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| About Us - Position Statement |
| Random Source Cats and Dogs |
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The incurably ill For Animal Research (iiFAR) is a national organization
representing a portion of society which suffers from diseases and
disorders
for which there presently are no cures. We also have a significant number of
members who suffer from disabilities as the result of accidents. These members
hope research will soon develop procedures to better treat individuals who
might receive similar injuries in the future. Additionally, many iiFAR members
are perfectly healthy. These individuals support the cause that iiFAR
represents in hopes its efforts will one day ensure diseases like AIDS, cancer,
cystic fibrosis, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and a host of others, will not be
a threat to their children and grandchildren.
iiFAR has independently researched the use of pound derived animals in medical research, and is thoroughly convinced they are vitally important to the continuation of medical progress. Dr. Michael DeBakey (decorated by two American Presidents for his pioneering heart research) has stated that he would not have been able to develop the roller blood pump, which has made all open heart surgery possible, if "random source" pound dogs had not been available. Emory University developed a revolutionary "stent" device which promises to replace many of today's coronary heart bypass operations (a major invasive surgery, also perfected on pound dogs) with a simple catheterization procedure requiring only local anesthesia. The stent was developed and tested in pound dogs. Many consider proposed "pound release bans" to be a local issue because the animals in question are local animals. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. The ramification of even one research facility being deprived of these animals are not con-fined to any city, county, state or even national boundaries. People all over the world could be effected. Therefore, because of the critical role random source animals have played in the development of life-saving technology, the incurably ill For Animal Research supports their continued use in biomedical research, teaching and testing. |
| iiFAR P.O. Box 27454 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 887-1141 Fax: (517) 887-1710 |
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