U.S. med schools move toward animal-free education

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U.S. med schools move toward animal-free education

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2001

 

Two-thirds of all medical schools in the United States, including Harvard,

Stanford, Columbia and Yale, have eliminated the use of animals for training

doctors, replacing the animals with modern, cost-effective and humane

alternatives.

 

To date, 85 of 126 U.S. medical schools have discontinued all animal labs in

favor of state-of-the-art computer programs, simulators and human surgery

observation.

 

http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/04/04172001/medschools_43050.asp