| Show L I Animal ex experimentation can J be be- f rep I i by t tec u y J rt r Ort iL i- i uc l Jai na i Conder Condor rC Contributing Writer ACH year thousands of f EACH t rabbits are arc put into a avice device vice that restricts restrict their movements movements while chemicals tare are r dropped Into info their eyes Countless full-bred full dogs are b injected j with addi addictive tive drugs Ito t explain why addicts die from drug overdoses and andi i m millions millions i II ion 5 0 of f m In mice ice ice- ice are a are re r destroyed v J W f T p J J j Animal destruction is cr cruel el and unusual but butt jus jus- i r in the name of of's s science ier cc i 1 I rJ Every year billions ns of f Animals animals arc are destroyed to advance ad- ad c vance nce h human unit n science ce Human man beings receive the Benefit ry of an animal a Idea deaths with fh operations that were first p performed and tested on W animals These operations have e increased life expectancy cy y- y and nd have provided a nor nor- inal f v life for some p o J Not f all experiments however are invaluable to our aur society Documented video taped cases charge scientists with inhumane treatment to animals In 1988 animal activists activists activists ac ac- found over 40 video videotapes videotapes videotapes tapes detailing explicit animal ani m a I torture tort u rei in n a Washington State University lab Many animal rights' rights activists activists ac ac- l have discovered labs in which animals have been placed in solitary confinement confinement confinement confine confine- ment often in metallic dark t t. boxes for up to fifty days Researchers at a the Research Center in Madison Wise 0 s said aid l by t y P placing I a c I n g b baby a b y monkeys alone in a steel tank it enabled them to see whether confinement c in inthe inthe inthe the well of despair would cause lasting psychological damage In oth other t pa papers e s the s same me scientist explained efforts to pl observe t the eff effects of child abuse on monkeys The p professors f o f e sr des ign ed d IIi mechanical e c h ani c a 1 s surrogate u rr 0 gat e mothers who would eject sharp brass spikes as the youngsters hugged th them rn In Ina a refinement to the experiment experiment experiment ment researchers forcibly impregnated females who had been bee n d driven r i v e n In mad a d through social isolation and turned them loose on their own offspring explained animal activist Jane Go Goodall dall One of the favorite tricks was to crush the infants infant's skull with her teeth These same researchers force-fed force ba barbiturates I tes' tes to groups of dogs and cats cat for several weeks in an attempt to learn about the dynamics of addiction and withdrawal Steve Siegal a prominent animal activist stated how v cats would stand trembling and s salivating after the drugs were purn pumped pe 1 into them They would hiss at imagined mag t 9 collapse col col- lapse I and d die d. d I i- i l b. b l In the last twenty years yeats animal rights' rights activists have discovered countless cases that uncover animal cruelties cruelties cruelties cruel cruel- ties most are affiliated with government grants Since 1974 Associate Professor has used a stunner to crush the skulls of living cats The stunner slammed a metallic disk into the cats' cats cats's s skulls 1 u II s. s Tor n h e i m s r researchers researchers re re- e- e searchers claim the findings do not apply to human crash victims Computerized imaging imaging imaging im im- im- im aging techniques provide more insight than cat skull studies into how the human body reacts reacts' to brain injuries injuries in in- juries stated Josh P. P a resident physician at the Stanford University Medi Medical al Center In today's advanced society technology has been created to all but ut do away with the inhumane treatment treatment treat treat- m ment nt of living g animals In I a lot Jot of cases mathematical mathematical mathe mathe- matial m models r and com com- puter grap acs can all J. J the human anatomy better etter than an animal can can Experiments Experiments Experiments ments can likewise be performed per v formed in hi test tubes A California a company n y marketed a compound und under r the name of Ey tex This compound is said to approximate approximate approximate ap ap- ap- ap proximate the composition of the human eye A solution containing the compound will cloud if the substance iss is irritating the eye 4 z Researchers have a also developed a process that uses uses the membranes of chicken embryos which respond to to- to irritants like living tissue does but have no nerve en r dings to feel tie pain j The Humane Society has has' gained g a i n e d much m u c h medical m ed i c aJ knowledge due to the ex ex- experimentation experimentation with animals but some incidences have haye been found when animal experiments cx- cx have been neither lL productive ive nor no helpful in ad- ad d v cing medical fl |
