| Photos from a 2005 undercover investigation at UConn Health Center primate supplier. Covance Laboratories in Vienna, VA. The macaques above are used for drug testing at Covance before they are eventually sent to labs like the one at UCHC to be abused and killed. |
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| WHAT CAN YOU DO? 1) Click here to contact the University of Mississippi Medical Center about having Mowgli, the last living UCHC monkey, released to sanctuary. 2) Also, although current research involving monkeys at the UConn Health Center has been halted, other individuals in the future will face the same fate as Cornelius, Lips and Aries if we don't intervene now. Join the 4,000+ people who've voiced their opposition to this work and inform the UCHC that, as a taxpayer and person who respects good science and the well-being of nonhuman animals, you politely request they enact a permanent moratorium on the use of nonhuman primates in research (sample letter below): Block of all available email addresses listed below: deckers@nso.uchc.edu, Philip.austin@uconn.edu, dfriend@alvarezandmarsal.com,goldberg@nso1.uchc.edu, rhennessey@oscient.com, gerard.burrow@yale.edu, james.abromaitis@po.state.ct.us, j.robert.galvin@po.state.ct.us, bcarlson@adp.uchc.edu, walter@nso.uchc.edu, lalande@uchc.edu, sarmstrong@uchc.edu, yas@pobox.upenn.edu, paplauskas@adp.uchc.edu, jlorenzo@nso2.uchc.edu, pohl@uchc.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAMPLE LETTER/EMAIL: Dear UCHC Administrators and Board members: Thank you for your time. In light of the recent research misconduct uncovered in David Waitzman's nonhuman primate lab and the school's subsequent termination of the protocol, as a Connecticut resident and person who abhors cruelty, I am requesting that the UConn Health Center enact a permanent moratorium on the use of all nonhuman primates in all biomedical research at all University-affiliated facilities and that the University administration guarantee citizens that the new facility in the former FarmTech building, which is currently well-equipped to confine up to 60 more nonhuman primates, will not be used to conduct research on NHPs. Every area of research in which NHPs have been used provides evidence against its utility. As a forerunner in progressive science, it is the University's obligation to employ ethical, humane research practices. The use of nonhuman primates for experimentation, in any capacity, is a clear violation of this imperative, as their capacity for suffering is undeniable. Furthermore, it is abundantly clear that researchers at the Health Center are unable to abide by even the most rudimentary animal protection guidelines. I look forward to the announcement of a positive resolution to this situation. Sincerely, Name Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UCHC ADMINISTRATORS Dr. Philip Austin President, University of Connecticut 860-486-2333 philip.austin@uconn.edu Dr. Peter Deckers VP of Health Affairs at UCHC 860-679-2594 (w) 860-679-2100 (w) deckers@nso.uchc.edu James Walter Associate Vice President, Communications 860-679-4710 walter@nso.uchc.edu Marc Lalande, Ph.D. Associate Dean, Research Planning and Coordination 860-679-8349 lalande@uchc.edu Bruce Carlson Chief of Staff 860-679-8048 bcarlson@adp.uchc.edu Sandra Armstrong Chief Information Officer 860-679-3855 sarmstrong@uchc.edu Len Paplauskas Institutional Officer, Animal Care Committee paplauskas@adp.uchc.edu Joseph Lorenzo Chairman, Animal Care Committee jlorenzo@nso2.uchc.edu Alison Pohl Coordinator, Animal Care Committee pohl@uchc.edu BOARD OF DIRECTORS (click here for more info) Dr. David B. Friend 781-283-9258 dfriend@alvarezandmarsal.com Dr. A. Jon Goldberg goldberg@nso1.uchc.edu 860-679-3743 James Abromaitis Commissioner, CT Dept. of Economic and Community Development james.abromaitis@po.state.ct.us 860-270-8009 Ann Slaughter Associate Professor, U. Penn School of Dental Medicine yas@pobox.upenn.edu Gerard N. Burrow, M.D. Sea Research Foundation, Inc. gerard.burrow@yale.edu 860-572-5955 Robert Hennessey Director, Oscient Pharmaceuticals rhennessey@oscient.com J. Robert Galvin Commissioner, CT Dept of Public Health j.robert.galvin@po.state.ct.us Lenworth M. Jacobs, M.D. 860-545-3112 Sanford Cloud CEO, Cloud Company, LLC 860-559-6386 Brian Hehir Vice chairman of Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch 516-883-0037 Claire Rochat Leonardi General Partner, Fairview Capital, L.P. 518-624-9765 Robert T. Samuels Founder, ABS Development 860-561-6764 |
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non-) have an inherent value that
exists outside of their utility to
others. We recognize this value
and afford these individuals the
right to be treated in a manner
that is respectful of it. To act in
a way that reduces animals
(human and non-) to mere
resources for others to exploit
for food, experimentation,
clothing or entertainment is a
violation of this right and it is our
obligation to insure that such
exploitation does not continue.
non-) have an inherent value that
exists outside of their utility to
others. We recognize this value
and afford these individuals the
right to be treated in a manner
that is respectful of it. To act in
a way that reduces animals
(human and non-) to mere
resources for others to exploit
for food, experimentation,
clothing or entertainment is a
violation of this right and it is our
obligation to insure that such
exploitation does not continue.