Tuesday September 18, 2012, 5:08 pm
From the PCRM (Physicians Commitee for Responsible Medicine) website:

"Cats at the University of Virginia (UVA) need your help.

UVA is one of four schools whose training program for future pediatricians involves living animals. Future pediatricians repeatedly force plastic tubes down tiny throats. In the case of one cat, Fiddle, this procedure was repeated more than 22 times in one day!

While it is critical that future pediatricians learn to safely insert a breathing tube into an infant’s throat, 98 percent of training programs in the United States use simulators that accurately resemble human infants. This allows the training to be performed multiple times until the physician gets it right, and doesn’t harm a single cat!

You have the power to stop this! Please sign our petition to UVA president Teresa Sullivan to cease using live animals in pediatrics training! I’d like to encourage you to forward this e-mail to your friends and family, too.

In this year alone, the efforts of PCRM supporters have helped stop this practice at five other programs, so your actions really do matter! We are in the late stages of our campaign against UVA’s cruel live animal labs, and we need everyone to support us during this final drive.

Sign the petition now!"

Thank you!

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 5:17 pm
Noted and signed. Thanks, Julie!

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 5:19 pm
Signed and noted, thanks.

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 5:23 pm
s/n and shared with my group

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 5:24 pm


Thnx hun!

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 7:59 pm
signed, thnx.

Tuesday September 18, 2012, 9:47 pm
Gladly signed! Thank you!

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 3:39 am
Signed. Poor cats!

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 3:41 am
Unfortunately, I cannot note this, I've tried many times :(

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 4:22 am
Noted and signed! Thanks!

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 9:54 am
Signed thanks for posting

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 11:15 am
Signed.

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 11:38 am
Signed. Thank you!

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 12:51 pm
signed~

Wednesday September 19, 2012, 9:18 pm
Signed !!! I hate to see animals suffering !!! Poor cats!

Thursday September 20, 2012, 12:29 am
Noted and signed - how terribly cruel and sad - why don't they round up all the animal abusers, including themselves and test drugs on them.

Thursday September 20, 2012, 12:36 am
Signed!

Thursday September 20, 2012, 5:33 am
Noted and signed. Thanks.

Thursday September 20, 2012, 9:30 am
Noted & signed!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 2:27 pm
Signed and noted.

Tuesday September 25, 2012, 8:29 pm
Thanks. Signed & noted.