winter 2006

Humane Science Education: Making the Grade

A P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E A M E R I C A N A N T I -V I V I S E C T I O N SOCIETY Who Are We? VOLUME CXIV, NUMBER 1 ISSN 0274-7774

ounded in 1883, the American Anti- Vivisection Society (AAVS) is the oldest FIRST WORD non-profitF animal advocacy and educational organization in the United States dedicated to ending experimentation on animals in A VICTORY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION research, testing, and education. AAVS also Contents opposes and works to end other forms of FEATURES cruelty to animals. We work with students, grassroots groups, individuals, teachers, the Talk about perfect timing. In January Managing Editor media, other national organizations, govern- 2006, the New Jersey Student Dissection Humane Education – A Happy Convert: Introducing ment officials, members of the scientific Crystal Schaeffer 2 16 Choice Bill was signed into law, just in time Copy Editor One Perspective from the Field Alternatives into My Classroom community, and advocates in other coun- By Nicole Green, AAVS Assistant By Sharon Maselli, Biology Teacher, tries to legally and effectively end the use of Julie Cooper-Fratrik for the dreaded spring season of dissection Director of Education Westerly Learning Center, New Jersey animals in science through education, advo- cacy, and the development of alternative in schools and just in time to have some Since its establishment 15 years ago, Although a bit skeptical at first, after methods to animal use. wonderful news to start off this issue of the Animalearn remains a leader in trying some dissection alternatives, AV Magazine. STAFF promoting humane education, dissection this New Jersey teacher is happy to AAVS has two main divisions, each involved alternatives, and student choice policies. include them in her classroom. in specific activities. Animalearn is the In the AAVS office, we applauded the Jeanne Borden, education program of AAVS, which focuses Administration Assistant on ending vivisection and dissection in the New Jersey bill’s success as another decisive The Animalearn Intern Program & Keeping Animal Biology Alive in Laura Ducceschi, Education Director 4 20 classroom. From elementary through college endorsement of students’ rights to stand up Student Perspectives Secondary Schools levels, Animalearn helps countless individu- Heather Gaghan, Assistant Director By Lynette Hart and Mary Wood, for what they believe, following the lead by of Development & Member Services Over the past several years, AAVS has als make their classrooms more humane. UC Center for Animal Alternatives, Animalearn operates the most aggressive other states such as Pennsylvania, California, Nicole Green, Assistant Director of enjoyed working with a number of student interns. It’s our great pleasure University of California, Davis dissection alternatives lending library in Education the country, The Science Bank; it provides and Illinois. Staff from AAVS’s education to introduce a few to our readers. Bringing advanced technology to high school Nicole Perry, Membership Coordinator alternatives to using animals, from basic division, Animalearn, had provided expert biology classrooms paves the way for better Jennifer Raila, Office Assistant dissection, through psychology experiments. quality education for future scientists. testimony to the legislature in our neighboring state of New Jersey. We also provided Crystal Schaeffer, Outreach Director Time to learn something new… Animalearn also participates in national 7 teacher conferences and hosts workshops local activists with the resources they needed to make their case, including dissection Julie Sinnamon, Executive Assistant By Siri Martinsen, Veterinarian, Director Vivisection Hurts: Too Much to help teachers learn ways of educating alternatives from Animalearn’s lending library, The Science Bank. As The Science Bank for Programs & Administration of NOAH – for Animal Rights, Norway, 22 Animal Use in Research and Education without harming other living creatures. and Representative, InterNICHE Animalearn’s National Humane Educators celebrates its 10th anniversary, we are happy to report to our members and friends that Lauren Zaprala, IT Manager & is Unnecessary and Inhumane Graphic Designer Finding shared ideals and visions, By Lawrence A. Hansen, MD, University Network links interested parties with speak- our resources are proven to make a difference, not just in persuading legislators, but in ers across the country, bringing the message InterNICHE has created a network of humane of California, San Diego helping students and educators every day. GRAPHIC DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION: education, connecting cultures, generations, of humane education to thousands. © Copyright 2006 eureka, and the people welcoming change. Highly respected in the medical community, In these pages, AAVS is offering you a remarkable range of articles on the benefits Dr. Hansen offers his frank reasoning as to The Outreach division of AAVS educates the www.abouteureka.com general public about animal issues through of humane science education that we hope will not only inform, but inspire. We why the use of animals in medical education The AV Magazine (USPS 002-660) is Vivisection NOT! Alternatives, The one of the top-rated literature collections 9 and research is wholly unnecessary. were fortunate to enlist the writing skills of some wonderfully accomplished medical published quarterly under the auspices of Best of Animals & Science in the animal advocacy movement and the the American Anti-Vivisection Society, By Vets Care Organization, Pakistan informative AAVS website. Our quarterly professionals and educators who have been in the forefront of improving education by Sue Leary, President. Annual membership Ongoing Renovation—Animals in publication, AV Magazine, and bi-monthly Inspiring and courageous, learn about the 24 steering away from the traditional uses of animals for vivisection and dissection in the dues: $25 .00. Third-class postage paid at Veterinary Medical Education newsletter, Activate For Animals, provide Lancaster, Pa. start of a new revolution in Pakistan. By Lara Marie Rasmussen, DVM, MS, comprehensive up-to-date information on classroom. They agreed to share with you their perspectives on how even advanced Diplomate, American College of Veterinary the scientific and ethical dimensions of science and medical education can be both a better learning experience for students Office of Publication: Creating Caring: Surgeons Member, Program Committee for animal experiments and alternatives. Both 10 publications encourage AAVS members and and better for animals when alternative methods are employed. 801 Old York Rd., #204 A Compassionate Curriculum the AAVMC Educational Symposium 2006 Jenkintown, PA 19046-1685 By Rachel Fouts-Carrico, Education supporters to become actively involved in I only wish these innovators had been in charge when I was a university biology Telephone: (215) 887-0816 Specialist, Friends of Washoe Open communication, sharing, and choice our campaigns. Outreach staff also travel to Fax: (215) 887-2088 of veterinarians, professors, students, speaking engagements and conferences and student in the 1970s. Instead, I had to turn away from a career in the biological sciences E-mail: [email protected] A specially designed curriculum on and institutions have led to a proactive place advertisements in national publica- because there was no choice except to harm animals, and that, I would not do. I have chimpanzees that helps to foster compassion tions to spread the AAVS message across the Website: www.aavs.org approach to teaching veterinary medicine. always wondered how many students like me were lost to science because they did not and empathy for all living beings. country. succumb to pressure from instructors and peers to desensitize themselves and repress Articles published in the AV Magazine may The Alternatives Research & Development be reproduced with written permission and Virtual Dissection: Foundation (ARDF), an affiliate of AAVS, their aversion to causing pain. Today I see colorful public relations programs aimed with credit given to AAVS. Also, we appreciate 14 A Step-by-Step Tutorial awards grants to scientists and educators at encouraging girls to pursue careers in science and I think, “How disingenuous!” receiving pertinent newspaper and magazine By Laura Ducceschi, AAVS Education Director working to develop non-animal methods clippings, including their sources and dates of of investigation. ARDF’s unique program Science professions don’t deserve the smart and sincere young people they seek unless publication. Get a firsthand look at one common provides the necessary resources for the they are willing to make science education a study worthy of them, and make biology in dissection alternative! development of alternatives to the use of particular a life-affirming study rather than something tainted with unnecessary cruelty When sending funds or making bequests, animals, and it advocates the use of alterna- please use our legal title: tives through the internet and by participat- and death. COLUMNS ing in conferences and seminars. Through The American Anti-Vivisection Society these endeavors, ARDF works to promote At AAVS, it has always been one of our values to work with young people who care 801 Old York Rd., #204 scientific solutions for today with humane about animals. Our “Miss B’Kind Club” flourished in the early years of the 1900s and Jenkintown, PA 19046-1685 MediaWatch Message to our Members visions for the future. AAVS18 speaks out on behalf of humane 31When you support AAVS, you also support it may sound quaint, but in fact, it was ahead of its time in encouraging children to Organized and established in 1883. education and animals used in cloning our work as a leader in the promotion We ask you to become a member of AAVS examine and embrace positive values about animals. and genetic engineering research. and development of humane education. and help us to end the use of animals in science through education, advocacy, and If it is a cliché to say that children are the future, it is also undeniably true. They are The individual views expressed in the the development of alternative methods. entitled to the best we can give them, and the animals are entitled to the best we can do AV Magazine do not necessarily reflect the NewsNet TRIBUTES It is only through the support of members policy of the American Anti-Vivisection USDA28 Bans Certain Antibiotic Use in Special31 friends honored and remembered. and other individuals that we are able to for them as well. AAVS will continue to make high quality humane science education Society. Chickens, U.S. Corporation Develops continue our vital and successful programs. a priority. As the next generation of children enjoys the opportunity to develop into Human Organ Testing Alternative, Scientists ARDF Update caring, thoughtful citizens and enlightened scientists, it seems likely that we will all to do Primate Research in Kenya, Fossey The32 Alternatives Development & Research Fund Making Great Strides for Gorillas, Foundation stands among the leaders of benefit, not only the animals. Printed on recycled paper. FDA Falls Short with Mad Cow Testing the alternatives development movement. Procedures, and Mexico Takes Measures to Prepare for Monarch Migration. be so accommodating to us. I know this for the animals who are being used in the in California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Humane Education: because I speak to parents from all over classroom, since these materials are so Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, the country who face teachers who are readily available through free loan pro- Oregon and, most recently, New Jersey adamantly opposed to the idea of stu- grams like The Science Bank. A highly have the legal right to choose a humane One Perspective from the Field dents using alternatives to dissection. recommended and beneficial resource alternative to dissection. Louisiana, Since its inception 15 years ago, for parents and students who are opposed Maine, and Maryland offer informal poli- Animalearn has made significant prog- to dissection to give to teachers is the cies, while similar legislation is pend- ress for animals used in education, Animalearn Resource Kit. This compre- ing in Massachusetts and Michigan. especially in the realm of dissection. hensive Kit includes a copy of The Those students who live in states that Most recently, as technology has rap- Science Bank catalog, in addition to a do not have a legal student choice policy idly advanced, so has the development plethora of dissection related materials in place still have the right to object to of humane science education products. such as a cost comparison sheet, which dissection. In many cases, students liv- In 1996, Animalearn launched its free breaks down the cost effectiveness of ing in states without protective policies alternative to dissection loan program alternatives compared to dissection have been successful in encouraging their called The Science Bank, which today specimens over a three-year time period. teachers and/or school districts to al- includes over 250 innovative CD-ROMs, Also inside the Kit is a list of comparative low them to use dissection alternatives. Student choice policies are important in assisting those students who do not want to dissect, but in many cases stu- dents are unaware that these policies are even in place. Therefore, humane educators need to make schools and school districts aware that these poli- cies exist and request that their students By Nicole Green, are also made aware of these options. AAVS Assistant College and university students need Director of Education to follow a different path to obtain stu- dent choice, since in most cases they do not have an overriding school code that is dictated by a state or overarching governing body. As a result, individual attribute my admi- sion from my family members school bringing in animals my son with a styrofoam studies of student performance, which institutions prescribe their own guide- ration and respect solidified who I am today, a who are exploited in zoos and or wooden egg instead of a shows through a list of scientific studies lines on issues such as dissection and for animals to the person who strives to end aquaria. I make sure to tell real egg. The teacher was that students trained using humane teach- vivisection in the classroom. Fortunately, I first humane edu- injustice towards all crea- my son’s teacher to take him fine with this idea. She even ing methods perform at least at well as many students and student animal pro- cators in my life tures through education as out of these activities, and she suggested that if I wanted or better than those who utilize animals. tection groups have successfully been —my grandmother and my a humane educator. There is complies with no hesitation. to, I could supply the entire able to secure student choice policies Animalearn representatives travel mother. My now deceased nothing more fulfilling for me Before enrolling our son in class with styrofoam eggs. I at their colleges/universities, includ- worldwide to showcase the alterna- grandmother, a first grade than enlightening students, preschool, my husband and I was elated and seized this ing Harvard University, Sarah Lawrence tives available in The Science Bank teacher, was always kind to from elementary through had to explain that we were opportunity to make this College, the University of Illinois, and and to give presentations to educators, animals and opened my eyes college, about the many dif- vegans (strict vegetarians activity cruelty-free for all of Vassar University, to name a few. who are interested in knowing more to nature and all of its beauty. ferent plights of animals. who do not eat, meat, dairy, my son’s classmates instead about the digital classroom or the vi- Since my start here at AAVS and Every morning she fed the In most cases, students are eggs) and do not support ani- of utilizing eggs derived realistic animal models, charts, posters, able and cutting-edge technological Animalearn, I have had the privilege to squirrels on her small porch. completely unaware that mal exploitation of any kind, from egg laying hens who videos, and more to assist students and methods that are available to them and meet a number of students who work What amazed me was that the animals are still used in un- meaning our son would not are subjected to deplorable educators who prefer to learn about the their students. It is rewarding when we hard to make a difference for animals squirrels somehow knew that necessary experiments or cut attend zoo or aquaria visits conditions in factory farms! life sciences without killing animals in meet a high school biology teacher like used in education. Some of their inspira- she was a human they could up for dissection purposes in and/or participate in activities The use of animals is en- the process. Over 500 alternatives ex- Sharon Maselli who was once skeptical tional writings are featured in this issue, trust, because they would schools. Students need to be which involve using prod- trenched in our society, so ist not only for anatomy but also for of dissection alternatives and now em- and I urge readers to follow their lead frequently choose to sit and taught that they can be com- ucts that are animal derived. small victories like this one anesthesia and critical care, biochem- braces this new teaching methodology and educate young and old about how munch quietly in her pres- passionate consumers, can I am happy to report that are gratifying. However, as istry and cell biology, clinical skills and wholeheartedly. (Please see page 16.) they can make changes for the animals ence. My mother, who loves purchase products that are my son’s teacher has been the days, weeks, and years with whom we share our world. surgery, embryology and developmental Students tend to have a more diffi- and appreciates wildlife, also not tested on animals, and can wonderful about complying pass by, the more we real- biology, histology, pathology, pharma- cult time influencing their teachers and regularly welcomed stray cats use alternatives to dissection with our needs and wishes. ize that situations will arise cology, physiology, and psychology. professors to allow them to use dissec- into our home and cared for if facing this ethical dilemma One example of a project which will force us to stand Due to the wealth of alternate methods tion alternatives. Animalearn receives them, which is something she in their biology classes. that the kids were to do in our ground and present a For more information about Animalearn available to help teach and learn sci- numerous calls from students who want continues to do to this day. As a mother of a pre- class was to paint eggs. I sug- differing opinion or more and its humane education materials, ence, Animalearn representatives advise to know how to approach a teacher with Witnessing these simple schooler, I have already faced gested to the teacher that I compassionate point of please visit www.Animalearn.org. parents and students that they have the their concerns on this sensitive topic. acts of kindness and compas- situations which involve the would be happy to provide view. Not all teachers will power to make a significant difference Fortunately, students from K-12 who live

 A AV S w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 AV MAGAZ i n e A PUBL I CAt i O n OF t H e AM e r i CA n A n t i -V I V I S E C t i O n SOC i e t Y  Hofstra University student Laura Lungarelli, medical schools do not see dissection we thought it was a good idea to first then we go to the school board and Laura Lungarelli who interned for Hofstra University as necessary at the undergraduate level meet with Mr. Doviak, our Principal. do not stop fighting until the end. Animalearn in 2004 writes the first I disagree with using animals as part of and assume that their students have no We scheduled a meeting with him for What’s next? We are planning to talk The Animalearn article. Laura has been working education for many reasons. The primary skills for cutting flesh. This assumption Monday. Going into the meeting, we to other schools in our area. Maybe, tirelessly to try and implement a reason is because I feel it is unethical. It is based on the fact that undergraduate were really nervous. What if he just having made a difference in our own schools use animals that are treated with dismissed what we had to say? Our Intern Program student choice policy at Hofstra is not ethical to use another being for school, we can expand and change formaldehyde and/or other chemicals doubts evaporated as the meeting for the past few years, with any reason. I had entered my college things for others as well. Making a that cause their flesh to look and feel went forth. His initial response was, Animalearn’s help. Fortunately, education as a biology major, but when I difference is not always as hard as it & Student different than if they were alive. “We still have dissection?” When we she has been able to bring a lot learned that biology majors at my school may seem. All we had to do was ask. proposed getting rid of dissection Perspectives of attention to the matter but are mandated to dissect animals, I quickly Another point that we thought would changed majors and began to work on be extremely helpful was pointing out in our anatomy class (the last one to continues to struggle to change the Asja Sever, University of a campaign to create a choice policy that using alternatives, which can be still have it), he said, “I was a biology minds of Hofstra administrators Delaware - Follow up reused, would, in fact, save Hofstra an teacher, and I don’t see why not.” who remain unconvinced that to allow students the freedom of being biology majors and not hurting animals. amazing amount of funding each year. He also told us that it was unnecessary Last May as a senior project, I For the past several years, dissection alternatives are as volunteered at Animalearn for a month. I do think it is a large problem for I currently work with the Hofstra to go to the board meeting, because it Animalearn has had the valid as dissecting specimens. Little did I know how big of an impact universities to not provide alternatives Student Organization for Animal Rights, would be up to him and the Director opportunity to educate many Following Laura’s piece is a that experience was going to have on to dissection to those who feel it is trying to find a suitable choice policy for of Curriculum, Dr. Hausman, who high school and college students the rest of my life. Learning about collaborative article written unethical. It represents a university’s Hofstra’s biology curriculum. We have happened to walk in at that moment. about the use of animals in animal testing and other forms of cruelty by Genai Odhner and Asja disregard for a student to maintain his done a great amount of research; we have She gave her enthusiastic support to research, testing, and education made me realize many things that were Sever, high school seniors from or her own personal values. At Hofstra, done polls and educated the students our cause, having seen an undercover through its internship program, hypocritical in my own life, and in the Lower Moreland High School in when the University had failed to see and faculty on numerous occasions in report on biological supply companies which is structured around lives of other vegetarians. I became more Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania our complaints as an ethical objection, numerous ways; we have had letters on CNN. We scheduled a second conscious of what I was buying, whether each student’s schedule. When who interned at Animalearn we had the University’s Christian from many other schools given to our meeting for Wednesday with both is was food, clothing, or even shampoo. a student decides to intern at in May and June of 2005. Both Pastor write a letter for us, supporting administration and faculty supporting of them, then basically frolicked all Animalearn, that student is Genai and Asja were extremely our contention that the decision to not us; we have brought alternatives to our the way back to Jenkintown, where Oftentimes I was in the grocery given projects such as reading dedicated to making a difference dissect is a sound and ethical objection. biology department for them to try; Animalearn’s office is located. store with some friends, and they were animal rights literature, watching looking at different brands of shampoo for animals, so we asked them, Along with proving to our school that and we continue to meet with deans, Our second meeting was perhaps videos, giving presentations to or toothpaste. I quickly rattled off which as one of their projects for our unwillingness to dissect animals is professors, and, most recently, the a little sobering. They challenged brands tested on animals and which ones fellow classmates, researching Animalearn, to compose a letter a sound ethical decision which should provost logically arguing our case. us to defend our proposal, point by did not, which affected their purchase. for possible future Animalearn for other student advocates be respected, we researched and proved point. Having done research, we were I would think back to my days at projects, in addition to writing that would inspire them to get a number of different things to faculty prepared to argue. In fact, going into Genai Odhner and Asja Sever, Animalearn, sending letters to companies articles for our publications. Below active for animals. Asja Sever’s and administration. One point we our first meeting, we were ready for Lower Moreland High School who tested on animals, with my co-intern is a collection of articles from three follow–up article explains how were clear to make is that allowing intense opposition, and now was our We achieved something that even Genai Odhner, and smile, knowing that recent interns who have done a she has continued to enlighten alternatives does not disrupt a teacher’s chance to really make our case. we thought almost impossible. We this is where the difference is made—in tremendous amount of work for others about animal cruelty as academic freedom; the instructor is still The meeting ended on a positive note, are Asja Sever and Genai Odhner, two the supermarket or in the restaurant. Animalearn and for animals. a freshman college student. allowed to use whichever alternatives leaving us a little shaken but optimistic. seniors at Lower Moreland High School. and teach whichever material s/he They told us they were going to speak to After meals was usually when the For our senior project, we interned at deems necessary to the course. There the anatomy teacher, then get back to us. vegetarian questions started. “That’s not Animalearn. Learning about dissection Asja Sever (left) and Genai Odhner (right) are a wide variety of alternatives, and it We called the school at least five or six healthy. People need meat” is the most made us realize how hypocritical it would work together on their Animalearn project. is likely that there is one to suit every times. Finally, we got an answer, which common comment I received. “On the be to stand by while dissection still took academic need. We have also shown turned out to be much less of an answer contrary,” I would say as I cleared my place at our school. We quickly decided our faculty and administration proof than we had anticipated. They wanted throat and prepared them for a fifteen- to go beyond our projects and try to make that students learn just as well using to take a survey of the students, and said minute speech filled with perfectly a difference by eliminating dissection alternatives, and we even offered to stand that they would test out the alternatives. prepared facts and arguments, something in our school. We went on our school’s as subjects for our biology department It was a reasonable step to take, I picked up from volunteering at website and found out when the school to do their own research. We offered to although we were a little disappointed Animalearn. Knowing how to support the board meetings would be. Working take a class using alternatives and take at the lack of immediate change. We various counter-arguments people would furiously, we collaborated on an outline all the same quizzes and tests as students were anxious to make a difference but use came in handy at times like those. of what we wanted to say, covering using dissection. The faculty refused realized that these things take time. Now that I’m in college, I face the same all the different aspects of dissection our offer and still blindly insists that situations all over again—new friends alternatives. Then we obtained Humane Mr. Doviak thanked us for “getting students cannot learn using alternatives. and new trips to the supermarket and Educator Packs from Animalearn, the wheels turning,” and we felt proud dinner. I have chances to influence more Our faculty explicitly emphasizes that and Nicole Green, Animalearn’s but perhaps a little vulnerable. This and more people with whom I come students using alternatives would not Assistant Director of Education, issue that is so important to us was no into contact. Recently, I have attended learn the “art” of dissection. This claim wrote a letter that we included. longer in our hands. We had done our is actually rather silly, because most part and made a significant difference, the Students of Holistic Living Meeting It was Friday, May 13, and the board biology majors will never go to medical but the ultimate decision would not and proposed an idea to the President. I meeting was scheduled for Tuesday or veterinary school after Hofstra. be ours. If they cut out dissection, we suggested to her that we have a concert evening. In order to have a stronger face Furthermore, we learned that most celebrate, and our job is done. If not, with local bands to draw awareness to during our presentation to the board,

 A AV S w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 AV MAGAZ i n e A PUBL I CAt i O n OF t H e AM e r i CA n A n t i -V I V I S E C t i O n SOC i e t Y  The Animalearn Intern Program & Student Perspectives continued

the fact that the University of Delaware, which I attend, has animal tests and/or The Science Bank dissection in some of their programs. Celebrates 10 Years of Time to learn something new… Although my major, international Providing Education relations, does not pertain to biological for the Future science and I would never need to dissect or test on animals, I feel it is inhumane and must be stopped. April, the Students of Holistic Living President, By Siri Martinsen, Veterinarian, a client donation program for ethically told me that this would be a good idea, Director of NOAH – for Animal Rights, sourced animal cadavers. In Russia, and that we will concentrate more on change has come about even the last Norway, and Representative, RUSSIA few months following an InterNICHE it when the spring comes around. InterNICHE speaking tour that addressed over 500 Ever since Genai and I took a stand teachers and students, resulting in to eliminate dissection in our high eing the first veterinarian agreements at two institutes to replace school, I feel like I could do anything. SWEDEN FINLAND in Norway to complete harmful animal use in education across a What seemed like such a monumental my studies without animal whole department and faculty. task was all in our minds. I learned experiments, I have people are reluctant to change if the B At the time of my own graduation experienced a process that change is not initiated. By taking the last summer, resulting in the Norwegian I believe is the start of a new tradition first step, the wheels start turning. Veterinary School implementing a within life science education: a tradition NORWAY This year, Animalearn’s The Science Bank marks a milestone. After 10 student choice policy and moving Recently, I have also spoken to of respect for animals. years of providing humane science alternatives to students and educators towards replacement of all animal April about getting better vegan/ All over the world students work of all ages and capacities, The Science Bank has reached a record number experiments, colleagues in Romania vegetarian food in the dining halls of borrowers, and has a continually growing number and range of products hard to promote alternatives to animal ESTONIA were completing their veterinary course and in the small university-operated available free to the educational community. experiments and to be able to learn with substantial replacement of harmful ‘marts’ around campus. I walked into without compromising their ethics. A free lending program of humane science education products that allows animal use. Last fall, an InterNICHE/ his initial resistance towards student my local Rodney-Mart the other day do Representatives of these students parents, students, teachers, and administrators the ability to access the World Society for the Protection of demands for change was transformed into find microwavable organic vegetarian from 32 countries gathered at the 2nd latest in science teaching tools, The Science Bank has over 250 modern non- Animals outreach tour succeeded in food! It amazed me what I did by just a keen interest for developing alternatives animal alternatives available. The latest in models, CD-ROMS, manikins, InterNICHE Conference “Alternatives training nearly 500 teachers across India, when he realized the possibilities of asking. April said it was a long process, charts, and videos can be accessed easily through The Science Bank. These in the Mainstream: Innovations in Life again resulting in direct replacement. modern technology in this field, as well which was initiated a few months ago, non-animal alternatives are perfect for biology, anatomy, physiology, Science Education and Training” in And the InterNICHE Humane Education as for scientific research. Dr. Amarendhra and that demands from the vegetarian genetics, and psychology classes and labs. For a sampling of what is Norway this year, together with teachers Award has supported the development Kumar from Tufts University in Boston, residents in my building have helped available at The Science Bank, log on to www.animalearn.org, or call and researchers who shared their interest (800)SAY-AAVS to request a free full-color The Science Bank catalog. and implementation of freeware MA explained how he saw students quicken the pace of the developments. in creating a learning environment where alternatives, bringing replacement in develop more mature behaviour towards All around, Animalearn has motivated the quality of education and ethical CD-ROMS Romania, India, and elsewhere. animals in the veterinary course by me to be active for animals beyond my The best dissections are done with a computer mouse, not a scalpel. The considerations are equally important. In short, the interest in humane using cadavers from the client donation internship. I am much more aware of Science Bank’s collection of CD-ROM dissection software allows teachers to This conference was one of several recent education is growing rapidly and is not program rather than purpose-killed dogs. the things going on around me, and I move dissection out of an expensive wet lab and onto a more modern and events which prove that the time has limited to only certain parts of the world. Dr. Marc Bekoff shared his experiences have certainly wanted to show others educationally effective computer screen, complete with anatomy lessons come for humane education worldwide. and in many cases, assessment tools. There are many CD-ROMS available Indeed, countries where alternatives as a researcher and teacher in ethology, the things I’ve learned. There are many which focus on everything ranging from human anatomy to in-classroom represent a relatively new issue are and made a strong case for non-invasive more things I would like to do in college Alternatives create connections cardiac muscle experiments and operant conditioning to genetics lab. seen as making big steps forward in a field studies, including their advantages as well. Our Vegan Club here is not among cultures very short time. Countries like Egypt, for gaining new knowledge. Producers that well organized, and I would like Models The student panel at the InterNICHE Syria, and Pakistan were represented of advanced virtual reality (VR) tools for to maybe get in touch with someone Life-size dissection models with impeccable detail, enlarged replica models Conference showed the impact that with accompanying keys, raised-relief models, and model activity sets are at the InterNICHE Conference and had education, such as the ovary palpation and help make it more active and bring the campaign for humane education all available for loan through The Science Bank. Regardless of the animal important contributions, and recently simulator from Glasgow University in those people together. Being vegetarian has brought about in the last five who is being studied, The Science Bank probably has a suitable model. The new InterNICHE connections have been Scotland and the Norwegian SimSurgery is an important part of my life, and I’m years: students and professionals from Science Bank also has models for human anatomy labs. made in ex-Soviet countries. model for surgery training, presented pretty sure if the right foods were made Russia, Japan, Australia, Brazil, and Iran exciting new possibilities that may available to me, being vegan would be Mannikins presented their experiences of successful Alternatives create connections transform the educational experience a choice for me. Also, I am involved The Science Bank has recently added a new veterinary and pre-veterinary campaigning. Biologist Thales Trèz from among generations completely. in Amnesty International and the Civil suite, featuring Mannikins, to its loan program. Perfect for teaching Brazil reported a significant increase in anatomy and microsurgical techniques at colleges, veterinary/medical Likewise, the book from Guinea Pig Liberties Union, which has exposed student awareness about the issue, and Not only students initiate progressive schools, or veterinary technical schools, Mannikins are realistic and to Computer Mouse (InterNICHE 2003), me to people with many of the same he has made several nationwide speaking change. Many teachers, who as students full-sized animal models with realistic representations of systemic and themselves did not complete their co-sponsored by Animalearn, presents interests as I have, and helped me build anatomical functioning. Mannikins feature mouth to snout resuscitation, tours. Veterinary student Eriko Gotoh practical case studies by teachers from a future network for when we do have a working lungs, an artificial pulse, the ability to aspirate air and fluid from from Japan has co-organized speaking courses without the harmful use of across the world. Humane education is a benefit concert in spring, hopefully! the thoracic cavity to simulate trauma, and the ability for IV draw and events at 16 veterinary universities and animals, have started reflecting on the platform where generations can meet to injections. helped create student groups for the benefits—educational, ethical, and discuss and create an ethical and effective ethical treatment of animals in just two economic—of implementing alternatives. learning environment. years. Currently, she is helping to set up At the InterNICHE conference, Dr. Hans Braun from Germany described how

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Different opportunities in different animal use to humane education is often example of change comprising approach parts of the world dependent on the availability of rather than technological tool is the developed by teachers themselves, has been Against Painful Experiments on Animals, the resources. Bearing this in mind, teaching of Dr. M. A. Akbarsha in India, InterNICHE in complemented by the availability of resources department agreed not to use any animals at all Campaigning for humane education to facilitate this replacement. Information for students or postgraduates. With 1,000 animals InterNICHE has put substantial effort who also presented at the InterNICHE worldwide shows that there are always Global Exchange resources, libraries of alternatives, and outreach originally used in education every year, the total into creating new and often multi- Conference. Dr. Akbarsha emphasized possibilities for change, even though the By Nick Jukes, Coordinator, and training are all playing a role; and teachers has now been successfully reduced to zero. language resources. The Humane the importance of modernizing biology, difficulties met may not be expected. InterNICHE are increasingly willing to share their positive The second institute to replace 100 percent Education Award has also targeted creating more focus on cell biology, experiences of implementing alternatives. A group of students at the Veterinary of experiments and to implement donated areas where language is an obstacle to genetics, and conservation biology and, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, One example of this progress is the alternatives as part of a broader process of implementing alternatives, and supported thereby. making dissections irrelevant. InterNICHE outreach in Russia and Ukraine held reform and modernisation is the Agricultural is currently making progress towards projects that make translated or locally Work to replace harmful animal use and during October 2005. With presentations and Academy at Velikie Luki. The whole Faculty a student’s right to object to animal developed alternatives available. Different interests, same goal to implement alternatives has been gaining training in alternatives to over 500 teachers of Animal Production Technology agreed to experiments. However, in the neighboring momentum across the world through the and students, it culminated in guaranteed drop animal experiments from its courses. country Sweden, such rights have been in The concept of “reusable learning The campaign for humane education commitment of many volunteers from the replacement of animal experiments at a number These successes are rooted in the InterNICHE- is an area of intersection among a range existence for many years. Pharmacology objects,” as presented by Dr. David International Network for Humane Education of departments and huge media coverage Russia library of alternatives that allows free student Sepher Shafiezadeh, from Iran, Dewhurst at the 5th World Congress on of different interests. Perhaps this is (InterNICHE) and its collaborators such as across the whole of the former Soviet Union. borrowing of items by teachers and the availability has also recently managed to convince Animal Use and Alternatives last year, is one explanation for the success this Animalearn. Working closely with teachers In St. Petersburg, the State Academy of of freeware alternatives that can be distributed interested in modernising university life science his teachers to use several alternatives, another way to support the development campaign has had in different countries Veterinary Medicine is introducing alternatives at cost price. Together they illustrate how much practical classes and supporting students who the same alternatives that my physiology of alternatives by sharing elements of and cultures. Humane education is about for economic as well as pedagogical and ethical can be done with seed funding to support small- conscientiously object to dissections and animal reasons. The Department of Pharmacology has scale but highly effective and sustainable projects teachers in Norway were reluctant computer programs. The distribution modernizing education by optimizing experiments, campaigners have an increasing halved animal use in recent years through audio- that are designed to facilitate real replacement. of secondhand computers may also learning tools and keeping education to even review. Resistance from the number of success stories on which to report. visual aids and clinical learning opportunities. They also remind us that despite the huge on the cutting-edge of technological establishment can sometimes be harder support rapid implementation, supported The availability of so much excellent software And in exchange for donations of computers from challenges facing campaigners for an ethical in western countries, which we imagine by global databases on alternatives for development. This attracts teachers and other alternative learning tools, mostly InterNICHE and the International Association science, there are in fact many open doors. might be more open-minded to the effective information retrieval. interested in technology, computer

Vivisection NOT! and the chief guest of the event was Professor the seminar. In organizing the team, Dr. Fariha A world united for a common cause: the creation of a generation of biologists, veterinarians, Alternatives, The Best of Dr. Khalid Pervaiz (Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Akhter, Shahid Mehmood, Sabira Nazir, Waqas and doctors worldwide who are devoted to their profession and grounded on a basis of respect Animals & Science Sciences, UVAS Lahore). Three lectures were Tahir, Shoaib Karim, Tanveer Ahmed, Waseem delivered in the 1st session: 1) “Idea of Vivisection, Abbas, Kamran Latif, Shaista Gul Bukhari, Bushra for living beings, human and animals alike. By Vets Care Organization, Pakistan What are Alternatives and their Use in Education,” Ijaz, Irum Ayesha, Mirza Usman Baig, Waqas presented by Professor Dr. Zafar Iqbal (Chairman, Azeem, M. Asad, Asif Awan, Waseem Shaukat, Department of Pathology and Director, ICE&E and Rohaib Aslam performed their duties at specialists, and others to the issue. critical thinking of their students, than in Libraries of alternatives, or ‘loan UVAS Lahore); 2) “Use of Animal Alternatives in their best level with a number of volunteers. Humane education is also about creating countries where the virtue of free speech systems,’ also play a major role, as they Microbiological Research,” presented by Dr. Irshad In the seminar, the president VCO, Dr. Mohsin an environment where students can focus is not thoroughly established. enable small student groups and animal Hussain (Associate Professor, Department of Ali Bhatti came especially from Islamabad after on the learning rather than fighting for Western students may have the welfare groups to present directly Microbiology, UVAS Lahore); and 3) “Concept of postponing his tour to Sindh province. The honorable their beliefs, and so it attracts teachers right to protest and, indeed, some to students and teachers a range of Animal Welfare in Pakistan,” presented by Dr. Noor- guest shared his views about alternatives and who are committed to their role as have taken their university to court, alternatives that they could otherwise not ul-Zaman Rafique (Veterinary Officer, SPCA). The two emphasized the issue of their practical use in educators. Of course humane education for example in the U.S. and Germany. afford. The InterNICHE Loan System, alternatives, Physiology Simulator and Prodissection Pakistan. The Souvenir was also presented to is also about human rights, or the right to Students in Eastern European and ex- for example, enables items to be used in of Frog, were demonstrated in the 2nd session. the Chief Guest. After the Chief Guest’s speech, freedom of conscience. Finally, humane Soviet countries, however, may have the Japan one week, and the U.S. the next; The exhibition of alternatives was also Professor Dr. H. A. Hashmi (Patron VCO) presented education is about respecting animals’ Pakistan is a country where one veterinary advantage of presenting the alternatives and after lending Critical Care Jerry arranged after the first session, and a number of a vote of thanks and praised the work of the young lives, an issue that is becoming important university and 3 veterinary faculties are awarding as the technological innovations and mannikin to the University of Florida, the alternatives, including CD-ROMs, videos, mannikins, team on organizing such a wonderful seminar for the to an increasing number of professionals, graduate degrees to 500-600 students every tools of modernisation that they actually veterinary college bought five. and models, were exhibited. The guests were first time. He also admired the practical work of Vets as well as the general public. It also year. Hundreds of animals have been killed behind are. Teachers in some western countries served with tea and snacks. The American Anti- Care Club in the UVAS, working under the umbrella binds together a wide variety of different the closed doors of laboratories. Similarly, all may, according to my own experience, Replacement, not only technology Vivisection Society (AAVS) and the New England of Vets Care Organization. At the end of the seminar, people with different backgrounds over Pakistan thousands of animals are killed by be less willing to change their habits Even if technology-based alternatives Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) sent literature gift hampers were distributed among the audience. and cultures, and the quality of this harmful methods in the name of education and and approach modern learning tools have certainly helped bring about for distribution, and alternatives were sent by campaign was very much reflected in research without admiring the death and life VCO also thanks all the volunteers who with the interest seen in countries with change, it is also important to realize the International Network for Humane Education the InterNICHE Conference through the of those animals. The researchers haven’t any participated in organizing the event, and also fewer financial means. Availability that sometimes just a different approach (InterNICHE) for exhibition. The seminar was philosophers, computer scientists, animal awareness about the harms of vivisection and no announces the appreciation certificates which of cost-price alternatives such as the is needed to create a fully humane sponsored by the International Association against rights activists, students, teachers, and idea about alternatives because there is no interest. will be distributed in the next activity. InterNICHE supported freeware may learning environment. Dr. Garry Scroop Painful Experiments on Animals (IAAPEA). At the producers of alternatives from all parts of In this critical situation, Vets Care Organization be enough to bring about replacement, from Australia brought about change conclusion of the seminar, shields were presented the world who were united for a common (VCO) took the initiative to make noise in favor of as Dr. Ramasamy Raveendran from in his physiology classes simply by to all the speakers by Vets Care Organization. cause: the creation of a generation of laboratory animals for the first time in Pakistan. India explains concerning the ongoing emphasizing critical thinking and biologists, veterinarians, and doctors “Vivisection Not! Alternatives, the Best of More than 150 people including microbiologists, replacement in his country: “If you give problem-solving. This made him create worldwide who are devoted to their Animals & Science” was conducted by Vets Care zoologists, veterinarians, researchers, and the an alternative to a university, they will animal-free physiology classes where profession and grounded on a basis of Organization in the auditorium hall of UVAS on students of the concerned fields attended the use it.” the students used themselves as the respect for living beings, human and October 4, 2005. The chief organizer of the seminar seminar. The Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, experimental tool, a method identified animals alike. was Rana Shaukat Hussain (General Secretary), and a number of UVAS teachers also attended Resources make change possible as a best teaching practice by the Higher Worldwide change from harmful Education Council of Australia. Another

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I would try to get to know my students and use what I learned to help make the classroom a safe, positive, and successful learning environment for them. My family upbringing was definitely unique, and as I dialogued with my students and later experienced student visits to the CHCI for its Chimposiums, humanity of all species to develop a one- • Free-Living Chimpanzees Explores the different cultures of chimpanzee an educational program available to the of-a-kind humane science curriculum. With synchronicity on our side, a groups in Africa, and discusses issues that are public, I became increasingly aware just affecting their populations; how different it had been. I started talking collaborative project with the CHCI and • Captive Chimpanzees with people at the CHCI about ideas to NEAVS/ESEC began. By December 1999, I was beginning to develop a unique and Examines the use of chimpanzees in biomedical meet the needs of school-age visitors, research, zoos, and the importance of comprehensive science curriculum. and to help prepare students before they permanent-retirement sanctuaries; and By Rachel Fouts-Carrico, Education Specialist, Friends of Washoe came for a Chimposium. Many students Next of Kin, A Compassionate • CHCI who have attended Chimposiums at Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum Introduces students to the history behind the CHCI often come expecting to be chimpanzee sign language and the chimpanzees Creating Caring: A Compassionate Curriculum entertained instead of gaining a greater The Next of Kin curriculum, which can at CHCI. be ordered at www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci or understanding of chimpanzees and the The first section of the elementary www.neavs.org and is also available for concerns surrounding them. Many are curriculum follows the same issues. free to teachers from Animalearn (www. As a child, I had a second family. They were the chimpanzees we cared for at the Chimpanzee and unaware of the dire issues that face The restructured units include: Human Communication Institute (CHCI) (www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci), a sanctuary housed on the campus captive and free-living chimpanzees. Animalearn.org), is for middle level These discussions formulated the idea of students (grades 6-9) and elementary • General Chimpanzee Information of Central Washington University. When I was in grade school, I would walk up to the sanctuary after developing a curriculum to meet these students (grades 2-6). (The overlap of the • Chimpanzee Issues • Chimpanzees and Language school and spend a few hours with my parents and the chimpanzees until it was time for them to go to needs as well as help students understand two curricula is to facilitate the different • Animal Issues bed and for us to go home. I would play chase games with Loulis, the youngest chimpanzee. His adopted more about chimpanzees in general and organization of schools: for example, the issues that threaten the well-being middle schools vs. junior high schools). mother Washoe preferred to sign to me and inquire about what I might have in my pockets. Our human The second section and final unit of free-living and captive chimpanzees. These two curricula consist of two family’s dinner conversations would include stories of my day at school and of the chimpanzees’ day. of both curricula: Thanks to the generous support of the sections. The first section deals with free- For those who have read Next of Kin by Roger Fouts and Stephen Tukel Mills, this story may sound famil- New England Anti-Vivisection Society living and captive chimpanzees. The unit • A Humane Community (NEAVS) and the Ethical Science and titles from the middle level curricula are: Expands the students’ awareness to all our iar. The book chronicles 30 years of my family’s life with Washoe and her family. It introduces the reader to the Education Coalition (ESEC), a 110-year- fellow animals by focusing on the ethical • Our Fellow Animals problems surrounding vivisection (the use of cross-fostering project where Washoe, and then later Moja, Tatu, and Dar, were immersed in sign language old Boston-based animal advocacy Discusses scientific classification, the genetic animals in experiments, testing, and surgical and, as a result, acquired this human language. It describes how Washoe adopted Loulis and how he acquired organization also interested in developing relationship between species, and the similarities training and other education) and the importance his signs from her. The book also enlightens the reader to many issues surrounding captive chimpanzees. a humane science curriculum for grades and differences between humans and of having respect for all living creatures. K-12, I was given the opportunity to apply chimpanzees;

my skills as a teacher and my belief in the

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Both curricula have teacher Next of Kin Teacher Feedback: Colleges/Universities with introduction sections, lessons I have taught for over 20 years. When Dissection Choice Policies appropriate for the unit, a glossary, a it comes to the life sciences and topics bibliography, and a unit assessment. such as habitat destruction and ethical Dedicated college/university students around the Like all curricula, the Next of Kin issues that naturally emerge from United States are continually making a difference curriculum has an agenda. For example, studying a sanctuary such as the CHCI, for animals used in their educational institutions. environmental curricula focus on saving I have not run across a curriculum Due to their efforts, several individual students and the environment, and curricula from that helps explain the subject as well student animal protection groups have been able to groups like the Massachusetts Society as the Next of Kin curriculum. It is urge their schools to enact student choice policies on their campuses. The following are a list of those for Medical Research’s “People and balanced yet honest. It doesn’t preach. colleges/universities that have created policies allowing Animals United for Health” supports The most important message a college student to pursue a degree humanely. the use of animals in research. The embedded in the curriculum is respect Next of Kin curriculum’s agenda is for life. Nurturing life and developing one that is new. It is to allow teachers Barry University, Florida respect for the incredible variety of to give their students information on Brigham Young University, Utah living things is one of the highest human chimpanzees and animal research that Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania values we hope to instill in our students they have not previously received, and California State University, Bakersfield, California and the Next of Kin does just that. to educate students on the ethical issues The College of William and Mary, Virginia I would be very happy to carry on surrounding captive and free-living Cornell University, New York and on with more specifics if you would chimpanzees and those animals used Georgia Military College, Georgia (Eliminated all animal like me to! Thanks for contributing in experimentation. Next of Kin offers dissections in its anatomy and physiology courses) toward helping our children become insight that will help students understand Lehigh University, Pennsylvania some of the reasons why replacing more aware of what effect their Loyola Marymount University, California exploitation with compassion can benefit actions can make on the world. Marist College, New York all of life. It is extremely important that Julie Blystad, 4th grade teacher Oberlin College, Ohio both sides of this ethically, scientifically, at Seattle’s Bertschi School economically important social issue Oregon State University, Oregon be offered so that informed decisions Penn State, Pennsylvania Very easy to use & interesting. can be made. The goal of developing Portland Community College, Oregon Teacher friendly. The kids loved it. the Next of Kin curricula was to open Quinnipac College, Connecticut students’ eyes to new information that Sarah Ard, 7th/8th grade teacher Radford University, Virginia will enable them to make compassion- Rice University, Texas based decisions now and throughout life. Very informative, enough Sarah Lawrence College, New York background for teachers with little State University of NY, Albany, New York Educational Environment previous background on the issues Texas Woman’s University, Texas Teachers find the flexibility of the to use effectively. Very thorough The University of Texas-Health Science Virtual Frog Guts curriculum refreshing. If a teacher wants treatment of the issues and interesting/ Center at Houston, Texas By David Hughs, Froguts to use it as a theme for the year, the motivating for students. Insightful, University of California, Berkeley, California curriculum has that capacity. If a teacher inspirational, well thought out. University of Houston, Texas Froguts Inc. is a unique developer of biology simulation There is so much to say about our software, but we wishes to use it as a supplement or for Richard Grant, 6th-8th grade teacher University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois software. We are proud that our passion to provide think the best way to experience it is by viewing a those spontaneous teachable moments, (Created their own website www.dissectionchoice.org) alternatives to dissection and our software now reaches demo on our website, www.froguts.com, or subscribing it works for that as well! Moreover, an expanding international community. Over the years, to our service. We have been fortunate this year to be University of New Mexico, New Mexico many teachers who use the curriculum I’ve come away with more than we have evolved into a one-stop supplier to many honored with the inclusion of our software in ISTE’s find that the subject is one that truly just [a] curriculum for my students University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania schools, districts, and institutions for their standalone (International Society of Education and Technology) captures the students’ interests. but much to contemplate for my own Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia and supplemental biology software. Science Units for Grades 9-12 (National Educational Much thought was given to the self [and] of animals and research. Virginia Tech, Virginia Technology Standards for Students Curriculum Series). Why are we unique? Froguts employs a one of a Additionally, we have enjoyed wonderful press coverage expectations and teaching standards Anonymous middle level teacher Wright State University, Ohio kind, immersive, and comprehensive pedagogical like our October 2005 New York Times article, and found in education. The Next of Kin Several additional college/university students and profes- approach to engage students and enhance their content awards such as last year’s Technology and Learning curriculum aligned to the Washington sors have used alternatives to animal dissection. How- retention. We accomplish this with virtual tools such Magazine’s Award of Excellence. State Essential Academic Learning ever, they do not have specific written policies in place. as microscopes, CT machines, standard dissection Requirements is available at the CHCI Fortunately, a growing number of students and student tools, assessments, and amazing 3-D engines. Froguts We look forward to your review of our software website www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/ groups are working to implement student choice polices software integrates accessibility and ease of use with and hope you will share with us the excitement that curriculum_ealrs.html. This alignment at their institutions. its intuitive interface. Our modules follow a systems our virtual simulations bring to evolving biology information is a resource for teachers based approach in a simulation that is virtually classrooms. If you are interested in spearheading a campaign to across the United States as they take the implement student choice on your campus, please indistinguishable from the actual experience. We do of curriculum into their classroom. contact Animalearn for assistance via e-mail at info@ course use animation and graphics where appropriate but not as a substitute. animalearn.org or by phone at (800)729-2287!

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This section includes the Respiratory system, where the diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the respiratory membrane can be viewed; Musculoskeletal system, where joints can be manipulated; Circulatory A Step-by-Step Tutorial system, where the path of oxygenated and non-oxygenated blood through a three-chambered heart is followed and Given the number of students who compared with two and four chambered ethically object to dissection, and 5 the growing number of educators By choosing the Dissection Module, who are switching from wet labs to you will be asked to identify the parts dissection alternatives because of the of the frog. This is done by using your educational effectiveness they offer, computer mouse to point to each of the CD-ROM dissection programs have frog’s external features, which highlights become quite popular. There are hundreds of choices that educators and/ each in red with a flashing checkmark. or students have when selecting the Moving the mouse over the video right dissection alternative for their window allows you to rotate the frog to classrooms, and Animalearn’s The 3 see external features from all angles. Science Bank free loan program has over First, select a part of the frog to 250 of these alternatives available. hearts; and Cellular division with meiosis dissect. To begin the dissection, point and mitosis animations. (see image 3) In Changing your classroom from one to one of the white dots, which changes the section titled Interacting Systems, where students dissect with a scalpel the cursor into a scalpel, allowing you you can study each system’s role in to one where students dissect with a to make the first cut. If the incisions are 6 computer mouse requires nothing more basic body functions. The Compare to not made correctly, the program does not Human section highlights the differences than an available computer, a CD-ROM, 1 register the cuts until they are correctly The Anatomy screen allows you to between frog and human anatomy. and, of course, the computer mouse performed. On the left hand side of the learn more about the function of the itself. What it offers, however, is the The Frog in Digital The Ecology component looks at the screen, there is a video that demonstrates frog’s organ and body systems, showing promise of an exciting, innovative, and life cycle of frogs, their behavior, and the incisions. (see image 6) things you would not be able to see in an stimulating educational experience. The Digital Frog II, a product of Digital their biodiversity, with information on 18 Continue the dissection by cutting actual dissection. (see image 7) It doesn’t take long for both students Frog International, is a software program frogs native to North and South America. through the layer of muscle on the and educators who try CD-ROM that combines full-color photography, vi- (see image 4) Information about the frog’s abdomen, which takes you to a dissection software to swear that they deos, three-dimensional animations, and plight of declining frog populations and full-screen picture of the frog’s internal will never return to the old-fashioned text to teach frog dissection, anatomy, and why this is happening is discussed. This organs. To simulate an actual dissection, out-of-date wet labs again. Once ecology. (see image 1) Inside the program section also includes common behaviors you must dissect in the correct order. If they familiarize themselves with is a workbook, including assessment and external pressures and environmental you click on the wrong organ, such as the how computerized dissection works, materials. This program is a great way to concerns relating to frog populations. stomach, there will be a message which they feel very comfortable using learn about frogs without the health (see image 5) directs you to dissect the overlaying the software, and are very satisfied hazards associated with formaldehyde. organs. Similar to the first step in the with the educational results. 2 dissection, you need to identify each of Digital Frog II is suitable for both 7 What follows is a tutorial for Digital Windows and Macintosh platforms. The Dissection component contains the visible structures and then make the Frog II, one of our most popular loan The opening screen leads to the main both full-screen color photographs and appropriate cuts. Then, a video will play, requests through The Science Bank. menu, which allows you to choose Quick video clips to lead students through a showing the removal of the particular The buttons on each of the anatomy Digital Frog II is used in classrooms Tour, a description of how to navigate traditional frog dissection, including organ. Following the video, you can view screens link to related screens, showing at the middle school, high school, and the program, Dissection, Anatomy, or the body cavity organs, head structures, a close-up of the organ and identify the how one organ works in relation to the college level, and offers a computerized Ecology. (see image 2) and leg muscles. There are instructions internal structures or a function, which system as a whole or giving more detailed dissection of the frog. The CD-ROM takes you to a corresponding anatomy information on important aspects of an that inform you which cuts to make, and offers more in terms of education screen. organ. 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supplying the materials I needed to A Happy Convert: ensure my students fulfilled their A Student Making an Elephant Meeting a Virtual Reality Introducing requirements. The drylabs on CDs Perspective came quickly and were easily returned The area of humane education is a growing field that continues to develop and Alternatives into in the provided mailing envelopes. adopt technology that it utilizes in new and exciting ways. A perfect example of this is Our dissections included the worm, By Daniel Gray, 9th grade the electronic field trips offered by The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, a haven to My Classroom crayfish, frog, perch, fetal pig, and home schooled student old, sick, and needy elephants formally used in zoos and circuses. As a true sanctuary, cat. I previewed the drylabs before The Elephant Sanctuary is not intended to provide entertainment, and it is closed to class each week, finding them very By Sharon Maselli, Biology Teacher, There are two main reasons the public. Instead, it fosters a humane education outreach program that has taught impressive and helpful to my lab Westerly Learning Center, New Jersey I found this software to be a thousands of students around the globe to respect wildlife while learning about the 8 planning. At times, I had the whole wonderful alternative to an actual endangered Asian and African elephants who live at The Sanctuary. class join in on the drylab before This past year I taught an Honors dissection of an animal. First of all, The electronic field trips are made possible through distance-learning dissecting specimens. Everyone, High School Biology class to home when dissecting an animal, if you teleconferencing and Project DIANE (Diversified Information and Assistance including me, laughed over the taught students at Westerly Learning cut the wrong thing, there is no way NEtwork). Using interactive telephone, video, and multimedia computer technology, sound of the cutting scissors and Center, a resource center located to repair your mistake. The software The Sanctuary teleconferences live with schools, libraries, community centers, etc., enjoyed ‘cutting’ the specimen. I in Princeton, New Jersey. After version makes sure you cut in the both nationally and internationally. Surveillance type cameras are setup in and around was particularly grateful for the dissecting a worm and a crayfish, I right place with the right amount of the elephant barns and throughout The Sanctuary grounds, allowing visitors to listen drylabs when dissecting the cat, had two students who stated they force. You see what you’re supposed and view the elephants in real time during their daily activities. This non-intrusive since a few more students chose not could no longer continue dissecting to see inside the animal. Second, observation allows viewers to experience natural elephant behavior in a wild setting, to participate in that dissection. specimens. Given that the lab was everything on the computer was and enables them to become familiar with each elephant—her history, habits, and how mandatory and represented 25 I began the school year stressing the well marked. You don’t have to poke moving to The Sanctuary has changed her life. percent of the students’ grade, I usefulness of dissection and requiring through things trying to find an The electronic field trips are flexible and run approximately 45 minutes. There is a had to find alternatives. A friend all of my students to complete all the organ based on a bad description nominal fee for the program; however, it is tax-deductible. Additionally, a trip can be forwarded Animalearn’s website to dissections. However, after trying in a little booklet. You click on supplemented with free down-loadable curriculum that is suitable for grades K-8, and me, and my problems were solved. alternatives, I have changed my mind. something, and the program tells a free introductory video entitled The Asian Elephant is also included. Animalearn’s Nicole Green was I found the drylab to be an acceptable you what it is and what it does, This powerful program is an excellent and unique teaching tool, and The Elephant very supportive and helpful in option, finding the drylab students and gives you cross references to Sanctuary has received much praise regarding its electronic visits from both students 9 did as well as the other students. other related organs and tissues. and teachers alike. For more information about electronic field trips to The Elephant On several occasions, the wetlab Furthermore, it is nice that you Sanctuary, please visit www.elephants.com. Conclusion students checked their work with don’t have to cut up an animal in the One of our most popular CD- the Animalearn CDs. I found the name of ‘science.’ This seems more ROM dissection programs available, dry lab students did not experience ethical. Digital Frog II allows you to repeat the usual dissection frustrations, a dissection without harming frogs. e.g.: “Gross, I have fish eggs on Having this ability to repeat and me!” “Is this the gall bladder????” reinforce your learning experience and “I cleaned up last time!” and become highly skilled and As a teacher, I am confident knowledgeable is something that CD- that alternatives are an acceptable ROM dissections can offer, but not learning tool, and I believe they traditional wet lab dissections. should be offered to students who With the quality of CD-ROM sincerely object to dissection. I am dissection alternatives available, grateful to Animalearn for providing we are likely to see the numbers of a high quality alternative students requesting an alternative to and for making this product dissection increase significantly. accessible to educators. For more information on the Digital Frog II and the many other dissection alternatives available through The Science Bank, please contact Animalearn at (800)SAY-AAVS or [email protected]. You can also learn more by visiting us online at

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Toasters are ‘inventions,’ anyone ask about where all these dogs come from and What is not considered news, however, is the animals aren’t. how they are treated and where they are now? daily plight of millions upon millions of mice and rats, who languish and die in research laboratories Korean researchers who announced last August the And Hwang, as we now know, is not a science across the country without any legal protection first successful cloning of a dog in the journalNature ‘hero’ for engaging in research beyond the boundaries 801 Old York Road, Suite 204 of ethical oversight. He is a media hound, an invention Jenkintown, PA 19046-1685 whatever. For in 2002 President Bush signed made a media hype of what should be a matter of grave concern to society. There was serious animal of our time. Tel: 215.887.0816 into law a farm bill containing an amendment suffering involved in this research—100 “donor” Fax: 215.887.2088 proposed by then-Senator Jesse Helms to exclude Sue A. Leary, AAVS President most such creatures from the definition of dogs and 123 “surrogate mothers” translates into Time “animal” under the Animal Welfare Act. major multiple surgeries. All but three of the 1,095 Submitted December 2005 According to Sue Leary, President of the FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Alternatives Research & Development Foundation, them from the this makes the United States the only country Contact: Animalearn wild, enclosing Sue Leary, President, [email protected] in the world, among those that regulate animal them in artificial Crystal Schaeffer, Dir. of Outreach, [email protected] research, to formally exclude some of them. Director Reaches settings, and (215)887-0816 This reaches the level of absurdity when you Out to Elephants putting them on consider, as was pointed out to me by Dr. Barbara I remember Toni from when I was a child who display. Orlans, a faculty affiliate at the Kennedy Institute visited the Nay Aug Zoo back in the 1980s. At the of Ethics, that, as a result of the exclusion, only While the time, I always felt compassion for her when I saw 1 percent of the animals used in research are educational American Anti-Vivisection Society Challenges USDA’s the small confines with which she was kept, but I actually protected by the Animal Welfare Act. No argument is that Refusal to Regulate Pet Cloning was much too young to understand the ramifications matter how friendly to humans may be the intent zoos have become a way for people to enjoy the that such unnatural confinement can cause to an Argues animals are harmed in cloning of this forced labor and imprisonment of our fellow sights and sounds of many animal species they mammals—and also birds, who are similarly elephant’s psychological, social, and physical well- might not have the opportunity to see, that is not unprotected—how can we justly or humanely being. While I enjoyed an afternoon of entertainment reason enough to imprison them in a cage. We deny them the legal guarantee of relief from pain visiting the zoo, animals such as Toni languished. can learn much more about these same animals Jenkintown, PA— The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and distress? I am the Director of Education for the American by watching them on television, the internet, in (USDA) to reverse its position refusing to regulate the pet cloning industry. AAVS presented its arguments to USDA But only the United States Department of Anti-Vivisection Society, a non-profit organization educational documentaries, or in reading about on November 9, 2005, expanding on documents presented in its petition submitted last February. In this latest Agriculture (USDA), which is governed by the in Jenkintown, PA, where I oversee a program called them. We can also teach our children an important round, AAVS cites additional legal and scientific evidence that, by all measures, pet cloning meets the definition Helms Amendment, can close down a lab. Animalearn. My job is to work with students and value by doing this: Compassion toward animals is of research that is subject to regulation by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). In addition, AAVS demonstrates the Furthermore, says Leary, of most immediate educators to promote respect for animals, and the more valuable than a trip to the zoo. serious harm to the animals involved, particularly the surrogate mothers and the clones themselves. practical concern is the need for public opportunity to treat Toni with care and compassion Research shows that teaching children to have accountability, which, again, only the USDA can is a wonderful way to set a positive example for our compassion towards animals has a profound effect In the letter to USDA, attorney Tracie Letterman, of Kimbrell & Mendelson, asserted, “The USDA’s determination supply. The basic tool of measurement of pain and children. on their treatment of other human beings. that pet cloning companies are not covered by the AWA is arbitrary and capricious and an abuse of discretion. The distress is needed to gauge progress in this area. agency’s decision is not supported by the AWA’s text and purpose of regulating the use of animals in research and Along with many activists, I hope that Toni is At Animalearn, we give away a free humane As it happens, a friend of mine has a pet experimentation.” Considering the extremely high failure rates of pet cloning and the invasive multiple surgeries that are allowed to live out her life at The Elephant Sanctuary. education curriculum to educators in grades 2-5 and rat. That rat is clearly intelligent, certainly has involved, AAVS has made a case that there are few procedures that are more experimental in nature than pet cloning. While the long-term benefits to Toni’s health if placed 6-9, called Next of Kin, which focuses on building emotions, and flaunts her distinctive personality. in The Elephant Sanctuary are obvious, we also We can all support efforts to ameliorate the respect for animals to create a kinder world. If any AAVS also refuted the Agency’s characterization of pet cloning as being outside the animal welfare regulations. AAVS President need to look at the message that we are sending readers would like a free copy of this curriculum, I Sue Leary commented: “USDA is trying to shirk its responsibilities under the law with the absurd claim that the novel creation effects of the Helms Amendment on her less our children by treating animals such as Toni as ‘our can be contacted at (800)SAY-AAVS. of pet clones involves ‘standard veterinary medical procedures.’ But even standard procedures, like blood draws and certain fortunate cousins by joining an organization such entertainment.’ Toni is a living being that deserves to as the American Anti-Vivisection Society. surgeries, commonly done in research and experimentation, are unquestionably subject to regulation. USDA should know better.” live out her life in a natural habitat, and children will Laura Ducceschi, AAVS Director of Education gain more educationally by learning that the proper The Scranton Times-Tribune USDA is expected to respond to the new evidence after January 1, 2006. New Haven Register January 4, 2006 treatment of these majestic creatures includes Submitted November, 2005 In 2004, AAVS launched its No Pet Cloning campaign and since then has become a trusted resource in the issue of appreciating them in their natural habitat, not taking genetically engineered and cloned animals sold as pets. AAVS hosts the website www.NoPetCloning.org and has published an investigative report, entitled “Pet Cloning: Separating Facts from Fluff.” Additionally, a 2004 survey sponsored by AAVS found that 80% of people in the U.S. are opposed to cloning companion animals such as cats and dogs. Ethics of Cloning Debated “When we’re talking about the dog that was cloned, there were 123 dogs used to produce one puppy. There were three pregnancies, AAVS is a non-profit animal advocacy and educational organization that has been monitoring the use of animals in …Crystal Miller-Spiegel of the American Anti-Vivisection Society laboratories since 1883. AAVS pursues its objectives through legal and effective advocacy, public education, and the only two of which came to term. One puppy, in addition to the one acknowledges that the creation of Snuppy makes human cloning support of non-animal alternative methods. For more information, please visit www.NoPetCloning.org or www.AAVS.org. that was in the news, died after three weeks of life from respiratory appear more certain because of the knowledge gained in the problems. So the technology is extremely inefficient. It results in a ### process. But she stresses that it should not be attempted. Because lot of suffering on the side of the surrogate animals and then also the DNA used in cloning is often old and imperfect, Mrs. Spiegel the cloned animals themselves tend to suffer quite severely.” says cloned animals develop the same health problems and suffer Voice of America the same high mortality rates as the donor. October 6, 2005

18 A AV S w i n t e r 2 0 0 6 AV MAGAZ i n e A PUBL I CAt i O n OF t H e AM e r i CA n A n t i -V I V I S E C t i O n SOC i e t Y 19 efficiently review what is available from Keeping Animal Biology NORINA, and three other databases, can search in a user-friendly, point-and- Alive in Secondary Schools click webpage, preparation of which was partially supported by Animalearn: http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ By Lynette Hart and that dissection is effective in reusable and could be stored extensive software array Animal_Alternatives/altsearch.htm Mary Wood, UC Center for this respect. in a drawer or cupboard of images complemented If they had the time and money, Animal Alternatives, At the University of between uses. For each of the laboratory, which were educators then could order some the 10 weeks of the quarter, available for study 24 hours University of California, California, Davis School teaching resources. a body system was the focus a day. The undergraduate Davis of Veterinary Medicine, The major incentive for teaching is to of the laboratory, including, course is remarkable, faculty members and now a excite and inspire students. Dissection skeletal, muscular, digestive, since many colleges and strong software team have does effectively rivet students’ attention. nervous, respiratory, and universities no longer attempt been creating videos, and This motivational aspect is the feature circulatory systems. A large to offer anything along then software, producing that accounts for teachers using laboratory room was set up these lines due to the cost and improving teaching dissection in biology laboratories: it each week with about 30 of materials and difficulty in materials for our veterinary is exciting for the students. And the unique laboratory stations, obtaining suitable materials. Two students working with a bone box. students for the past 30 teachers have no similarly effective, easily each featuring microscope Our undergraduates also ew computer years. A talented group of accessible alternative teaching resources technology is programmers, artists, and that would be motivating and also An undergraduate comparative anatomy lab. transforming the website designers, Computer- informative to students. Assisted Learning Facility People may ask, why is possibilities for Coming back, then, to the question N (CALF) creates authoritative learning human this improved and exciting of why the improved technology is not instructional materials for and animal biology. Unlike yet available to our high school biology courses, and some of these technology not being delivered formalin specimens, realistic students, the answer is that there has not are available for purchase. effectively to high school 3-dimensional images, yet been the will and support to produce The Virtual Heart is one annotated with pop-up biology? these materials. Creating them would spiffy example of its work. labels and texts, have no need to be a priority, and substantial When it was introduced to odor and can be accessed funding would have to be assigned to 16 Sacramento secondary 24 hours a day. Thus, it People may ask, why is this improved to enhance their laboratories and what that task. Building on the capabilities schools for biology several may seem perplexing at and exciting technology not being they can offer to motivate and interest of the UC Davis veterinary curricula, years ago, the teachers were times that this revolutionary delivered effectively to high school their students. production could be accomplished enthusiastic and asked for technology seemingly has not biology? Experiencing teaching science relatively economically, not like a Pixar or coverage of more body parts Many teaching resources are revolutionized instructional in three different California districts Disney production. and systems. With recent available in the marketplace, and these presentations in pre-college Examples of plastinated specimens. years ago, and then meeting with focus advances in the technology, are effectively cataloged and updated Providing a basic supply of high biology classrooms, even groups of biology teachers during the it would be feasible to offer regularly by NORINA (a website resource quality teaching materials for virtual though it pervades veterinary past decade has informed and provided 3-dimensional views that center), currently numbering about 4,000. biology laboratories everywhere medical education. motivation to consider this question. could be rotated, and users However, as I learned in meeting with would be one step toward rebuilding Based on our discussions When one of us was teaching science could interactively highlight teachers in focus groups, these resources confidence in public schools in the with teachers, dissection of decades ago, school districts maintained structures of particular are not well-tailored to teachers’ needs United States. People and organizations animal specimens persists in audiovisual curriculum centers where interest within the brain, for in high school biology and physiology, committed to animal welfare and classrooms for at least three teachers could borrow laboratory example, using just a typical and do not provide a well-integrated and childhood education could get behind reasons. First, no dialog materials, including film strips, slides, desktop computer. accessible array of materials that teachers creating a groundswell of interest in an films, and models, as well as curricular takes place in the educational could easily draw from to meet their initiative to create superlative software Veterinary faculty and guides and texts. School districts often profession concerning teaching needs, technology capabilities, materials that are freely available. The staff also sought to offer assigned mentors to assist new science dissection, nor is it mentioned and schedule constraints. Despite so pattern of our students falling behind similar learning tools to teachers in ordering up their laboratory in educational standards or many resources being available, some in science could be reversed, and all undergraduates in a course resources and materials, thereby frameworks. Thus, there is no materials are very expensive, and others students could gain a greater knowledge on comparative anatomy; providing good support. Although venue to consider the various slides, plastinated organs, are able to take a course in do not fit the curricular needs and fall of human and animal biology. Such this effort was spearheaded computers are available at virtually all issues related to dissection dissected plastinated human anatomy, one featuring short of the capabilities available with understanding is essential for assuring by Mike Guinan, with strong schools, the targeted delivery of biology of animals Second, teachers specimens called prosections, human bodies that have been current imaging and software techniques. good health and managing appropriate support from the anatomy teaching resources to classrooms has have little support in their with labeled parts, diagrams, willed to the University of As a stopgap, zealous and energetic medical care throughout life. faculty members. Guinan been abandoned as the resource centers districts by way of teaching molds, and appropriate text at California to be used for teachers can assemble a patchwork of laid out a course plan and curricular libraries have been resources or budgets for each station. A comparative education. These are optimal materials from among these resources, for laboratories that was closed. At the same time, the teachers’ purchases. Third, teachers course, the materials featured educational opportunities for and supplement them with their own modeled on Montessori annual budgets to purchase supplies in seek to motivate their included fish, birds, and students who are preparing to cupboard collection of materials that nursery school classrooms, laboratories have shrunk to a pittance. students, and commonly find mammals. For the lecture enter biomedical professions they acquire over the years, plus do some where all of the materials Teachers commonly use their own money portion of the course, an or research. shopping as well. Teachers wanting to for each laboratory were All Photos by Lynette Hart at UC Davis. Davis. UC at Hart Lynette by Photos All

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The pharmacology be experimented on in the first place. sanctuary in Newcastle, Oklahoma, a department still offers a separate elective The Animal Welfare Act and other sweet tempered rhesus macaque named dog-vivisection and euthanasia lab so legislation controlling animal use in Indigo, who loved a good back scratch students determined to kill dogs will not research and teaching endorse the and caused no trouble and never hurt miss the opportunity, but happily only 3 Rs of replacement, reduction, and a single human in his short life, died 7 out of 125 medical students made that refinement. Implicit in this endorsement on January 13th. Indigo arrived at the lethal choice this year, and while it is sad is the sentiment that it would be better sanctuary on June 24, 2002 from the Salk to report that 5 dogs were killed, that is if we could avoid animal use altogether. Institute for Biological Studies where Too Much Animal Use a far cry from the 50 to 60 which had But to a man with a hammer, every he had been intentionally crippled. in Research and Education is previously been routinely destroyed. problem looks like a nail, and scientists Although Indigo couldn’t walk, he Unnecessary and Inhumane In order to study the neural control of eye movements, rhesus monkeys at the University of California, Animal rights activists “work ethic” so that they will that most experiments San Francisco (UCSF) for the last 20 years have have to live with the reality visually track moving objects. involve rats or mice, and that, undergone coil implantations in both eyes, multiple craniotomies for in-depth electrode placement, that public opinion surveys Most of us cannot even for example at the University head immobilization surgeries where screws, indicate that 70 percent of bear to look at a picture of of California, San Diego bolts, and plates are directly attached to the skull, Americans are supportive of these monkeys with their (UCSD), less than 1 percent and water deprivation to produce a “work ethic” the use of animals in research, electrode-implanted brains of animals used in teaching or By Lawrence A. Hansen, MD, so that they will visually track moving objects. as long as the animals do and bolted heads struggling to research are monkeys, dogs, University of California, not suffer unnecessarily. perform their eye exercises in or cats. But monkey research San Diego The good news for animal a desperate effect to get water. is big business at San Diego’s advocates in that statistic is Disingenuous rationalization Salk Institute for Biological the qualifying clause “do for inflicting such suffering Research, where this goes on not suffer unnecessarily,” invariably evokes the literally underground, out of which means most people possibility that someday sight, and away from public do care whether or not the somehow the results will scrutiny. And at UCSD it research needs to be going lead to a cure for Alzheimer’s took a major public protest, on in the first place, and disease, or some other human articles and editorials in the they are concerned about affliction. But such blank- Union Tribune, and years the animals’ suffering. check justification is a cruel of internal dissent to get For most people, necessary hoax, since funding for highly the medical school to stop research is directed to finding invasive primate research in killing purpose bred dogs cures for human diseases. But basic neurophysiology can in its freshman physiology Some minimal safeguards for research trained to use animals are unlikely to used his hands and arms to lift his lower much of the most ethically only diminish the resources and pharmacology courses. animals exist, at least in theory, since the seek alternatives. That is why it took body, and he could climb to get to the disquieting animal research available for clinical trials, Those dogs endured lifetimes federal Animal Welfare Act mandates the broader perspective of hundreds of top of his house during the summer has no direct applicability to epidemiology, and human of caged confinement prior that Institutional Animal Care and Use protesting physicians and the faculty months. He liked to sit and watch his human disease. For example, pathology based research, to their vivisection and Committees (IACUC) must approve council, etc., to eliminate routine dog fellow primates and caregivers as they in order to study the neural which has been the source death, and none of this all use of animals in research and vivisection at UCSD over the protests went about their chores of caring for and control of eye movements, of all significant insights suffering had anything to teaching. Animal researchers themselves of non-physician animal research- comforting the sanctuary animals. People rhesus monkeys at the into Alzheimer’s disease. do with research; they were sometimes grudgingly admit that such oriented basic scientists. Similarly, remarked that he looked depressed, University of California, San Since the monkey vivisection all being killed for mere oversight has ended some animal abuse, monkey vivisectors will not surrender but he had had a sad life, courtesy of Francisco (UCSF) for the last will not lead to improved teaching demonstrations. and that the days of throwing conscious their drills, electrodes, bolts, and screws animal researchers at the Salk Institute. 20 years have undergone coil human health, you don’t To its eternal credit, the dogs down elevator shafts to study until the public, who after all pays for implantations in both eyes, need to be an animal rights UCSD Faculty Council The public should know that research trauma are thankfully over. But the the experiments, tells them to stop. We multiple craniotomies for advocate to wonder if an and School of Medicine in the name of science leaves behind regulatory deck is stacked against the may wonder how people can inflict such in-depth electrode placement, ethical cost/benefit analysis department chairs reviewed tortured and broken bodies. When animals, since IACUC’s membership is pain even in the name of science, but head immobilization surgeries might conclude that the ends the dog lab issue in 2003, researchers talk about inflicting harm comprised overwhelmingly of animal “custom reconciles us to everything” where screws, bolts, and do not justify the means. after considerable adverse on animals as a necessary evil in research scientists themselves, and a (Edmund Burke), and it seems plates are directly attached publicity. Recognizing that research, the evil is real enough, and the Advocates for animal committee of guardian foxes may not indifference to animal suffering is a trait to the skull, and water 95 percent of U.S. Medical research had better be necessary. research like to emphasize have the best interest of the chickens readily acquired in graduate school. deprivation to produce a Schools taught freshman

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was founded with a proactive message promising beneficial experiences AAVMC Educational Symposium involving animals in learning settings ■ Teaching Clinical Procedures to Veterinary students: What are ™ (Western University of Health Science, the Best Ways to Learn? Changing the Way You Learn College of Veterinary Medicine— ■ Animals in Veterinary Medical Teaching: Compliance and Regulatory Issues Reverence for Life founding principle). ■ Alternatives to Animal Use in Veterinary Education: Reduction and In 2000, educational grants from Replacement several large foundations showed The concept of Rescue Critters!® brand mannikins came from the a clear dedication to high quality ■ Evaluation and Critique of Models and Alternatives realization that there was a lack of training mannikins to teach people learning without harm (Bosack ■ Obstacles Associated with Organizational Change pet first aid skills. Rescue Critters, LLC is a California-based company, and Kruger Foundation; Maddie’s and it produces animal training mannikins for veterinary sciences. Fund). And midway through this ■ Teaching Surgery to the Veterinary Novice Craig Jones is the President of Rescue Critters, LLC, and the man behind decade we have many individual ■ Survey of Animal Use in Veterinary Curricula faculty members and private groups the idea. By putting his expertise in medicine to work, as well as the ■ Best Practices: Refinement working hard creating learning tools special effects skills of others, and by asking lots of questions of the with multidimensional benefit. ■ Achieving Similar Goals: Building Bridges with the Animal Protection veterinary educational community, Rescue Critters! brand mannikins All of the above issues and instigating Community became a reality in 1998. factors are valid and necessary instruments of change. It is our response to them that creates an environment medicine. But balance must be sought the greatest measure of success will be where the profession is either forced to if we recognize that the needs of the the narrowing (just a little bit) of the change or given the freedom to change. few, or the one, affect us all and impact rifts among so many people concerned Many professionals in the field of who we are as people. So we continue for the improvement of animals’ lives. veterinary medical education are working to seek the balance and to achieve the So ends our tour of the house of within the realm of being forced to goal of all parties, animals, students and veterinary medical education. Progress change, and the outcomes of their efforts community alike, receiving the benefits of is being made toward beneficial outcomes reflect this. The change is slow and the animals in veterinary medical education. for the animals, people, and institutions true motivation lacking. The change involved. Perhaps the mystery is not so AAVMC Educational Symposium 2006 often reeks of apology and longing for mysterious any longer, or, more simply, the ‘old way.’ The exciting and motivated The AAVMC (Association of American the willingness to discover good behind change is coming from those stepping Veterinary Medical Colleges) Educational that mystery has been enhanced. out into a less constrained world, Symposium is both a response and a The Alternatives Research & To learn more about Rescue Critters, LLC working with what they have been given, proactive effort toward the issue of Early on, Jones noticed that not only was there a lack of mannikins Development Foundation is proud to and providing positive proof for their animals in veterinary medical education. – USA, please visit www.rescuecritters. be a primary co-sponsor of AAVMC for pet first aid, but also an absence of training devices and mannikins progressive methods. Most professionals The program committee has crafted an Educational Symposium 2006, entitled for veterinary education. The company then branched off into more com or call (818)780-7860. Also, believe that we should walk in the agenda that speaks to many of the above The Use of Animals in Veterinary Medical advanced veterinary mannikins such as K9 “Critical Care Jerry” and the Animalearn has many Rescue Critters! ‘beneficial column’ always, wherever ideals and creates an environment for Teaching. The Symposium will be held in possible, and they are trying to get there. open skepticism and creativity-on-display. cat mannikin, “Critical Care Fluffy.” All of Rescue Critters!’ mannikins available for loan through The Science Washington, DC, March 9-10. Most professionals also recognize the The participants come from veterinary are made for initial skill acquisition. Bank. For more information regarding need to balance the risk and the benefit academia, educational academia, In explaining his company’s motive, Jones explained, “Our goal The Science Bank, please visit, www. involved in the change. If we concentrate private business, animal protection, our attention on one player on our list of corporate consulting, and United as a company is to refine, reduce, and replace animals in veterinary Animalearn.org or call (800)SAY-AAVS. “…the baptism of the fathers does impacted parties (see figure), we may lose States and International governments. instruction and educational training.” ground with another. An example of this The themes are far-reaching and not guarantee the consecration of In early 2002, a new product was launched, “Lucky,” a life-sized situation is that the reduction, refinement, optimistic and geared toward inspiring their children; and the republic can or replacement of animals in learning constructive choices for the future. horse, to train search and rescue techniques. In 2004, two more new will result in unqualified or dangerous be kept true to its ideals only by the products became available, the IM & Sub Injection Pad and the Suture veterinary professionals who cause harm The Future devoted efforts of each succeeding Patch. In 2005, Rescue Critters, LLC premiered its latest endeavors, the to exponentially more animals in their The AAVMC Educational Symposium generation. Thus is it the privilege K9 BreathSound/HeartSound simulator and Hoof Trainer. Jones and future. It is a valid concern and must is a major, official step toward opening the Rescue Critters! staff are always looking for new ways to serve the weigh heavily on the minds of educators dialogue on the role of animals in of the quiet scholar, who sees and community with their innovative products. ‘guarding the gates’ of the profession. veterinary medical education. It will have speaks the truth, to shape from his “The needs of the many must outweigh succeeded if the proverbial light bulbs go In just a short period of time, Rescue Critters! brand mannikins are study the policy of nations and the the needs of the few…or the one.” Mr. on during sessions and there is rumbling used throughout the United States, and sales continue to grow all in the hallways between sessions. It will course of history.” Spock of Star Trek fame illustrated the over the world. Rescue Critters! brand mannikins are used in Japan, above concern with this statement. It have succeeded if attendees swap e-mail Jacob Gould Schurman, 1900 Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Sarajevo, Israel, Germany, is this statement that helped many of us addresses and send their curricula or arrive in our current roles in veterinary potential projects to each other. Perhaps Italy, Bosnia, Chile, China, and Malaysia, to name just a few.

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North America are considering Kenya USDA Bans Certain Antibiotic Use in Chickens device called the Hurel cell which would as a new prime location for their In the past, scientists have expressed The United States Food and Drug Administration (USDA) has The USDA came to this conclusion after conducting a study simulate the inter-workings of human scientific ventures. doubt regarding the use of human cells recently announced that it is pulling its approval of the use of Cipro observing the effectiveness such drugs have on humans who regularly organs including the liver, kidney, and to test the effectiveness of drugs because Animal rights advocates argue and other fluoroquinolone antibiotics in chickens who are raised for consume chickens who are treated with the fluoroquinolone class of stomach. The mechanism is intended to be results may suggest minimal toxicity but that animals used in research are food. The reason for the ban is due to the connection discovered antibiotics, which include Cipro and Baytril. They found that people used for drug testing and could eventually do not necessarily indicate the possibility subjected to needless pain and between antibiotic use in farm animals and antibiotic resistance in who consume these chickens and their by-products, such as eggs, lead to a vast reduction in the number of of chemical by-products that could cause suffering without effectively making humans. Despite repeated concerns regarding this issue that were experience some resistance when using Cipro. Apparently, the USDA animal experiments conducted. Animal experimentation has been the cause of damage to other organs in the body. This scientific strides. We feel that presented numerous times to the USDA, it took the government determined that the link between antibiotic use in chickens and much debate over the years, as 100,000,000 is not a concern with the Hurel cell. alternative testing and research agency five years to make this decision. This is the first time the USDA antibiotic resistance in humans was too significant to continue to animals are used in testing and research The device contains organ derived cells methods that do not involve the use has ever decided to withdraw approval of certain antibiotics for human ignore. The ban went into effect on September 12, 2005. that are held in ‘trenches’ of different each year. While this new invention would of animals, and often prove more health reasons. fluid channels. The desired drug is then not eliminate animal use entirely, it is a accurate in their findings, should be added to one of the cultures, and the giant step toward the significant reduction used instead. Mexico Takes Measures to Prepare of animal-based experiments and testing. resulting different chemical reactions “At the moment a wide range of animals is are monitored. The plan is to continue to By transferring their studies to Fossey Fund Making Great for Monarch Migration used to test toxicity. Most tell us nothing develop and market the new invention, and Kenya, scientists can avoid scrutiny Strides for Gorillas Mexico may be experiencing a surge in monarch butterfly about how a human might react,” stated aims for commercial use in one year. from those who question the validity The Dian Gorilla Fossey Fund International and the migration, if history is any guide. Last year there were fewer and necessity of animal research. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have recently made than 23 million butterflies who survived long enough to leave Additionally, they can also benefit some interesting and positive discoveries about the eastern their North American habitats, but this year it is estimated FDA Falls Short with Mad Cow Testing Procedures a great deal financially. On average, lowland gorilla, also known as Grauer’s gorilla. Based on that as many as 200 million may migrate to Mexico. “In the primate research in Kenya is about their research, the Fossey Fund and the DRC have estimated past, very low numbers have recuperated and produced Mad cow disease, also termed bovine quickly after it is produced, it is likely 10 times cheaper than it is in Europe spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is a that some of the feed was used before that there are about 5,500 to 28,000 of these gorillas living surprisingly high populations,” said José Bernal, Director of or North America. Also, researchers in an area of approximately 21,000 square kilometers. It Inspection for Mexico’s Environmental Protection Agency. fatal disease that eats holes in the brain, the test results determining safety were are paid approximately four to six was originally believed that there were far fewer Grauer’s causing memory loss and erratic behavior, in. Investigators also found that the The monarchs’ annual journey to Mexico is approximately times less than those who are equally gorillas. leaving its victims, human or otherwise, Government Accountability Agency 3,400 miles from the forests of Canada and the United qualified in other countries. The Fossey Fund is a conservation program that began States. The migration typically begins in the beginning loss of all ability to communicate or care apparently requires no documentation of in 2001. The organization is dedicated to the conservation of November and ends sometime in December. for themselves until death. Mad cow its findings, and the FDA is often slipshod disease has killed more than 150 people in overseeing the testing program. and protection of gorillas and their natural habitats in Af- Mexican officials take the protection of the monarchs worldwide. rica through research, education, conservation action, and and their migration very seriously, putting in place several partnerships. In 2003, the Fossey Fund, partnered with Con- safeguards to protect the butterflies and their habitat. Federal The disease is spread to humans servation International, led the project to rehabilitate the agents and police officers are designated to regularly patrol through the consumption of the flesh of Maiko National Park. The Fossey monarch wintering grounds in an an animal who has eaten feed containing Fund frequently works in conjunc- attempt to prevent illegal logging, remnants of an infected animal. The tion with community-based pre- a common problem in Mexico. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) serves of the DRC to establish a has various ‘safeguards’ in place in an To further their mission, Geographic Information Systems & attempt to prevent this disease from authorities have established Remote Sensing Regional Outreach spreading, but recently some government checkpoints along neighboring Center at the National University investigators have determined that these highways so that they may seize of Rwanda. Although the organiza- ‘safeguards’ are flawed at best. any timber that is illegally leaving tion is based in Atlanta, Georgia, it such areas. This year the country “If FDA’s testing program is not also has the Karisoke Research has added a 15-person police force catching violations, and catching them Center located in Rwanda, and a to guard the areas where the in time, that needs to be corrected team of scientists and anti-poaching monarchs reside. However, despite immediately,” stated Senator Tom Harkin patrols in the Volcanoes National these efforts, authorities are not (D-IA), in reference to a report at the Park. For more information about relaxing on the issue. “This by no Government Accountability Office issued the Fossey Fund, please go to means put us in the position of recently. www.gorillafund.org. being calm,” said Hector Gonzalez, Investigators found that in half of the Deputy Prosecutor for Natural feed samples analyzed, the FDA took Resources, “Reduction and complete more than a month to determine whether eradication of deforestation banned cattle protein was present. remains a permanent goal.” Since cattle feed is usually consumed

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Especially helpful for veterinary 2005, several hundred and scientific posters that describe will now proceed with concrete “Higher Learning? Vivisection in High students, parents, activists, and others and medical students. scientists, along alternative methods for assessing safety activities to implement consistent use Schools, Colleges & Universities,” AV who want information about dissection with government risks from new consumer products. of alternatives to the use of animals, Magazine, Summer 1999. and humane education. The site provides http://altweb.jhsph.edu/dissection. regulators, educators, following a timetable, and facilitated Following the World Congress, access to our free loan program, The html “Dissecting Dissection,” AV Magazine, informationF specialists, and advocates by strong and diverse leadership. news from Europe continued to be Science Bank. Altweb, the Alternatives to Animal Summer 1996. for animals from all over the world met encouraging. In October, it was reported Turning attention away from Europe, Testing Website, was created to serve in Berlin, Germany for the Fifth World that Europe’s controversial REACH World Congress organizers decided www.cutoutdissection.org as a gateway to alternatives news, Literature Congress on Alternatives and Animal program (Registration, Evaluation that the growing prominence of animal This resourceful People for the Ethical information, and other helpful resources. Animalearn Resource Kit Use in the Life Sciences. As an early and and Authorization of Chemicals), research in Asia suggested that it Treatment of Animals (PETA) site offers The site offers classroom materials for Comprehensive dissection pack for generous U.S. Sponsor, the Alternatives which, like the HPV program in the was time for the Congress to engage a wealth of general dissection facts and teachers and answers general dissection educators and students who are Research & Development Foundation U.S., initially threatened to use tens of those countries in active commitment great ideas for students and activists who questions for students. interested in learning about humane helped to ensure a successful event. millions of animals for testing, will not to alternatives. In addition, rapid want to cut out dissection and more. educational science products. Includes a Held every three years since 1993, technological copy of The Science Bank catalog. the World Congresses are the largest Jane Goodall speaks about chimpanzees advancements www.dissectionalternatives.org Books meetings of their kind, and are centered indicate a Physicians Committee for Responsible Dissection & Students’ Rights in research at the Fifth World Congress. Animals in Education on information exchange and policy need for more Medicine (PCRM) created this site to This brochure is a wonderful resource by Lisa Ann Hepner discussions in order to advance the frequent meetings. As a result, assist students and teachers who want to for students of all ages who want to say This is a great book for anyone who Three Rs: to replace, reduce, and Congresses will be held every obtain more humane methods of learning no to dissection. needs general facts and figures about the refine animal use in science. two years rather than three, and and teaching science. use of animals in education. Student Advocate: Making a World-renowned primatologist Jane the Sixth World Congress will www.frogsarecool.com Difference for Non-Human Animals Goodall delivered the inspiring opening be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2007 from Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse Frogs Are Cool is a support group in Colleges and Universities speech. Minutes before, she had endorsed and is expected to stimulate by Nick Jukes and Mihnea Chiuia for students seeking alternatives to This helpful guide provides ideas a resolution crafted by international much interest there . 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Champaign (UIUC) student animal rights Animalearn’s free loan catalog of humane The Use of Animals in Higher Education The European setting of the Congress group Students Improving the Lives of science educational products. by Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. made it possible for some of the world’s Animals (SILA) created this website as Presents evidence and arguments in leading experts on alternatives to fully a resource to help other college students progress as aggressively as originally favor of using humane alternatives in participate and share information on who want to implement student choice planned. Rather, a more limited group the higher education classroom. (Free Videos state-of-the-art methods with colleagues policies. SILA was able to pass a student of chemicals will be selected for testing downloadable PDF of this book is Alternatives in Education and advocates. Europe is well known choice policy at UIUC in 2005. based on risk of exposure. Further available at www.hsus.org.) 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The European to know their rights regarding student Classroom Cut-ups agreement between the European to introduce alternatives and with Centre for the Validation of Alternative choice. (Available through AAVS.) This undercover investigative PETA Commission and all major industry students to support freedom of choice. Methods (ECVAM), along with in-house video reveals the truth about the sources sectors that have traditionally engaged research departments from virtually all of animals dissected in America’s in animal testing. Building on their www.learningwithoutkilling.org of the companies that will be affected by classrooms. past declaration of commitment to An online resource for students seeking Photo credit: Rob Cardillo Rob credit: Photo

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