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First survey on U.S. vet schools' animal use yields good news/bad news

(Winter 2001)— The first survey ever completed of the educational use of animals at U.S. veterinary schools has been released.

Twenty-two of the 27 accredited schools in the U.S. responded. According to the report, more than 9,300 healthy animals were killed after student training procedures were completed.

The report notes that schools including North Carolina State University still have a high animal use rate even though there are many alternatives available. Fortunately, there is good news including NEAVS' collaboration with Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (TUSVM) that led to Tufts' decision to end terminal surgeries on all species.

NEAVS is currently making available spay/neuter surgical experiences that will benefit students and animals alike for all 80 TUSVM students in 2001. We are also offering two scholarships to TUSVM vet students who are committed to cruelty-free vet training and the abolishment of vivisection. Information on these scholarships is available at the NEAVS office, 617-523-6020 x14.

To find out more about alternatives to killing animals for veterinary training and for copies for NEAVS' Veterinary Viewpoints publication and NEAVS' Vet Ed packet, call NEAVS or email: astauble@ma.neavs.com.

To see the study released by the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (AVAR) on the Internet, go to http://AVAR.org/avar_survey_title.htm.

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