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Foundation for Biomedical Research-Committed to Advancing Own Economic Agendas, Not Human Health

July 29, 2000

The Dallas Morning News

To the Editor:

Frankie Trull’s letter ("Animal rights agenda: More lawsuits," July 22, 2000) is more a scare tactic, designed to shift focus away from the pain caused to animals and the harm caused to humans by experiments on animals, than a reasoned response to the issue of "guardianship." She asserts, "Medical laboratories already spend millions of dollars for security systems to keep activists from destroying their work," yet neglects to mention that her organization, the Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR), spends many more millions every year to convince the public that animal experimentation is the only way to achieve human health.

The American Medical Association’s 1989 Research Action Plan stated: "The animal activist movement must be shown to be not only anti-science but also … against medical progress." Your readers should be aware that numerous well-funded groups, including the FBR, exist only to advance their own economic-driven agendas.

The Boulder (Colo.) City Council’s decision to replace the out-moded term, animal "owner" with the more proper term, "guardian" is not, as Trull claims, an effort to "make disease research even more expensive by opening the doors to a barrage of legal challenges." It is, instead, recognition of the simple truth that animals are deserving of our respect and protection.

Many who work for the rights of other species are committed to human health and scientific advances as well as to protecting all species. Ending experiments on animals is, we believe, precisely the way to achieve all three goals.

Sincerely,

Theodora Capaldo, Ed.D.
President/Executive Director

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