ACT/ End Pig Labs At John Hopkins Medical School

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ACT/ End Pig Labs At John Hopkins Medical School KINSHIP CIRCLE PRIMARY - PERMISSION TO CROSS-POST AS WRITTEN WORLD WEEK FOR ANIMALS IN LABORATORIES: April 20-26, 2008 http://www.WWAIL.org Be counted. Send a letter, in your own words. 4/8/08: End Pig Labs At John Hopkins Medical School http://www.KinshipCircle.org EMAIL kinshipcircle FOR WORD DOC OF A FORMATTED

LETTER. Easily modify letter and copy/paste it into an email or print out to fax or mail. =========================================================== FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample letter follows. =========================================================== Drs. Freischlag and Miller Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 720 Rutland Ave. # 925; Baltimore, MD 21205 Julie Freischlag M.D., Director, Department of Surgery - General Surgery ph: 443-287-3497; fax: 443-287-3500; email: jfreisc1 Edward D. Miller, M.D. Dean of Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer 100 SOM Administration The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 733 North Broadway; Baltimore, Md. 21205 ph: 410-955-3180; fax: 410-955-0889; email: emiller Chi V. Dang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Dean for Research ph: 410-955-2773;

fax: 410-955-0185; email: cvdang Office of Policy Coordination [including Use of Experimental Animals] Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 100 N. Charles St., Suite 900; Baltimore, MD 21201 ph: 410-516-5560; fax: 410-516-6399; email: policy web mail: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Research/OPC/comments.html Animal Care and Use Committee Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ph: 443-287-3740; email: acuc =========================================================== EMAIL BLOCK: All emails found for this alert. =========================================================== jfreisc1, emiller, cvdang, policy, acuc *Kinship Circle cannot guarantee validity of email addresses.

During campaigns, recipients may change or disable their email addresses. Emails from government, corporate, or institute websites may be incorrect. =========================================================== SAMPLE LETTER -- This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue. Try to shorten and personalize your letter before sending. =========================================================== Ladies and Gentlemen: I am surprised to learn about the use of live pigs in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine third-year surgery rotation. John Hopkins is now the sole top-ranked U.S. medical school that incorporates animal experiments into its basic medical student curricula. I respectfully ask you to join Stanford, Columbia, Duke, University of Pennsylvania and others among the 144 U.S. allopathic and osteopathic medical schools

that have discarded old-fashioned live animal labs. I understand pigs are anesthetized and sliced open to teach surgical skills intended for humans. Upon conclusion, pigs are killed and discarded. While pigs and people share similar organs, each species is so diverse in terms of its anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and genetics -- animal studies have delayed progress and endangered public safety with misleading data. It is irresponsible to rely upon animal research when simulators and other animal-free techniques now offer human-focused data and skills. Research from U.S. and U.K. universities rates a pig's intelligence as above that of a three-year-old child.

Certainly, these sentient creatures endure pain, anxiety and fear as surgical "models" confined in laboratories. Please terminate the use of live animals at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Thank you for your valuable time and consideration. Sincerely, =========================================================== SOURCE OF INFORMATION / REFERENCE LINKS =========================================================== * Eliminate the Live Animal Lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine http://support.pcrm.org/site/PageServer?pagename=johns_hopkins_care2_petition & autologin=true We need to print our exceptional literature for nationwide distribution! Can you help fund printing, estimated at $5,000 to $8,000? Many have used Kinship Circle’s fact- and photo-filled educational materials for tabling, demos and presentations. GET FREE HIGH-RESOLUTION DOWNLOADS any time: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/ ...But hard copies cost money and we need your help to pay the printer! Unlike other organization’s literature, Kinship Circle regularly updates fact sheets with the latest news, stats, and

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