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University scientist says
animals suffer little pain
By Dave Borns
Of th« Kmcrald
A quiet corner of the University campus is
stuck in the center of a national controversy,
which revolves around the use of laboratory
animals for scientific research.
Opponents of the practice charge that
researchers cold-bloodedly ‘'torture and
slaughter" laboratory animals, while placing
human life above all other forms of life.
But proponents of animal experimentation
counter that laboratory animals suffer little if
any pain during experiments, and they say the
experiments are needed to advance medical
science.
Greg Stickrod, University director of
laboratory and animal services, believes
"humans are the most important form of life.” .
As the result, "some animals have, to be
r sacrificedI to advance, human life."
Vaccines for polio, small pox and rubella
were all discovered with the a.id of animal
research, Stickrod says. .
Yet. Sharon Nettles, a coordinator of the
Kugene chapter of People for the Ethical Treat
ment of Animals,-says,."Humans are not the .
top species." Nettles, who does not eat animal
meat, opposes any use of anima.ls for scientific:
. research. • ' • *
"It. is a clear violation of their {animals’)
moral rights.” Nettles says. "Animals are not a
tool for human, use." . . • . .
There are alternatives to using animals for :
scientific research, she says. Among these she
. cites autopsies and voluntary experimentation
on:humans. /
•> The issue of animal experimentation has
received- much.national media attention in .re
cent months." , ’ ". ••• •
... . ■ labs ,at..tKe_Uuiversity .of • California at,
Riveirside. and" at .the University of ^Penn
sylvania have been vandalized by" opponents
. of animal research.
•And the.federal •government" has recently
suspended support for brain-injury. research
on-baboons at the University of Pennsylvania. ’
The government’s "action was- taken in
response to charges that animal researchers at.
the school were needlessly performing painful
. experiments.’on the primates.- . •
• As the result of the. negative publicity.,
Stickrod fears that* local opponents of animal
experimentation may vandalize- the Univer
’ sity'.s lab-.
"Some schools can afford to repair $1
million worth of damage to their labs," he
says, "but this school can't."
Hecause ui his fears. Stickrod has closed
the University's lab to the public.
However, Nettles says, the Eugene chapter
of PETA is not nearly as militant as other
'organizations that oppose animal research
Locally, PETA with a core of five to 10 ac
tive-members — is involved in peaceful pro
tests and community education, she says.
The group organized a June protest
against the University’s research facility.
About 15 picketors marched outside of Science
III in opposition to research being done by two
University psychology professors.
The professors. Richard Marrocco and ..
Ilnrhara Cordon -Lit key, perform research on
monkeys and kittens in Order Mo further
understand the animals’ brain processes
"Our goal is to eliminate the use of
animals in experimentation." Nettles says; •' •_
Aside from the issue of physical pain, it is.
painful for animals to be isolated from each
*It is a clear violation of their
(animals') moral rights.
Animals are not a idol for
human use,’ •
— Sharon Nettles
other, she says. Yet.-this is exactly what; (a
■done, inthe University’s labs, she says.
But St ickrod-argues that.Dniyersity resear
chers strictly follow. U S. -Public Health Ser
. vice guidelines that were developed to protect
.-laboratory-.animals.,- .. ... .
"I hate to. see animals suffer pain.”~he
■ says. '
St ickrod fears that if all animal research
were to end today, "human death and suffer
ing would needlessly continue " . *
It would drastically hinder efforts to find a
cure.for AIDS, he says!
"The information we get from such
research is key.” he says.
Nevertheless, Nettles is convinced that
animal research is wrong...v i,
"It all comes downto a question of morali
ty and your own moral values'” she says.
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