Neurologists Support Non-Animal Alternatives to OSU's "Cruelty 101"
Three hundred neurologists and neurosurgeons from across
the country are united in their support of PCRM’s campaign
to stop Ohio State University’s “Cruelty
101” course. The course, held every summer at OSU’s
Columbus campus, teaches participants to maim the spinal
cords of 270 mice and rats in a cruel attempt to model spinal
cord injuries in humans. After their spinal cords are intentionally
crushed or severed, the animals are led through behavioral
exercises and then killed.
The neurospecialists have all signed on to the following
petition:
“It is essential to increase our investment in human
clinical studies in spinal cord injury, and to move a way
from attempts to model injuries in animals, many of whom
suffer in the process. I request that Ohio State University
foster techniques for effective and ethical spinal injury
research.”
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PCRM Could Use Your Help
To learn more and find out how you can help, please read PCRM’s
action alert.
If you are a neurospecialist or other health professional, an OSU
alumni, student, or faculty/staff member, or a member of the spinal
cord injury community, please contact PCRM. We could especially
use your help!
Posted 1/26/06
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Action Alert: Help Stop Inhumane Spinal Cord Classes at OSU