Animal Alternatives

Paris is not the genius behind this hysterical "beating of the bush," as others--notably the National Association for Biomedical Research--have been making a nice living with the same tactic for years. The simple fact is that most animal-rights activists embrace medical research, though not at the expense of sentient creatures. We are all concerned about our own health and the health of our loved ones; we decry the expenditure of b

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Paris is not the genius behind this hysterical "beating of the bush," as others--notably the National Association for Biomedical Research--have been making a nice living with the same tactic for years.

The simple fact is that most animal-rights activists embrace medical research, though not at the expense of sentient creatures. We are all concerned about our own health and the health of our loved ones; we decry the expenditure of billions of tax dollars for treatment of diseases that could easily be prevented; and many of us support alternative methods of research with our own money.

For example, the National Anti-Vivisection Society, the charitable nonprofit organization for which I work, is the sole supporter of the International Foundation For EthicalResearch (IFER), which funds biomedical science directly in an attempt to find new techniques and methodologies which do not depend on animal suffering and death. Do we fit the mold into ...

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