University
Daener says research
only hope for disease
By Hon Walker
Emerald Assoc iate Editor
Pamela Daener describes a
debate last month with animal
rights activists as one of the
most distressing experiences of
her life
Speaking in defense of using
animals for scientific research,
sill' was dismissed as a "luster
ical woman with a dying kid.
she said.
Danner s r vear old son Chris
suffers from muscular dvstro
pin. and his survival depends
on research performed on am
nulls, she said Chris will die
before he turns JO, unless a
cure is found, she said
If animal research were to
stop today. Daener said, there
would be no hope for Chris, or
for anyone with a genetic dis
ease
"Are von going to sacrifice a
few animals to end the suffer
mg. or .ire you going to let it all
go on to save a few animals?"
she asked
Daener. Cniversite associate
provost for ac ademii affairs is
a member of Incurable III for
Animal Research I hr group is
for vic tims of terminal disease
and their family and friends
She also is president of the
local Coalition tor Animals and
Animal Research, a group that
is often at odds with animal
rights ac tivists
During World l aboratory \n
idled l iberation Week. Cl AAR
members localle and nation
wide have appeared at annual
tropin and AIDS "The more
you slow it down, the more suf
fering there is." Daener said
l.ah animals are becoming
more expensive to obtain.
Daener said, and states have
passed legislation restricting
the types of animals that may
he used for experimentation
In addition, the otiti rv is
causing medic.d researchers to
question their roles in saving
the lives of humans Daener
said
"I find it very frightening,"
she said I see people leaving
rescan h in droves It they have
to use animals they don't yy.mt
to do it
Tens ol thousands ol mon
keys died tor polio research.
Daener said, a fait not readily
i lied by those who oppose tu
tu re rescan h A halt to animal
rescan h i ould lead to uni er
taintv about future cures to oth
er d iseases. she said
"I don't want my daughter to
have to tear lor her children's
lives because the research
stopped.’ Ilaener said
People for the Kthn al Treat
ment of Animals, a very sayyy
political group." Daener said
yens formed before ( I AAR yy as
I heir political lobby mg is a
serious major league threat to
resean h continuing al all. sin
said
( I AAR prefers edui alum
and let till ing to placards and
chanting Daener said "We're
in it a really n iyy dv group
Danner's husband Neil is a
t'niversity biology student He
7 don't want my daughter to have to
tear tor her children 's lives because the
research stopped. '
Pamela Daener
rights rallies to utter another
iters pet ti\e on tile int reasinglv
visible .mil emotional issue
The group’s goals are to edu
( ale the publit about the nature
ot animal researi h and re
searchers. to support the re
sponsible ami humane use ot
animals in biumedit al researt h
and to promote development
and use of alternatives to uni
mats m researi h
"It seems like all of the ( ut
ting edge of biornedieal re
search is controversial.
I taener said
The majority of sin h research
is performed on animals sui h
as fish or sea slugs, she said
but the loudest protests have
opposed the use of "fuzzy ani
mals’’ such as cats or monkeys,
she said
"A lot of the people in the
animal rights movement are
very well-meaning.” she said
However, their concerns for
animals are resulting in finan
i nil and hureaui rath rnad
bloi hs slowing researt h in
areas including must ulur dys
A A A
pointed out th.it the Issue ot .111
iinnl experimentation tends to
he port ra ved .is having two ex
t rentes.
Because ot this polarization,
mam people who max support
the use ol animals for luedii al
research shun a label ol pro
vi viser t iomst "or the like
"Anyone who speaks out in
favor ot lesean li 1 reates an im
age ol the other extreme." he
said However, he said, this is a
distortion
" I he other extreme is people
absolutely indifferent ol ani
mals." he said "We see our
selves as being in the middle
ground
(TAAK member Trarie Bork
said with the mi reased activitx
of animal rights groups, it is
tune for those who support bio
medical research to educate
others
" The majority of people do
think there is a difference be
tween animals and humans,"
she said "(Ac tivistsl call tli.it
spec iesisin. and I guess it is
"Our job is to edu< ate the
public and let them make up
their own minds
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