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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1985)
letters Thanks Gypsy Moth Eradication Spray Project is completed. Thorn are a number of ways of measuring its success. The final measure, the trapping program, will not be completed until this fall. However, one of the measures of its success is the understanding, acceptance, and support of the project by the local merchants, the news media and the general public We. who supervised the spray operation, would like to thank the citizens of Lane County for their cooperation and patience. We thank the local men; h an Is who made supplies, equipment and services available for the protest Ah undertaking the size • of the Gypsy Moth Project creates many unusual demands on local businesses The mer • chants of Cute County respond . ed quit klv in meeting ail of the needs . ■' We. thank.' the news media The Project could not have.biten ' conducted without their help . New spapers',- television . end radio stations -Itet'e performed- a vita! service In informing the .•public of-daily vprav plans -The • ‘news .media • ‘has also-; been ’ helpful and objective in repot ting on the Gyps\ Moth the' biologic al insecticide Bacillus ' • tlttinogicusis '(Bd.j anti the ' massive spr.iv'projet,t . ■'* Hut most importantly. wo thank the residents of Lane County. We recognize the in convenience that was created by the early morning noise, the B.t. on automobiles anti the low flying helicopters near animals. We appreciate the public’s understanding, acceptance and support of the project. The cooperation of the mer chants. the media and the residents of lame County has helped to make a difficult pro ject run smoothly. In this cooperative spirit, we hope our efforts have been successful in protecting our State from the damage that the Cyspy Moth has created elsewhere Gypsy Moth Spray Project Staff Barbarism ■ Ip regard to the issue of ex perimentation on laboratory animals. I"feel that if funding niined at preventing then suffei ing, at finding alternative methods of. gathering data, at researching tin* b.»si< moral and • •ethical questions-involved. and . at • effective and -i onsfa.nt ‘ surveillance .of the' la-lix with . citizen panels’ is not at least equal to the funding fur. tile • resear< It itself, then it. is ii.lt ■ barism. and.only the degree of it ■ reiuitms unspecified • * *. ; -TnuucxijaU from recordings made in a supposedly “very good lab” al a university in Pen* nsylvania which I read recently indicate a considerable degree of barbarism in that instance. Anyone wishing to check this for themselves may obtain transcripts or copies of the tapes from the organization, PKTA (People for the Ethical Treat ment of Animals), of which I am a member. Michael J. Means PKTA member Experiment “To- find the difference bet-, ween their brains and ours," said the medical.attendant, “we need these experiments'." ' “Hut it's . torture.’* shouted his, co-worker. "We don't know that:" said the first attendant. : , . "You don’t .'consider.,sowing up t.be.ir ayes in'order to test " .responses from their brains as lii.ture?" . . '. ». “Not’At’all/' the find atten dant answered. "What matters is tin- possible benefit.to.pur rat • ; . '.'Why should vve 'benefit al their expense -* ."It.is simple science,” said • the. first attendant.1."*We dp not seek To ca.use’-’jjain. We- seek answers- to'-our questions.*" .* .. “Hut we are stealing life from other living creatures." “We do it in order to see and understand more.” “Must we blind something in order for us to see more?” “Why do you concern yourself with these pitiful creatures?“asked the first attendant. “Because all creatures, no matter how pitiful, have a right to live in peace. We have no right to change that basic truth.” "But we have the right to" “No," said t h e c o - worker.“we have the power, but not the right." The-conversation between the two Empathons ended . This controversy began when the Knifiathons first came to Earth. As creatures far more powerful than Earthlings, they performed their scientific experiments at will; At first, the Earthlings at tempted to communicate. But, ■to creatures as advanced as the Empathons. Earthling* voices ■sounded as incomprehensible •as the mewing of kittens.. 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