".'\:.r-:,. "..__y~t~"':';":"~~':"''''''''~'' . . -..' .-,. ." .... .-::,.:. .":ftt~~:;.:~':..~'"~."." ,,".' :':,:::":.: '.. ::"',:~~:~~i;~~'\~". ;:~--':.~ ;(::r:;;b$ ON. OP 'I'Ha MOlY diflicult problema faced by a youag per-. leaving heme for me first time is giving up the &iclge I--j;.. .~__~ WhidIp May .. nr ...... ,..". _'f .' IJ2 ," 0 f" "b 0 i To Zealots 0 AnImal Ll , : Biomedicine Is a Monster I demanded reform and propoSed legisla- By Betty Ann Kevle. tion for OVenlghL In Lhoae terma. the activists prevalled. In 1985 Congress amended the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. spelling our-in what may be too much detail-the size . and structure of cages and specified the incllllion of advocalel for animals on the review committees of research laborato- ries, Any human enterprise is bound to include lemons. but the blatant mistreal- ment of what was probably never more than a small fraction of laboratory animals is now under as much control as possible, However. lhe maskedvigJJantes are stiU at work. It is imponant that those of us who hope to benefit from medical research under- stand the direction of the vigilanles' insatiable demands. The liberationisLS have an agenda that often overlaps wllh thal of traditional animal-prolection goals. but it is not the same, They arc guided by a philosophy lhat is lanlamount to a religion. This philosophy. as expound, ed by aClivists in lhe Animal Liberation From-lhe group that claims responsi- bility for the break-in at Irvine-was explicit in the typewritten note that was dropped off at the Orange County office of The Times, They denounce "UCl's growing use of animals in fraudulent medical research. research nothing wiU come of excepl pam and misery to humans and non-humans alike," This is the heart of lheir gospel. They contend that modem medicine, which has often relied on animal models_ is not only useless but downright detrimental to human health. They do not believe in animal models for human disease because they reject the medical implications of biological evolu. tlon, Arguing that all animals are totally distinct from one another. they conclude we can learn nothing from studying them, Ignoring all the advances of modern medicine. they suggest that new surgical techniques as well as new medicines should be tried out initially and exclusive- ly on human subjects. They deny the enormous pro~s that has been made in diabetes'research using insulin manufactured by pigs. or in lepro- sy using antibodies grown in armadillos, Over the past 80 years the Nobel Prize in phYSiology and medicine has gone dispro- portionately to researchers who have worked with animal models. But the Iiberationists are blind to the truth that different animals provide the best models for different human physlolo8ical prob- lems, Cats, for instance. are excellent for studying the development of the brain. PleOle.ee ANIMAL, Pare 6 , The. photograph is famillar-a masked "liberator" and the rescued ammal. an diode implanted in its head like a flag announcing its status as "victim." This time it was lhe University of California at Irvine. The liberated animals were beagles, Before that, in August, it was a group of cats at the Maryland iaboralory of the Department of Agricul- ture. A glance at the beagle With a diode in lhe middle of its forehead tugs at the loughest heartstrings. To oppose ,"free- dom" for such a "victim" is like opposing happmess ior cnlldren. Which is why so few pOllllclans have spoken out in favor of bJOmemcal research. and why sympathy for laboraLOry ammais and support for legislauon making some research cum. bersome or so expensive as to be prohibi. II ve has won so much popular approval. In 1983 when lhe Animal Rights Move- ment emerged on the California scene. Its advocales picketed the primate colony at Their logic is based on a view of a past that never was, of an Eden in which lion and lamb supped side by side on vegetable soup. UC DaVIS, They were protesting the. someUmes execrable conditions in the animal facilities and the careless. occa- sionally sadistic abuse of laboratory ani- mals. Their supporters included some of the same people who agitate against the brutai harvesting of fur from baby seals. the wholesale slaughter of whales on the brink of extinction and' who rescued the surplus goaLS of Santa Maria Island near Santa Barbara. Their proleSls a wakened consciences within the biomedical community and gave weIght to the demands of others who had sought reform but been ignored. The activists seemed to be in the tradition of the founders of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane SocielY of America. a tradi. tion that historically spotlighted abuses. Betly Ann Ke1J/e. is author of "Friends of the Specie... Sez and SIlMlillGl m the Animal K i1UJdom" (HGf'VGrd Unit1emty l're88), published this month in poperDock. IIoe Aua....lIim 'Sunday,February 7,1988 . 9 U, L L -E T I PJ California Biomedical Research Association 48 SHATTUCK SQUARE BOX 114 ' BERKELEY. CALIFORNIA' 94704 (415) lit oea (213) 4lIN210 Vol. 3. No. 1 February 1988 UC IRVINE VICTIM OF ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT STRIKE On January 30. members 'of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) broke into a kennel facility at UC Irvine and stole 13 dogs. The dogs wen: being used in several studies: one was measuring the effects of air pollutants (at Los Angeles smog levels) on the lungs during exercise; another was monitoring the effect of air pollutants on the protective mechanisms of the lungs; and a third was exploring the causes of difficulties in the swallowing mechanism during tracheotomy. Estimates of damage due to lost or delayed n:search and loss of the animals and equipment an: not yet available. Robert Phelan. the principle investigator in the air pollution studies. however. haa per::onally offe::d a $5.000 reward for return of the stolen dogs. and a citizens group has offered $23.000, A typewritten message claiming responsibility for the theft was delivered by unidentified individuals to the Orange County Office of the Los Angeles Times on January 31. The message said in part. "This liberation was to protest UCl's growing use of animals in fraudulent medical research, research nothing will come of except pain and misery to humans and nonhumans alike." The message was signed "Animal Liberation Front," SACRAMENTO COUNTY TO HOLD HEARINGS ON SALE OF POUND ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH On February 16. the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will hold hearings on its policy of selling unclaimed and unwanted pound animals to research facilities. The County currently has a Memorandum of Understanding with UC Davis and Sacramento State University to supply animals for laboratory purposes. That policy has been attacked by animal rights activists who requested a review when the City of Sacramento and the County began discussing a merger of animal control functions to be run by the County, The Ciry of Sacramento docs not supply pound animals fDr research. No decision has yet been n:ached on the merger, and it may not be realized for reasons independent of the pound issue. Under strong pn:ssure from activists, however, the County agreed to go ahead with he:lring~ on the issue of the continued sale of pound animals for research. ' YOLO COUNTY WILL SUSPEND SALE OF UNCLAIMED POUND ANIMALS TO UC DAVIS The Sheriff of Yolo County recently notified UC Davis that he intends to suspend the sale of pound animals to the campus. Discussions an: uncler way to determine if an agreement can be n:ached to n:instate Yolo County's long- standing practice of providing unclaimed animals for n:search programs at UC Davis, but currently no animals are being made available for research. ... MORE ... . Inland~mpire iiFAROChapter Chapter Chairperson Greig Diggen, and daughter Jessica who receiJ1f!d a heart transplant at the age of 2 1/2 months, CluJpter members and the press waiting for iiFAR', Inland Empin Press Conference to begin. The formation of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Incurably III for Animal Research was announced on AUQust 28, 1987 at a press conference held at the San Bernardino Hilton, As the core for this chapter. we areJortunate to have the five successful infant heart transplants performed at Loma Linda University by Dr, Leonard Bailey, San Bernardino has no television stations of their own, and relies on the Los Angeles stations (50 miles to the west) for news coverage. We were very pleased io see two of the network affiliates attend the press conference and both aired good stories on the evening news, Three local newspapers also ran feature articles on the new chapter. The chapter members elected Greig and Brenda Diggens (parents of 'Baby Jessica') as Chapter Chairpersons, Greig and Brenda are from Calgary. Canada. living in Loma Linda. Ca. because of their daughters heart transplant. iiFAR's efforts proved to be timely, as the San Bernardino City Counsel was having an open meeting on September 8th to hear public testimony on a proposal to stop sending animals from their city artimal shelter to Loma Linda University for research. They had been presented with a petition by the local animal rights organization which would force a special election on the issue, The special election would cost the city $64,000. and the city counsel was seriously considering changing the policy themselves thus saving the cost of the election. Inland Empire Chapter members attended the city counsel meeting and appeared as living testimonies to the value of medical research, After hearing all testimonies. the motion was make to change the policy. but it failed to receive a second, therefore dying, The animal rights representative then presented the petition calling foraspe- cial election, 7,089 valid signatures were required, and their petition contained over 9.000. However.t~e city attorney could only qualify 5,000 signatures, therefore this initiative is dead, However. the activists already have over 900 signatures on a new petition. In the mean time, the animal activists are trying another 'back door' approach. They are asking the city to turn over animal control to the local Humane Society. No Humane Society has ever released animals for medical research. so such a move would. in reality. accomplish the activists' goals, It would also be an 'easy out' for the City Counsel. This proposal is was rejected once by the city's Ways and Means Committee. but the city COunsel has sent it back to the committee for further study, The Inland Empire iiFAR Chapter members are busy writing letters and preparing to attend In mass the City Counsel meeting when they consider the recommendations of the Ways and Means Committee, It is obvious this issue will not simply 'go away'. and will probably end up on the ballot sooner or later. We have been working with Greig and Brenda in preparing for this inevitability. Greig has initiated steps to develop financial support. Brenda is working on locating additional members and we are working here on some public education programs to be used in San Bernardino. You will undoubtedly hear more of this chapter in future Updates, -t Page 2 t- . o o ECONOMIC REALITY Based on 1985 figures, the City of San Bernardino pound sold 1109 dogs and 129 cats to research institutions for $59,180.00 (See attached letter). At that time dogs sold for $55.00 and cats for $30.00 In July 1986 the cost for these same animals doubled (ie; dogs $110.00 and cats $60.00) If the city were to again double the price of animals (ie; dogs $220.00 and cats $120.00) research institutions would still purchase the animals from the pound for research. Even at the higher rates, these animals are cheaper than those specially bred for research. Assume the city sold the same number of dogs and cats as in 1985 for $200.00 and $120.00 respectively, the amount of dollars which could be generated approaches $240,000 annually. Surely, from an economic perspective, $240,000 would go far in balancing the cost of operating the Animal Shelter. In 1985, the sale of 1109 dogs to research institutions represented less than 5% of the total number of animals received by the shelter, of the remaining 95%, some were sold as pets but most were g~ to death. -., .' . o 0 CITY OF SAN BERN ARD I NO 333 BLOOO BANK ROAD, SAN BERNARDINO. CALIFORNIA 92408 D!:P:"PT\1ENT OF ANIMAL CONTROL PAUL E. TURNER ':":\i1\1Al SHELTER DirecTor February 26, 1986 Mr. Ray Qu i r,to Je...'Y L. Pettis, N~llll.1 r i iL I V. /'... Lorna Linda, CA 92354 Dear Ray: The follc,wir:g inf'lrmatic1n is ~'rovided per your request,: Survey Period: January 1985 through December 1985 RESEARCH I NST ITUT I ON HUNTINGTON HARBOR GEN. e. - - CEDAR-SINAI ~ . SAN DIEGO V.A. LONG BEACH V.A AMERICAN EDW. BIO DEVICES use LLUMC UCI UCR LLVA HOSP. NUMBER DOGS NUMBER CATS DOLLAR AMOUNT PAID '5 3 14 -1)- 10 -0- 4 -0- 33 30 20 15 -0- $ 340.00 7,520.00 30,650.00 :3,750.(1) '5'50.00 540.00 1,050.00 7,230.00 3,350.00 :3,450.00 450.00 300.00 142 613 1~.9 11 10 21 126 49 57 -(1- 6 1,109 _._ 129 $59,180.00 any qUestion~or need any additional information, not hesitate to\contact me at ext. 5275. \ \ \ IS; ~ ~ TOTAL PAUL E. TURNER Director of Animal Control PET/VjrJ S'~ _ .., ~ ,,- -J'/ ~ I:' r,:.)- 3J --LI\.I<.~-t E'4}~ ~ &4' <~ .'/"'--n4"'-"- ):(1, ,,-._/ r' ~e'1( /IU".' tel. '..L'~. ,,~ . . " '~.:J;')'~'i'''''''$'';<i~:?:;~;7~,~,_~ ' ~ ~, ;/~, t" ....:>~\~ . ~;;:t.~~~;,.;;.,... ~r"?.t~. fJM; ..::>!), ,'. ..."~_..,,.,. . ,,~,., ,..",,,,, .. '1", ;~,':: .,' ': ',' .,;..... .....,...:.~.... '. 3. ~ ~1.~'i')."'" .:..;s., t' .,_ " ..... _ ... .,. ." ' . , ,_.. 'U . " .. :: . ., ~,". o!'i~ .. ..~...."- '",,:'fL.,.,,,~ ~ ~ .' ,'. i' '~'- "....,. >> k_, :; ':_""'I'~""O!_"~JlO' ,~ . '~l~.0.; """ "'. --...~.:._ ," "", "..... ~'~- ,~.:, \VU6.1"~"'.J..;J'.~ ,; ~ttliitibl-;'.iil"EiJr~inr(Jl.siiiTcli1 ':'<:'~,<~.:/;}: "tl."i .,: -",,~:,:~:~:>,\-;,'i.~~:-:/. ~ -:,-:.-'_.~ March 1, 1988 Ray R. Quinto Citizens For Responsible Research Research Services -- 151 V.A. Medical Center 11201 Benton Street Lorna Linda, Ca. 92357 Dear Mr. Quinto. As a follow up to our phone conversation yesterday, I have check my records on who testified at the San Diego County Animal Control Advisory Board Public Hearing on September 9th, 1987. Debbie Biggs did testify as a representative from the San Bernardino Department of Animal Control supporting the Animal Rights Coalition which was urging San Diego County to discontinue the release of unclaimed and unadopted animals to UCSD for medical research. I remember I was surprized to here her testimony considering that on the previous day (Sept. 8th) the San Bernardino City Counsel reaffirmed their support for the release of animals to medical research institutions. I guess I was naive in my assumption that Ms. Biggs would abide by the City's wishes and likewise support medical research. If iiFAR can be of any assistance to the Committee in your efforts secure the continued supply of random source animals for research in your area, please let me know. We take this matter very seriously because we realize the future medical breakthroughs our members are waiting for will come about only through the continued responsible use of animals in medical research, and any attempts to restrict the supply of needed research animals is an attempt to retard medical progress. . Sincerely, Steve Carroll Executive Director lab animals save lives!