Action Alert: HELP FREE MONKEY FROM U. MISS. LAB!!

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CROSS POST FREELY!!! CALL/EMAIL TO URGE RELEASE OFMONKEY BEING HELD CAPTIVE AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CTR. Folks, We need your help! Our organization's (UConn Animal Rights Collective)

efforts over the past year, with support from a plethora of national

and international advocacy groups, were instrumental in the recent

termination of the nonhuman primate research program at University of

CT Health Center that culminated with the unfortunate transfer of a

rhesus macaque named Mowgli to the University of Mississippi Medical

Center under the care of Dr. Paul May. The primary investigator on the

protocol at the UConn Health Center, Dr. David Waitzman, received

extensive sanctioning from the UCHC Animal Care Committee and USDA for

repeated, significant violations of Animal Welfare Act that culminated in the revocation of approval for the research that involved drilling holes into the skulls of rhesus macaques. You can read more about the issue here:"Primate Violations End Project at UConn" Hartford Courant, Jan 12, 2007"UConn Halts Monkey Research Following Federal Inspection" Newsday Jan 12"Monkey Business Ends at UConn Health Center" UConn Daily Campus Jan 24

By building alliances with a wide array of activists, advocates,

medical professionals and researchers across the country as well the

proprietors of several prominent animal sanctuaries, we have been able

to secure consulting services, veterinary care, and funding to

transport and provide a safe sanctuary home for Mowgli.

Mowgli has experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three of

his nonhuman primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like himself

that he knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years,

watched and waited for his turn to come. Furthermore,

in March 2006, Mowgli was pulled around and choked with a collar so

tight that the blood vessels in his face burst and his eyes bled.

Given that Mowgli has not yet been subjected to any invasive

procedures, and has even been deemed unfit for these types of

experiments by a UCHC veterinarian, this is the perfect opportunity to

provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves. The

pieces are all in place to provide a safe haven for Mowgli and we need

your help to insure that the project comes to fruition. As a tax payer

in the U.S. whose dollars fund this research, you have a say.

Please contact the administrators at the University of Mississippi

Medical Center listed below via email and telephone and urge them,

given the circumstances listed above, to agree to release Mowgli and

participate with us in the relocation process. Sincerely, Justin Goodman University of Connecticut Animal Rights Collective ACT NOW!!!!! Block of email addresses, for your convenience: lfulton jehall swarren jgarrett agrady pmay SAMPLE LETTER:Dear UMMC faculty members and staff,Thank you for your time. In light of the recent misconduct uncovered at the University of Connecticut

Health Center and the subsequent transfer of a young macaque named

Mowgli to your facility, as a taxpayer and person who abhors cruelty, I

am requesting that plans be made for Mowgli to be relocated to an

accredited sanctuary immediately.This monkey has

experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three of his nonhuman

primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like himself that he

knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years, watched and

waited for his turn to come. Given that Mowgli has not yet been

subjected to any invasive procedures, this is the perfect opportunity

to provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves. I look forward to a positive resolution to this matter. Sincerely, Name City, State Country

--- Individual contactsPrimary contact info: Dr. John Hall, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UMiss Med Ctr. jehall 601-984-1801 Dr. Paul May, Professor of Anatomy, UMiss Medical Ctr 601-984-1640/1662 Additional contact

info: Dr. Susan Warren- Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee swarren 601-984-1671 Ms. Jean Garrett- Asst. Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee jgarrett 601-815-5006 Dr.

Andrew Grady-- Director, Lab Animal Facilities agrady 601-984-1385 Dr. Linda Fulton-- Asst. Director, Lab Animal Facilities lfulton 601-984-1385

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<justin_goodman wrote:

>

> CROSS POST FREELY!!!

>

> CALL/EMAIL TO URGE RELEASE OF

> MONKEY BEING HELD CAPTIVE AT

> UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CTR.

>

> Folks,

>

> We need your help!

>

> Our organization's (UConn Animal Rights Collective

> <http://www.uchckillsmonkeys.com/> ) efforts over the past year, with

> support from a plethora of national and international advocacy groups,

> were instrumental in the recent termination of the nonhuman primate

> research program at University of CT Health Center that culminated with

> the unfortunate transfer of a rhesus macaque named Mowgli to the

> University of Mississippi Medical Center under the care of Dr. Paul May.

> The primary investigator on the protocol at the UConn Health Center, Dr.

> David Waitzman, received extensive sanctioning from the UCHC Animal Care

> Committee and USDA for repeated, significant violations of Animal

> Welfare Act that culminated in the revocation of approval for the

> research that involved drilling holes into the skulls of rhesus

> macaques. You can read more about the issue here:

>

> " Primate Violations End Project at UConn "

>

<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-monkeys0112.artjan12,0,2422647.sto\

> ry?coll=hc-headlines-local> Hartford Courant, Jan 12, 2007

> " UConn Halts Monkey Research Following Federal Inspection "

>

<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--monkeyrese\

> arch0112jan11,0,7218311.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut> Newsday Jan

> 12

> " Monkey Business Ends at UConn Health Center "

>

<http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2007/01/24\

>

/News/monkey.Business.Ends.At.Uconn.Health.Center-2671460.shtml?sourcedo\

> main=www.dailycampus.com & MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com> UConn

> Daily Campus Jan 24

>

> By building alliances with a wide array of activists, advocates, medical

> professionals and researchers across the country as well the proprietors

> of several prominent animal sanctuaries, we have been able to secure

> consulting services, veterinary care, and funding to transport and

> provide a safe sanctuary home for Mowgli.

>

> Mowgli has experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three of his

> nonhuman primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like himself that

> he knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years, watched and

> waited for his turn to come. Furthermore, in March 2006, Mowgli was

> pulled around and choked with a collar so tight that the blood vessels

> in his face burst and his eyes bled. Given that Mowgli has not yet been

> subjected to any invasive procedures, and has even been deemed unfit for

> these types of experiments by a UCHC veterinarian, this is the perfect

> opportunity to provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves.

>

> The pieces are all in place to provide a safe haven for Mowgli and we

> need your help to insure that the project comes to fruition. As a tax

> payer in the U.S. whose dollars fund this research, you have a say.

>

> Please contact the administrators at the University of Mississippi

> Medical Center listed below via email and telephone and urge them, given

> the circumstances listed above, to agree to release Mowgli and

> participate with us in the relocation process.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Justin Goodman

> University of Connecticut Animal Rights Collective

>

> ACT NOW!!!!!

>

> Block of email addresses, for your convenience:

>

> lfulton

> jehall

> swarren

> jgarrett

> agrady

> pmay

>

> SAMPLE LETTER:

>

> Dear UMMC faculty members and staff,

>

> Thank you for your time. In light of the recent misconduct uncovered at

> the University of Connecticut Health Center and the subsequent transfer

> of a young macaque named Mowgli to your facility, as a taxpayer and

> person who abhors cruelty, I am requesting that plans be made for Mowgli

> to be relocated to an accredited sanctuary immediately.

>

> This monkey has experienced insurmountable grief and trauma. All three

> of his nonhuman primate companions at UCHC, the only persons like

> himself that he knows, have died or been euthanized while he, for years,

> watched and waited for his turn to come. Given that Mowgli has not yet

> been subjected to any invasive procedures, this is the perfect

> opportunity to provide him with the life he undoubtedly deserves.

>

> I look forward to a positive resolution to this matter.

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Name

> City, State

> Country

>

>

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>

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> ---

> Individual contacts

>

> Primary contact info:

> Dr. John Hall, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UMiss Med Ctr.

> jehall@

> 601-984-1801

>

> Dr. Paul May, Professor of Anatomy, UMiss Medical Ctr

> 601-984-1640/1662

>

> Additional contact info:

> Dr. Susan Warren- Chair, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

> swarren@

> 601-984-1671

>

> Ms. Jean Garrett- Asst. Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use

> Committee

> jgarrett@

> 601-815-5006

>

> Dr. Andrew Grady-- Director, Lab Animal Facilities

> agrady@

> 601-984-1385

>

> Dr. Linda Fulton-- Asst. Director, Lab Animal Facilities

> lfulton@

> 601-984-1385

>