Hi Elli, All the senators only respond to California residents. They will not even consider anyone outside of California. We would have to contact the senators in our state. I am not sure how interested they are. I will try. Lee On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:56:47 -0500 "Elli Matlin" <highlandhillsgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: PERMISSION GIVEN TO CROSSPOST. Forwarded from dlewenthal@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/12/1707994.php Rescue Members, The appaling experiments on German Shepherd puppies as young as ONE DAY has begun or is about to begin.These pups will have their hearts surgically mutilated and implanted with devices to cause congestive heart failure resulting in immediate death or death in the short term. The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) finally released to me documents confirming the experiments requested under the California Public Records Act due to the intercession of S.F. Supervisor Bevan Duffy's office. term. An update was also provided to me by IDA which is attached. UCSF's terrible record of animal neglect and current citation by the USDA on 61 counts of the same should have caused an immediate halt to these projects and a reevaluation as called for by both a cardiologist and DMV to consider alternative investigative methods that would accomplish the project objectives. I urge you you to contact UCSF, Senators Boxer, Feinstein, Rep. Ellen Tauscher, and Nancy Pelosi. The funds for these experiments come from the Nat'l Inst. of Health. UCSF Officials: Chancellor J. Michael Bishop 513 Parnassus Ave, S-126 University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 jmbishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Nigel Bunnett Office of Research, Box 0962 513 Parnassus Ave University of California San Francisco, CA 94143 car@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Barbara Boxer: http://boxer.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm Dianne Feinstein: http://feinstein.senate.gov/contact.html Ellen Tauscher: http://www.house.gov/tauscher/IMA/get_address.htm Nancy Pelosi: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/contact/contact.html Request immediate cessation of the project pending an impartial evaluation by sources OUTSIDE the university. Liane (Lee) Fossland Steppenwind German Shepherds Home of Ch. Donar, Loni, CD, Auburn & KaraMia www.steppenwindgsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================