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Michelle
- 424 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Mayo Clinic's Eric Poeschia is inserting a rhesus macque gene producer of an anitviral protein into unfertilized feline eggs & adding luminescent protein from a jellyfish so he can monitor the genes to see if the cat glows IN THE NAME OF FIV TESTING!



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Michelle S. (447)
Monday March 19, 2012, 6:48 pm
Dear Friends: This petition has no verifiable target(s). I wrote the petition author and respectfully requested she include viable targets and more background information. I posted this as news due to its disturbing content and the horror the cats being engineered and tested on are going through. If anyone has any other information to add, please inform.

From the petition author:

"The Mayo Clinic's Eric Poeschia is inserting a rhesus macque gene - producer of an anitviral protein into unfertilized feline eges and adding luminescent protein from a jellyfish so they can monitor the genes under lights and microscopes because the cat will glow in the dark. These animals and small kittens will be laboratory animals whose lives will be living under a microscope and being injected with FIV disease to see if this helps with the false hope that this will help find a cure for AIDS.

Humans are not kittens nor do we have any of the genes that would make this research applicable to humans. Laboratory animals have a bleak existence and only have pain and discomfort to look forward to after which they will be killed.

There is a control group of kittens too. This control group will be normal kittens infected with FIV in the lab. After being purposely infected these kittens will suffer from the illness without treatment to see how they differ from the kittens made immune genetically.

Lab animals are killed after experimentation is finished. No one is allowed to adopt them or bring them home. Articles about this specific research said the animals are well cared for because they are well nourished and better off than homeless animals. They do not say that their lives will be shortened to the time length of the experiment or discuss the daily routines of being poked with needles, having blood taken, or given drugs and that their entire lives are spent in small cages where they cannot run or play or be given love. The kittens also have no voice in the matter. Those of you who have been in hospital know how uncomfortable it is when they come to take blood several times daily and give you drugs intravenously. Thank you for taking your time to read this.

You can also write the Mayo Clinic and tell them you are against their practice of creating animals genetically to use them to experiment on. Thank you for your time and caring."
 

Lydia W. (145)
Monday March 19, 2012, 6:58 pm
Signed, What a pack of butts !
 

Past Member (0)
Monday March 19, 2012, 6:58 pm
Already signed and forwarded.
 

Lydia W. (145)
Monday March 19, 2012, 6:59 pm
Will also send letter .
Thanks
 

Nancy C. (751)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:04 pm
1678th
 

Armand B. (88)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:06 pm
Armand, You signed on March 17, 2012.
Your signature has been delivered to:
Tell the Mayo Clinic to stop creating genetically engineered kittens for FIV testing and an isolated lab life.
Target just needs to be changed to "the Mayo Clinic"
 

Beverly G. (100)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
signed and noted. sickening, sad, madness ITSELF. . WHATS THIS WORLD COMING TO?. Im so upset with the way animals r being treated like shit all the time.
 

Judy B. (93)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:09 pm
Signed! Thanks Michelle.
 

Agnes N. (731)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:13 pm
Thanks Michelle..signed
 

Catherine Turley (186)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
ironic, isn't it:

"I abhor vivisection. It should at least be curbed. Better, it should be abolished. I know of no achievement through vivisection, no scientific discovery, that could not have been obtained without such barbarism and cruelty. The whole thing is evil."

-Dr. Charles Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic (New York Daily News, Mar. 13, 1961)
 

Anne Settanni (152)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:18 pm
signed and shared!
 

Marie Eve L. (47)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
How can animals be treated right in a place like this. All people working there don't like animals....
 

Michelle S. (447)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:27 pm
Catherine, we should all send that quote in the letter we write to the Mayo Clinic and Eric Poeschia! BTW, there is no guarantee our signatures will be sent given the lack of targets. But letters via email to the Mayo Clinic WILL get there. I'm wondering if the NAAVS, Anti- Vivisection Society and or PETA are aware of this. Perhaps we can find out. Let me know, friends, if you should find any info on this and please comment ASAP. >^..^< M.
 

Patricia G. (56)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:29 pm
Noted & Signed
For the prevention
of genetic formation
Thank you Michelle
# 1689
 

Beverly G. (100)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:30 pm
agree with Marie eve losier. These evil people working in these labs are vile inhumane SICKO's.
 

naomi cohen (114)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:33 pm
there are no animals i love more than cats. reading this makes me ill. thank you, michelle, and thank you catherine. i agree with michelle. send the quote to the clinic and demand it to be abolished.
 

Carol H. (215)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:34 pm
signed and noted for sure!! thank you Michelle
 

Franco Di Palma (177)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:36 pm
signed andnoted.
 

lesley turnbull (63)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:44 pm
I wish that animal testing would be outlawed. Use paid volunteers or death row inmates that want to volunteer.(or in the case of murderers and rapists vounteer them!
 

Alison A. (185)
Monday March 19, 2012, 7:51 pm
Signed and noted, thanks for taking the time to write and ask about a viable target, even though you didn't really get an answer, the author sounds knowledgeable, hopefully she will put our signatures to good use. Thanks Michelle.
 

SueNOFWDSPLS McGuey (99)
Monday March 19, 2012, 8:10 pm
Noted! Previously signed & posted to Facebook!~
 

Evelyn B. (63)
Monday March 19, 2012, 8:11 pm
Noted and signed Tks Michelle
 

Shirley S. (121)
Monday March 19, 2012, 8:13 pm
There seems to be a lot of HEARTLESS & MAD scientists out there that don't "give a hoot in hell" about animals ! SIGNED & NOTED
 

Kim O. (383)
Monday March 19, 2012, 8:39 pm
Signed and noted. How screwed up is this???? I agree with Shirley. Mad scientists is right. Truly warped thinking. Poor kittens. I've seen the phosphorescent injections before in fish. Unnatural to say the least! Thanks Michelle!
 

Henriette Matthijssen (139)
Monday March 19, 2012, 9:22 pm
One always reap what they have sown. Universal & Karmic laws are indeed in place & will come back to you. I signed. Thanks Michelle.
 

Jerry B. (65)
Monday March 19, 2012, 9:39 pm
Signed and Noted..thanks Michelle!
 

Kathy Chadwell (364)
Monday March 19, 2012, 9:42 pm
They are living on a past reputation anyways,, boycott them.
Signed shared on facebook, twitters and myspace
 

Michael Carney (177)
Monday March 19, 2012, 9:54 pm
Noted, and signed...Well, I just don't know what to say...I just hope the jerks involved, get their just due, one day soon...
 

brenda c. (87)
Monday March 19, 2012, 10:42 pm
Noted and signed. Thank you Michelle.
 

Julia R. (242)
Monday March 19, 2012, 11:11 pm
Noted, Signed & Shared! These researchers should be called Dr.Frankenstein! Instead of really helping humanity, what they consider science ends up only inflicting terrible and needless suffering on their animal victims!

"Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." -- George Bernard Shaw

"Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim." - Albert Schweitzer, physician/Nobel Laureate.



Noted, Signed & Shared! These researchers should be called Dr.Frankenstein! Instead of really helping humanity, what they consider science ends up only inflicting terrible and needless suffering on their animal victims!

"Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." -- George Bernard Shaw

"Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim." - Albert Schweitzer, physician/Nobel Laureate.



 

Constance F. (255)
Monday March 19, 2012, 11:12 pm
Thank you for posting this !
Constance, You signed on March 15, 2012.
Your signature has been delivered to:
Tell the Mayo Clinic to stop creating genetically engineered kittens for FIV testing and an isolated lab life.
 

Jane Parker (70)
Monday March 19, 2012, 11:34 pm
Signed.
 

Anne W. (4)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:08 am
Signed. Thanks for sharing this. The world is getting more and more crazy - no respect for any life whatsoever....
 

Vicynthia Tjahjadi (57)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:21 am
Thank you. Signed.
 

Andrea A. (11)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:25 am
Noted, thanks.
 

Unnikrishnan Sasidharan (31)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:56 am
S+N
 

Jutta N. (169)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:23 am
Don't know that scientists could come up with such crazy and unhuman idea... It sound awful. Gladly signed
 

Andrea Nemec (193)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:43 am
Noted and signed! Thanks!
 

Leslie G. (79)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:56 am
Signed, shared and noted. I found an email for this non-human and an address and phone number.
Email: Poeschla.Eric@mayo.edu
Eric M. Poeschla MD
Mayo Clinic/ Guggenhien 18
200n 1st St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905
800-660-4582

http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/poeschla_em.cfm
Thanks for sharing this petition
 

Michele Wilkinson (106)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:41 am
Noted and signed.
Thanks
 

Raymond G. (9)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:06 am
Eric M. Poeschla, M.D.Poeschla.
Eric@mayo.edu

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https://forms.mayoforms.org/forms/up/mc506400.cfm
http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/staff/poeschla_em.cfm
 

Danuta Watola (955)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:07 am
Noted
 

Danny M. (69)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:12 am
Noted and already signed. Thank you Michelle!
 

Una D. (17)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:12 am
signed & noted, TY for sharing
 

nancy sands (427)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:18 am
n/s
 

Elsie Au (260)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:40 am
Noted and signed. Somewhere along the line, these scientists just lost all their moral. They don't really care about suffering they are causing to all the animals. Their excuse maybe that they did it for human benefit but does that justify torturing other species for our sake....no, I don't think so. If these scientists are real smart, why can't they come up with humane way for research?
 

Yvonne F. (91)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:52 am
Noted! Had already signed! Thanks for posting this!!!!!
 

Past Member (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:12 am
signed before
 

Nicole W. (275)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:40 am
noted, signed and shared
 

colleen p. (38)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:03 am
well, we test human ailments on animals, so why not test animal ailments on humans?

I rerember seeing a black and white poster of a baby that had words on it "you see a normal healthy child, we see a cure for feline AIDS"(or was it Leukemia?)

the FIV vac is not perfect. and some people for whatever reason can't have a cat indoors all the time.
 

colleen p. (38)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:06 am
never mind. they are given fiv for our aids. not curing cat aids
 

. (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:14 am
Signed.
 

Alicia v. (181)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:14 am
Signed. As usual here we are playing god.
 

Carol Cowbrough (76)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:20 am
Signed and Noted. Thanks.
 

John S. (232)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:52 am
Signed and noted.
 

Carolyn S. (151)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:55 am
I agree with all of you, absolutely barbaric.
 

Lisa Neste (525)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:58 am
So signed & posted to FB, thank you for posting Michelle.
 

Val R. (143)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:10 am
Signed and posted in group.
 

Olivia S. (151)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:12 am
Olivia, You signed on March 16, 2012.
Your signature has been delivered to:
Tell the Mayo Clinic to stop creating genetically engineered kittens for FIV testing and an isolated lab life.
thanks Michelle
 

Robyn M. (123)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:43 am
Bloody distubing...poor animals S and N
 

Michela M. (2979)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 8:04 am
S&N
 

Sandi C. (153)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 8:26 am
SIGNED & NOTED!
 

Lindsey Williams (234)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 8:45 am
Done, thanks Michelle.
 

Anneke Andries (166)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 8:54 am
signed on the 15th, thankx Michelle!
 

Esther Z. (83)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 9:19 am
Noted and signed.
 

Harshiita Sharma (115)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 9:28 am
signed!!
 

Inge L. (86)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 9:30 am
Poor animals!!!! One would think that the Majo clinic would have other scientific ways for their experiments than to use and abuse those beautiful kittens. Signed and shared
 

Lauren Kozen (154)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 9:37 am
Noted, Signed, & Shared. Thanks for posting.
 

Marlene Dinkins (200)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 9:54 am
whatn a pack of fartts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is cruelty!!!!!!!!!!!!! sato dio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 10:14 am
Signed. Thanks for posting.
 

Beth M. (250)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 10:37 am
Signed & shared on FB.
 

Toni A. (189)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 10:43 am
n&s and will share. How terrible that the Mayo clinic wants to do this and in the end..kill them. What the hell is going on here?? I hope everyone steps up and writes to their congress people. We have enough lab animals dying.minute by minute and now this?
 

Past Member (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:08 am
signed/shared,xxx
 

Jonjon Hoy (146)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:14 am
So gladly signed this one. When will science understand what effects animals don't always effect humans and what effects humans don't always effect animals. Humans/Animals, Their is a difference. If their wasn't a difference, we would all look the way in some form or another. Whats next? Half human/Half animal. Never happen.
 

Ruth S. (286)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:16 am
Signed
They have the cure for Aids, I know someone who worked in the mayo clinic and she told me, they are just taking peoples money, so this is totally unnecessary and cruel!!!
 

Jonjon Hoy (146)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:19 am
Is science has answers to everything, why don't they experiment on one another and leave the animals out of it.
 

Valerie H. (126)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:19 am
****MORE EVIL*****.......and more VULGAR humans thinking they can just create and destroy a life at their will !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Jonjon Hoy (146)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:23 am
Bravo Ruth. And I'm sure they have had the cure for many many years but want prevail it cause of the high flow of funding income to get rich. When they don't care if they kill an animal for research, then they really don't care for human welfare either. It's all a Hitler Research out for a quick steady income through fundings.
 

Valerie H. (126)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:28 am
You cannot currently send a star to Michelle because you have done so within the last week.
 

Jonjon Hoy (146)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:28 am
The Myans screwed up on their calender of life predictions. Now their screwing up with so called science.
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:35 am
Noted and signed.
 

Carol Dreeszen (350)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:35 am
Insane!!!! Noted!!
 

Liliana D. (112)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 11:44 am
done, thanks
 

Catherine Turley (186)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:05 pm
hey michelle, been talking to the author and she re-wrote the petition to include the mayo quote. i'm supposed to edit it now. let me know if you see any big errors. so far, just looks like punctuation problems.
 

Susan S. (188)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:23 pm
Signed.
 

Ana Marija Rumbak (190)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:36 pm
Done with hope
Thank you.
 

Jason Green (210)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 12:38 pm
Your signature has been delivered to:
Tell the Mayo Clinic to stop creating genetically engineered kittens for FIV testing and an isolated lab life.
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:20 pm
signed!
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:20 pm
signed!
 

Grainne O'Carroll (72)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:21 pm
Signed and noted.
 

Teresa Cowley (273)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 1:33 pm
Noted and signed--this is so sick!
Thanks Michelle.
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:19 pm
Signed.
 

TaylorIsAway BackSoon (33)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:21 pm
Thank you... I've signed.
 

nicole silva (12)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:22 pm
already signed
 

Elaine A. (159)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:32 pm
Signed!
 

Mariette G. (134)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:41 pm
Noted and signed. Thanks Michelle!
 

Kye J. (41)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:45 pm
Signed
 

Ana Fontan (13)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 2:47 pm
Signed and noted. TU Michelle
 

Leslie G. (79)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:00 pm
I had posted early this morning contact information for this non-human, however, I just noticed a mistake when I went over the information right now. The address is: 200 1st St.SW * NOT 200n 1st St.SW *
The rest is correct.

Sorry for the error.
 

Sally M. (72)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:17 pm
This is so Frankenstonian that my mind feels as if it's breaking off into pieces...........information like this is a nightmare of incomprehension in it's scope of cruelty------it really does not seem possible!!!! Are these researchers from some hideous Draconian star system come here to torture innocent kittens? What kind of a human soul could possibly justify this agony of torture, loneliness, pain, fear, abandonment, and eventual death to sentient helpless animals who have no voice to speak for their very own lives????? Who are these people, if they are people???? or do we really want to know?
 

Joe R. (157)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:46 pm
Thanks Derek. Noted.
 

BarbKnight SunshinecatLady (1485)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 3:54 pm
The scientist are MAD at the Mayo clinic!! 'It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!' Gladly S&N Thanks Michelle!
 

Linda P. (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:00 pm
Gladly signed. Leave the animals alone. They were not put on this earth for people to do whatever they want to them. So easy for them to do because these wonderful animals can't speak, but there are a bunch of us that will ALWAYS be their voices.
 

Heather L. (3)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:04 pm
I saw this article in the February 2012 issue of National Geographic, I was furious. What is wrong with the human species that we think we have the right to do this to our fellow animals ? Gladly signed and shared.
 

Sandy G. (35)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:40 pm
Signed.
 

Charles B. (19)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:47 pm
val and I noted and signed...
 

Celine V. (27)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:55 pm
noted and signed!!! Thank you Michelle...
 

samantha l (0)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:57 pm
Signed!
 

Tomoko Harris (62)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 4:58 pm
Is this necessary? If so must they kill the kittens, cannot find them a forever home even in a lab?
 

Nimue Pendragon (59)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:02 pm
What a wanker! S&N.
 

Eternal Gardener (660)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:26 pm
N&S
 

Ann offline (27)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:29 pm
This is digusting. They call this research; not supporting them. Signed and will share
 

Kristine Huff (73)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:51 pm
Signed and noted Michelle, thanks. This act is horrible! It makes me so sad to think that kittens (and other animals) are used in such testing.
 

Portland N. (82)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 5:52 pm
Thank you for forwarding this my way. I signed and noted!
 

Michelle S. (447)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 6:22 pm
Leslie, just sent you a star. Raymond, you are Golden. TY!

Send a Green Star to Raymond G.
Sending a Green Star is a simple way to say "Thank you."
You cannot currently send a star to Raymond because you have done so within the last week.

Thanks, Catherine. I looked at the letter and it's generally fine. I will assume the author knows where she will be sending the signatures and leave it at that. She is requesting 10,000 and after my posting, has collected over 2,000. Hope the recipients of our signatures take notice.

I hope the major animal welfare organizations take notice and step up as well. I'll forward this one to PCRM, Physicians For Responsible Medicine. If they don't already know about this one, they should. Please join me.

Thanks all for your attention to this important matter. >^..^< Michelle
 

Roxann Shadrick (15)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 6:57 pm
Signed and Noted.
 

Dogan Ozkan (5)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:09 pm
noted and signed
 

Vicky P. (344)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:13 pm
signed and noted
 

Sylvie Bermannova (33)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 7:55 pm
Noted and signed.

How could this help cure AIDS? It sounds like pseudo-science... Furthermore, ethics should always be the guiding principle, esp. when other living beings are concerned -- not a drop of it here. They will not likely get what they want yet will hurt a great deal of animals: This must be abandoned!
 

Joan Mcallister (222)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 8:33 pm
Signed Thanks Michelle
 

Gary C. (5)
Tuesday March 20, 2012, 10:11 pm
Noted , Thankyou....
 

David N. (19)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 3:16 am
Signed, noted and shared.
 

Harsha Vardhana R (53)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 4:30 am
Signed. Thanks for the spread of awareness
 

Trish GEIDEL (205)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 5:01 am
OF COURSE I SIGNED THIS ONE !!!!!
I'M A SELF-CONFESSED KITTEH LOVER & ANIMAL LOVER !!!

I'M SOOOO SICK OF HEARING & SEEING HOW SUM HUMANS,
HAV LOST THEIR HUMANITY ; THEY HAV NO COMPASSION,
NO ETHICS, OR MORALS & ARE EXTREMELY FULL OF THEIR
OWN IMPORTANCE, IN BEING THE " SO-CALLED " DOMINANT SPECIES !!!

THE TRUTH IS, THAT OUR PRECIOUS PLANET, EARTH, WOULD B SOOO
MUCH BETTA OFF, WITH ONLY THE ANIMALS, SEA CREATURES, BIRDS
& PLANT LIFE : NO HUMANS AT ALL !!!

OVER TIME, THE EARTH'S OCEANS WOULD REPLENISH THEIR BOUNTY,
THE FORESTS & THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE, WOULD INCREASE IN
SIZE & NUMBERS & THE ATMOSPHERE, INCLUDING THE OZONE LAYER,
WOULD REGENERATE, RENEW & CLEANSE ITSELF !!!!!

WE WOULD NOT B MISSED !!!

WE ARE NOT AT THE TOP OF ANY ECO-SYSTEM, THAT WOULD SUFFER
IF WE'RE NOT THERE !!!

WE ARE NOT NECESSARY, LIKE WOLVES, BEARS, SHARKS & BIG CATS !!!

SO, WHAT RIGHT DO WE HAV TO B SUCH ARROGANT, EGOTISTICAL,
PRIDEFUL & INSOLENT BEINGS ?????



 

Tania Alvarado (112)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 5:34 am
Horror again.Human cruelty has no limits.Noted and signed,thank you...
 

richa blueakasha (69)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 7:42 am
noted and signed!
 

Danica Mirkovic (93)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 7:44 am
Noted, signed and shared on Twitter. Thank you.
 

Gabriela C. (102)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 9:14 am
Already signed. Thanks for posting.
 

Donna S. (38)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 10:49 am
Noted & Signed
 

. (2)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 11:06 am
This horror must end.

Send the light of wisdom, of mercy, of love.

Send the light.

Send the light.

Send the light.
 

Lynne B. (0)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 11:29 am
Signed
 

Kimberly B. (107)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 12:40 pm
Signed & noted, thank you Michelle.
 

Roseann D. (162)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 12:50 pm
Doesn't the Mayo Clinic have anything better to do? We can already test cats for FIV.
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 1:46 pm
noted and signed
 

Ingrid A. (498)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 2:00 pm
Its done. Thank you Trish for the forward.
 

Holly Lawrence (468)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 2:33 pm
Poor sweet babies! Signed, noted and I sure will share
 

Mary away T. (189)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 2:46 pm
Already signed and shared, Thanks Michelle.
 

Mael van der Vliet (25)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 2:58 pm
Signed and noted , thank you ! :)
 

Dotti Lydon (125)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 5:14 pm
Noted a signed. Thanks for forwarding.
 

Christine Stewart (100)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 5:47 pm
Signed.
 

Krysti Schwab (2)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 6:37 pm
this is science gone mad how horrible an unnatural
 

James W. (176)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 6:50 pm
Test on each other leave the animals alone
 

Mari Garcia (44)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 7:43 pm
first of all, this kitten was genetically altered while it was an embryo, if you can alter genes after birth than gene therapy would be further along. it pisses me off that people whine about animal testing and reap the benefits of it, everything has been tested on animals. you know that soap that says "not tested on animals"? every chemical in that soap was, just that the soap itself was not. if you people are so agianst animal testing stop using medicines or procedures, better yet, volunteer yourselves for the testing
 

Mosxopontikas M. (36)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 7:57 pm
what else?...signed
 

Edith B. (125)
Wednesday March 21, 2012, 9:59 pm
Of course I signed, and shared on Facebook!
 

Pat A. (90)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 1:20 am
I didn't want to believe this of the Mayo - which has done so much good for so many - but if true this is AWFUL!!!
 

Dominic Delarmente (33)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 2:19 am
Signed, thanks Michelle!
 

Esther Lance (63)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 3:51 am
Noted and signed. Absolute madness!!!
 

Dawn G. (23)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 5:02 am
signed
 

Maria USA P. (149)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 6:09 am
signed
 

OFF LINE S. (126)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 9:05 am
Noted and signed. This is horrendous cruelty and you can bet it is being done with your and my tax dollars that the National Institutes of Health is doling out for this idiot to continue this useless research on a living thing.
 

Sinikka D. (122)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 12:24 pm
Noted, already signed. Thanks Michelle.
 

Cristina M. (112)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 2:24 pm
Many times, reading this kind of petitions, it's so horrible what it's happening that I wished it's all a lie, but it shouldn't be a shock, we know what people are capable of doing. Signed, noted and forwarded. Thank you Michelle!
 

AnimalWhisperer Rosi (145)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 2:45 pm
This is worse (if there is a worse) than testing on animals !!!!! Now they are creating animals to practice on, only to kill them when they have outlived their use!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sadly this is not a new thing, but it is more than time it was stopped!!!!!!! I know it sometimes feels as if what we do is futile and insignificant, but it really isn't. Together we are strong. We have, and are, making a difference. After all, every raindrop contributes to the oceans!! I applaud you all for not only caring, but for acting, with all you do for the animals; you are awesome. Rosi Caswell Animal Whisperer Therapist
 

AnimalWhisperer Rosi (145)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 2:49 pm
As I always say; if humans need a cure, then test that potential cure ON humans, for if they have an incurable illness, then they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain!!! It is NOT THE ANIMALS' PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!! Rosi Caswell Animal Whisperer Therapist
 

Patricia Cannell (698)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 3:15 pm
This whole thing boggles the mind...................Signed and noted.
 

Aimee A. (177)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 4:25 pm
Signed and confused. What the heck does glowing and FIV have to do with each other??? This sounds like a far fetched idea cooked up for the sole purpose of torturing animals!
 

Liz g. (104)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 5:55 pm
Noted and happily signed,PLEASE stop this vile cruel act on poor innocent kittens who will only know suffering,pain,loneliness and horror!!!!!!! Then be killed when of no more use.Heartbreaking!!!!!!! Thank you dear Michelle.Liz Xx
 

Ellen M. (224)
Thursday March 22, 2012, 9:52 pm
Signed and shared, with emails to follow.
Whatever idiot gave them the funding for this specific research should be taken to task on this also.
 

Cynthia B. (60)
Friday March 23, 2012, 12:23 am
STOP CRUELTY! I'm sick of wicked human madness
 

Dana B. (87)
Friday March 23, 2012, 9:04 am
Gladly signed, thank you
 

Genoveva M. (243)
Friday March 23, 2012, 9:18 pm
Signed and shared. Thanks
 

Nancy Black (248)
Saturday March 24, 2012, 7:45 am
Noted, signed, tweeted, and shared. I am getting depressed this morning. To think that Mayo would support such horror; especially, when these experiments don't help human beings. The more publicity we can give this will cause Mayo to stop it. Mayo enjoys it's reputation as one of the best hospitals in the USA; it doesn't want to be remembered for torturing animals.
 

Margaret B. (88)
Saturday March 24, 2012, 10:19 am
signed
 

Yvette T. (256)
Sunday March 25, 2012, 2:15 am
Humans step over the boundary and become monsters.
 

Birgitta S. (146)
Sunday March 25, 2012, 2:10 pm
Signed! Thank you, Michelle for sharing this.
 

Valerie Disle (69)
Sunday March 25, 2012, 4:08 pm
signed and noted
 

Olga Sokolova (115)
Sunday March 25, 2012, 7:39 pm
signed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Jeannette A. (146)
Monday March 26, 2012, 6:42 pm
signed & noted with absolute horror... why do we think we cannot advance ourselves except at the expense and pain of innocents?!?
 

Patrizia S. (313)
Tuesday March 27, 2012, 6:15 am
signed/shared,
 

Elizabeth P. (102)
Tuesday March 27, 2012, 6:22 am
Noted and Signed. Thank every body.
 

Stella AWAY W. (258)
Sunday April 1, 2012, 6:19 am
Signed 3750 - AMEN to success!
 

Lori K. (56)
Monday April 2, 2012, 4:58 pm
I am so ashamed that I used to participate in animal testing. This is the reason why I quit my job in genetic research. Having a soul should not be a negative in the ability to do ones job.
 

Joy Leftow (31)
Sunday May 6, 2012, 9:45 pm
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/149/251/268/stop-the-mayo-clinic-from-creating-genetically-engineered-kittens-for-fiv-testing/

have edited and fix the petition.
 
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