Articles by Patrick Cleveland

AUTHOR: PATRICK H. CLEVELAND, p.12 In his letter to The Scientist (February 22, 1993, page 10), Martin L. Stephens, vice president of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), took exception to my lumping his organization in with other animal rights groups ("Animal Rights Activism: Enough is Enough," The Scientist, Nov. 23, 1992, page 12). However, Stephens's artful use of language does not alter the fact that HSUS is indeed part of the same animal rights movement as People for the Ethical

Date: November 23, 1992 A major goal of all animal rights activists is to stop the use of animals in scientific research, no matter how humanely it is conducted or how many human or animal lives would be saved or enhanced by it. The only differences among the various animal rights groups are the tactics and timetables for achieving that goal. Guided by what they consider a higher ethic, some animal rights zealots will use any means, including terrorism, to accomplish their objectives. The cli

The recent animal rights debate in "Animal Advocates Crusade For The Day When Animals Are Freed From Lab Cages," by Christine Jackson, and "The Animal Rights Movement Threatens To Make Scientists An Endangered Species," by Leland C. Clark, Jr. (The Scientist, Sept. 3, 1990, page 11), signaled the need for a new response by the research community. In the past, animal rights spokespersons parroted the same general collection of lies, distortions, and half-truths, and the research community would