[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: List of Class B dealers who sell to laboratories in Georgia
- From: "Norma Ramey" <gsdramey@xxxxxxx>
- To: <fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 20:15:57 -0500
Please read Fran's note again and understand where she's coming from in a
positive manner. I know only too well, she's right on the money!
Being on BOTH sides of the coin, so to speak -- I have so much medical
background and dearly love all critters, there comes a time
when checking out the way to treat and/or cure an ailment, research is
something that is a vital need. Often we need to remember that it
ALSO HELPS the critters themselves with like ailments!! Seriously, Fran is
right saying that it truly CAN be done decently. How many
"hundreds" of years have there been successes in finding cures for so many
ailments using the research labs?? -- Far more than any of us
could ever count. It can be done "humanely" and in most cases, this is
the way. Been there, done that & have known so many times 1
tiny critter has given so many a chance to live and/or be cured. JMHO
Norma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Henry" <fhenry1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Show GSD List" <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <vande001@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: List of Class B dealers who sell to laboratories
in Georgia
Dawn, I just think you're painting with too broad a brush. Medical research,
I think -- I'm not an expert --, CAN be done humanely. And medical research
can help our companion animals as much as it can help humans.
Research should not equate with torture. Testing cosmetics is unacceptable,
and as Stormy suggests, has gone by the wayside. If carefully controlled
research, done with a compassionate eye to the animal, can cure a disease
devastating both animals and humans -- isn't that a worthy goal? Where would
our animals be if we didn't pursue knowledge about rabies, DM, cancer, and a
host of other maladies. If I had cancer [and by the way, I was diagnosed
with breast cancer five years ago in February] -- I'd be more than happy to
cooperate in a research undertaking, and I've done so.
Maybe we need to do some research. How many medical researchers "poke, cut,
burn the 'free' dogs and cats" they get? Perhaps we need a regulatory agency
that mandates acceptable protocols for research?
It's a difficult issue. On one hand, I shrink from the thought of any
senscient creature being "subjected" to research. On the other hand, humans
and animals share a symbiotic relationship -- I don't think research has to
be inherently cruel.
Let's go after the poseurs -- the wannabes --
But let's use our intellects. Burning a serious researcher's car; shooting
someone in his own kitchen -- if we go there, we're no better than they are.
And Dawn -- You KNOW I'm on the dogs' side. Fran
Henry
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