Show Seek Seel Humane Treatment Of Laboratory Animals It is probable that as individuals indi no people in the world love their domesticated animals animals animals ani ani- ani- ani mals more and yet collectively collective collective- ly treat them more indifferently indifferently indifferently than do the people of the United States I I TilE THE BRUTALITY which results results results re re- re- re from this neglect does docs not occur on the farms and In Inthe inthe inthe the homes of Americans but according to the Society fr r Animal Protective Legislation is hidden from public view in inthe inthe inthe the numerous in which animals are used for Cox experimentation On the basis of a year ten survey of many such laboratories in various parts of the country Christine Stevens of the Animal Welfare Institute reports a prevalence of shocking abuses in which animals are subjected to needless needless need need- less cruelty and neglect AS TilE THE NEED for experimentation experimentation on animals increases es Cs million animals are arc used annually in the Vir Maryland ginia-District ginia of or Columbia arca area area ar ar- ar- ar ea ca alone and as the standards standards stand stand- ards of humaneness drop the need for a federal law protecting protecting pro pro- animals used in experimentation experimentation experimentation exper exper- increases The federal government provides the greater part of all funds used for medical research SENATORS Joseph S. S Clark D. D Pa and Maurine Neu- Neu berber D. D Ore and Representative Representative Representative Martha Griffiths D. D Mich are arc sponsoring identical identical identical cal bills which would establish standards for the humane treatment of laboratory animals animals animals ani ani- mals and I license cense scientists using using using us us- ing them Such legislation is long overdue Great Britain adopted legislation protecting experimental animals 86 years ago Yet we Ye who talk so much about reverence for life have done nothing to protect the animals animals an an- whose lives ives are so often sacrificed in efforts to Improve improve improve im im- Im- Im prove mens men's health and who have no recourse against cruelty cruelty cru cru- elty city and neglect |