Wednesday April 2, 2008, 5:08 pm
teach science not cruelty


This Saturday (April 5th), Yale University’s Science Saturdays will host researcher, Marina Picciotto, who will show middle school youngsters “the importance of working with experimental animals for devising new ways to help people.” (read the announcement.)

Among Yale studies last year, mice and rats were forcefully exposed to nicotine and other drugs and then decapitated to study the effects of the drugs on their brains. Other studies involved hanging mice by their tails to observe the effects of nicotine on physical activity, and exposing pregnant rats to cocaine to induce brain damage in their pups, then placing the pups in experiments involving repeated electric shock. All of these protocols were part of papers that Picciotto co-authored in 2007.

Yale's press release states that the goal of these lectures is “to remind ‘kids of all ages’ that ‘science is fun.’"

The reality is that there is nothing fun about “science” that involves the confinement, harming and killing of thinking, feeling animals. Instead of teaching ethical, humane and scientifically advanced science, Yale, in advocating for the animal model, continues to teach outdated and cruel science, now under the guise of “fun.” Modern, human-based research, for example, using non-invasive brain imaging with fully-consenting humans has been invaluable to our understanding of how the human brain reacts to substance abuse. Decapitating mice benefits biotech suppliers' profits and research grants not human health.

Research shows that many students at all levels of education are uncomfortable with the use of animals in research and that they are often left with long-lasting negative effects. Exposing young people to animal experimentation fosters callousness towards animals and dissuades some bright, creative, humane students from pursuing careers in science.

Please contact Yale University to urge them to cancel this not-so-fun science lesson--

Contacts:
Patricia Wooding, Coordinator of Science Saturdays
patricia.wooding@yale.edu
203.436.8105 (office)

Ainissa Ramirez, Creator of Science Saturdays
ainissa.ramirez@yale.edu
203-432-2156 (office)

Erin Lavik, Co-host of Science Saturdays
erin.lavik@yale.edu
(203) 432-4265 (office)




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Wednesday April 2, 2008, 5:18 pm
Will do it. Noted. Thanks Sophia.

Wednesday April 2, 2008, 5:27 pm
Thank you Sophia.

Wednesday April 2, 2008, 7:03 pm
Thnx Sophia!!

Thursday April 3, 2008, 12:20 am
Thanks!!! NOTED and will take action!

Thursday April 3, 2008, 5:54 am
Noted. Thanks Sophia, I have sent all three an e-mail. I sent you one too. OK. Joc

Thursday April 3, 2008, 6:07 am
SOMEHTING STINKS AT YALE SOMETHING RADICALLY STINKS THEY KNOW BETTER

Thursday April 3, 2008, 6:12 am
I WROTE AND WILL WRITE UNDER MY OTHER NAMES
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
I FIND IT UTTERLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE THAT YALE WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALTERNATIVE TESTING THE FUNDS TO DO SO, THE OBVIOUS PAIN CAUSED TO ANIMALS THE SHEER MONUMENTAL INFORMATION ON SUCH AND THE MANY MANY ANY PEOPLE ,LOVING ANIMALS INCLUDING CHILDREN
HOW IN GODS NAME DO YOU SUPPORT A FUN DAY AT YALE AND EXPERIMENT ON ANIMALS?
ITIS LUDICROUS
INSTEAD YOU SHOULD BE SPONSORING TTHE TEACHING OF ANIMAL COMPASSION TO EDUCATE CHILDREN AT AN EARLY AGE TO APPRECIATE LIFE AND NOT CAUSE SUFFERING
TRULY UNBELIEVABLE SHIRT SITED DISGRACEFUL AND UNCIVILIZED



WHAT A BUNCH OF COMPLETE MORONS

Thursday April 3, 2008, 6:13 am
OOPS I WROTE SIRT SITED WELL AT LEAST I DIDNT WRITE THE OTHER WORD

Friday April 4, 2008, 8:41 am
Presentation


Dear NY and CT Members,

We are pleased to announce that thanks to your phone calls, Yale has cancelled the Science Saturday presentation that was scheduled for tomorrow, April 5th.

The lecture has been changed to: Wheeled Machines that Balance: The Segway Personal Transporter and the Segway Robotic Mobility Platform with John Morrell, Mechanical Engineer. http://www.eng.yale.edu/sciencesat/index.html


Thank you again for your help and support for humane science programs!



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UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPDATE

Friday April 4, 2008, 8:41 am
Presentation


Dear NY and CT Members,

We are pleased to announce that thanks to your phone calls, Yale has cancelled the Science Saturday presentation that was scheduled for tomorrow, April 5th.

The lecture has been changed to: Wheeled Machines that Balance: The Segway Personal Transporter and the Segway Robotic Mobility Platform with John Morrell, Mechanical Engineer. http://www.eng.yale.edu/sciencesat/index.html


Thank you again for your help and support for humane science programs!



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