Friday, January 30, 2009

Take action on 3 new CT bills related to animal experiments

Hello fellow CTers,

The National Antivivisection Society has created action alerts so that Connecticut residents can easily contact their State Reps to urge them to support three bills that will help save thousands of animals from being killed for experimentation:

ACT NOW!!!

HB5708- An Act Prohibiting the Practice of Dissection in the Classroom
This bill prohibits animal dissection in the State of Connecticut.
https://secure2.convio.net/navs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=322

HB 6120- Use of Validated Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Product Testing
This bill prohibits the use of animals for testing cosmetics, drugs and chemicals when federally-validated non-animal tests exist
https://secure2.convio.net/navs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=323

HB5794- Prohibiting the Use of Animals for Emergency Medical or Resuscitation Training Exercises
This bill would prohibit the use of animals in certain forms of medical training and require the use of non-animal methods
https://secure2.convio.net/navs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=331

1 comments:

Cool Fusion said...

I cut class rather than dissecting frogs in high school.

So if parents want their children in school -- don't require dissection -- don't even make it part of the curriculum. It's an expensive, ugly, revolting waste of time.