ANIMAL RESEARCH T A K E S LIVES
- Humans and Animals BOTH Suffer
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The above photo (produced by secret video tape) shows a baboon endeavouring to lift its head, showing it was inadequately anaesthetised. Thousands of these animals were so brain-damaged they could no longer stand, sit or function. The video tapes show them being laughed at and ridiculed by the experimenters at the infamous Gennarelli laboratory of the Pennsylvania's Head Injury Research Centre.
Currently the University of Glasgow's Department of Neuropathology in collaboration with the Gennarelli lab on 1 April 1991 commenced a five-year research programme involving four projects. Glasgow is involved in three of them which involve:
Most of these animals will suffer massive head injuries.
(In a 1974 review of head injury research Gennarelli himself stated that animal experiments may have led researchers to an erroneous view of the cause of trauma-induced unconsciousness including concussion and coma.)
In September 1992 the Scottish Advocates for Animals launched a campaign against this "research", bringing pressure to bear on the authorities of the University of Glasgow, the Home Secretary and Members of Parliament.