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Post by Mel Mel on Jul 1, 2006 18:05:10 GMT
Memorial University of Newfoundland Raises the Bar on Humane Medical EducationUntil recently, Memorial University of Newfoundland—the largest school in the Atlantic Canadian region—offered more than 10 medical courses that used animals in procedures ranging from chest tube insertions to invasive surgery techniques. More than two-thirds of all U.S. medical schools, including those at Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, and 11 Canadian medical schools do not use any animals in their educational curricula.
When PETA learned about Memorial University's heavily animal-based medical curriculum, we sent school officials an urgent plea alerting them to the many non-animal teaching methods that are available. After considering these alternatives, the university's vice president wrote to us and agreed that the use of animals for educational purposes should stop, writing the following:
Memorial University's decision adds another prominent participant to the growing trend of moving away from the use of animals in medical education.Please see the following website to write a thank you letter to the university and to see more ways that you can help! www.stopanimaltests.com/f-memorialuni.asp?int=weekly_enews
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