Justin Goodman Nov. 10, 2007 Vivisection
These notes are for entertainment purposes only and the author does not necessarily endorse everything within and none of it is meant to be used illegally.
Uconn- Oct 2005 campaign started 8/20/06 lab closed
Covance, Vienna VA
Step 1- Approaches to antivivisection campaigns
-moral/ethical – all animals have inalienable moral rights
-scientific- more than 94% of drugs that are shown to be effective in animal tests fail in humans
-Practical- vivisection is expensive and time consuming
-legal- researchers are violating AWA
Step 2- Reconnaissance
-types of institutions
-public v. private
-resources for general background info about facilities
-USDA
-NIH
Federal Resources
-USDA
-list of registered research facilities- online
-annual reports-online
-inspection reports- not online
-NIH
-office of extramural research- online research by state
-CRISP- creates abstracts about research- length, abstract, where they get $ from
-PubMed- online- library subscription – if you find an article by the researcher you are researching- the methods section is relevant.
-Who is funding them?
-Where they do it?
-How much money they have?
-How long they have been getting funding/ how long they will continue to?
-What animals they use? How many?
University Websites
-faculty biographies
-personal webpages
Popular media
-letters to the editor
Step 3- Accessing other info
State FOIA act
-statutes vary state to state
For public institutions
-from FOIA you can get- emails, animal care records, memos
-you request emails and stuff based by person/subject/date etc.
Federal FOIA from USDA and NIH
-Online form
Step 4- Analyzing documents
Use wins on welfare act violations to get media attention- these are not successes within themselves (from our POV anyway), but they are good for attention and pressure
Step 5- Taking Action
Set an abolition-focused goal- no compromise
continually evolving throughout throughout campaign
Educational
Community Outreach
be concise, check your facts, and provide sources
Petitions- worthwhile? for media, maybe
Protests- emails and call ins
