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You Can Take Action! UCLA Pro-Test Rally and Petition Champions Vital Need for Animals in Research
On April 22 on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a Pro-Test Rally was attended by approximately 800 participants. Sponsored in part by the Americans for Medical Progress, of which SOT is a member, the purpose of the rally was to raise public awareness and understanding of the vital role of the use of animals in biomedical research. A petition campaign was launched concurrently and is ongoing.
This event received widespread media attention in newspapers (e.g., Los Angles Times, New York Times), on the Web (e.g., AAAS SCIENCEInsiderblog), and on national (e.g., CNN) and local broadcasts.
A video of this event was posted on YouTube.
To demonstrate your support of this effort, the petition is posted at UCLA Pro-Test Web site. The preamble to the petition is as follows:
"For far too long a small hardcore segment of animal rights activists have used violence and threats against scientists who use laboratory animals in their quest for new treatments and cures.
The Pro-Test Petition gives you the opportunity to show your support for the scientists and your opposition to the use of threats and violence in the ongoing debate over the use of animals for biomedical research.
The Pro-Test Petition brings together people of goodwill who believe that ethical and humane animal research is a vital cornerstone for advances in medicine and who condemn all acts of violence against researchers and other life science professionals"
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