With the help of our members, PCRM is winning the campaign to end the use of live animals in medical school education. In 2005, we confirmed that eight more medical schools have replaced these inhumane courses with more effective teaching methods.
Twenty years ago, live dogs were commonly used in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery labs at medical schools. The animals were killed after the lab exercises were over. As PCRM helped bring this practice to light, some schools switched to using pigs, ferrets, or other animals in an effort to lessen public scrutiny and criticism. But most schools eliminated the practice altogether. Recent Victories In 2005, PCRM was able to verify that schools across the country have eliminated animal labs or are moving away from their use:
Howard University and Brown University confirmed in writing that their schools of medicine no longer use live animals. ハワード大学、ブラウン大学 - 医学部で動物を使用しないことを書面で発表。
Northeastern Ohio College of Medicine also assures us that it no longer uses live animals. ノースイースタン・オハイオ医科大学、も動物を使わないことを確約した。
The surgery department of the University of Texas, San Antonio, has abandoned three live animal labs involving goats.
テキサス大学(サンアントニオ)は、羊も含む3つの動物を使う研究室を中止した。
Four more osteopathic medical schools, including the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University, have confirmed that they have eliminated their live animal labs. Only two of the 20 U.S. osteopathic schools continue to offer live animal laboratories.
Today, more than 80 percent of medical schools in the United States have eliminated live animal laboratories from their curricula.
現在、アメリカの医学部では80%以上が動物実験を廃止しています。
How You Can Help Unfortunately, a small percentage of U.S. medical schools continue to use animals in such courses. To end this outdated and inhumane practice for good, we need your help. Please contact medical schools that are still using live animal labs. Write polite letters expressing your opposition to this practice. See a sample letter here. For contact information, please consult our list of medical schools and list of osteopathic medical schools that still offer live animal labs.
If you are a medical student, faculty member, or alumnus of a medical school on these lists, your help will be especially valuable. For more information, please contact Allison George at ageorge@pcrm.org or 202-686-2210, ext 369.