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21 Info. Rep.: Animal Welfare Inst. 1 (1972)

handle is hein.animal/awiqu0021 and id is 1 raw text is: N1 Vol. 21, No. 1 PRESIDENT ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END PREDATOR POISONING ON PUBLIC LANDS In his message on Februiarv eighth on environinent- a awaketning, Prt-ident Nixon called for action in- cluding a ban on i. of poisons for predator control, a strongter laws to protect endangered species of wild life, 18 new wilderness areas, and regulation of off- road vehicles on Federal lands. He said, in part, The widespread use of highly toxic poisons to kill coyotes and other predatory animals and birds is a practice which has been a source of in- creasing concern to the American public and to the federal officials responsible for the public lands. Last year the Council on Environmental Quality and the Department of the Interior appointed an Advisory Com- mittee on Predator Control to study the entire ques- tion of predator and related animal control activities. The Committee found that persistent poisons have been applied to range and forest lands without adequate knowledge of their effects on the ecology or their utility in preventing losses to livestock. The large-scale use of poisons for control of predators and field rodents has resulted in unintended losses of other animals and in other harmful effects on natural ecosystems . . I am today issuing an Executive Order barring the use of poisons for predator control on all public lands (Ex- ceptions will be made only for emergency situations.) On endangered species, he said, in part, I propose legislation to provide for early identification and pro- tection of endangered species. My new proposal would make the taking of endangered species a Federal of- fense for the first time, and would pettink protective measures to be undertaken before a species is so de- pleted that regeneration is difficult or impossible. Concerning migratory species, he noted, I have au- thorized the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, to seek the agreement of the Mexican Government to add 33 new families of birds to the protected list. Included in the proposal are eagles, hawks, falcons, owls, and imany of the most attractive species of wad- (continued on page 3) AWI BOOTH AT AAAS The Animal Welfare Institute presented a booth ex- hibit at the annual meeting of the American Associa- tion for the Advancemernt of Science in Philadelphia, December 26-30, 1971. Featuring the current quest for means to replace animals im experiments and tests, to reduce numtbers necessary, or to refine techniques to reduce suffering, signs on the AWI booth asked for scientific help in advancing these goals: In the search for increasingly humnane expet irnental techniques YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE INVITED. RE- PLACEMENT of Vertebrate Animals with Other Ex- perimental Subjects or Materials; REDUCTION of Numbers of Animals; REFINEMENT of Technique to Reduce Pain and Anxiety. Reprints of two papers by Dr. Samuel M. Peacock, Jr. 'which appeared in Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology were displayed with the fol- lowering descriptive sign: The computer averaging technique illustrated on this panel permits 'closed head' investigation of sensory responses in contrast to the 'open head' approach, requiring an operation, which used to be necessary when averaging techniques were not available. This technique permits studies in man, the subject of choice, rather than through implantation of electrodes in the brains of cats and primates. In the Reduction panel, reprints of papers by Dr. Arthur C. Guyton and co-workers which appeared in Circulation Research and other journals were shown with a brief quotation, These computer results are almost identical with the results earlier in this paper from the animal experiments. POLICE CHIEFS REQUEST ANIMALS AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS Over 1100 Chiefs of Police from all parts of the country responderd to the Animal Welfare Institute of- fer to provide o e free copy of ANIMALS AND THEIR LEGAT, RIGHTS to every police depart- ment in order to aid in knowledge nd enforcement of laws protecting animals. Cruelty to animals is a criminal offense in every state, but the provisions of the state anti-cruelty laws and other state or federal statutes protecting animals are not as well known as they should be to all en- forcement agencies. HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIMENTATION Rules on Animal Experiments at Houston Science Engineering Fair The 1972 Information Guide of the Houston Sci- ence Engineering Fair contains clear and well-stated re- quirements regulating experiments with animals. They state in part as follows: Specifically, the 'Painless Rule' for animal experimentation will be followed in all pro- jects involving animals: (a) That no experimental procedures shall be at- tempted on a vertebrate animal that would sub- ject it to pain or distinct discomfort; (b) That a lower form of life for experimentation should be selected to a higher form whenever possible; (e) That no surgery, including biopsy, shall be per- formed on vertebrates; (d) That projects involving such highly intelligent anid sensitive tmantals as monkeys, cats, and dlogs should include only observations of normal behavior of pets (ex.. training of kittens by the female rat, etc.) or of animals in a reputable zoo, or those owned by the school; (e) That treatments such as electric, heat or cold shocks, exercise until exhaustion, deprivation of food and/or water, substitution of water with alcohol or drug-s, nutritionally deficient diets, or toxicity tests shall not be administered to a vertebrate; (f) That in training experiments on vertebrates, only positive reinforcement shall be used. To ensure conpliance, certification of animal experi- mentation is required as follows: Students shall not be permitted to participate in the Science Engineering Fair of Houston which is held under the auspices of the Interiational Science EngieerMing Fair unless an 'Intent to Exhibit an Animal Experinent Project at the Science Engineering Fair of Houston' certificate has been submitted, approved by the Standing Com- mittee on Animal Experimentation. The certificate must be signed by the school biology teacher and the biomedical scientist supervising the project and sub- mitted not less than 15 working days prior to com- mencement of the animal experimentation aspect of the project to the Standing Committee on Animal Ex- perimentation of the Science Engineering Fair of Hous- ton for approval, disapproval or modification/qualifi- cation. Through careful, humane planning, high quality work may be expected from students at this fair. The Chair- man of the Animal Experimentation Committee, Dr. Richard Simmonds, Chief, Manned Spacecraft Center Vivarium and Dr. Kathryn Ansevin, a member of the Committee, deserve much credit for this sound plan- lng. Unsuccessful Attempt to Repeal Illinois Law The State of Illinois has a law which provides: No er periment upon any living animal for the purpose of demonstration in any study shall be made in any pub- lic school. No animal provided by, or killed in the pre- Jan.-Feb.-March, 1972 ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE P.O. Box 3492, Grand Cenitral Station, New York, N.Y. 10017

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