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Daily Bruin

Animal rights issues are hot topic on campus

The past year has featured violent attacks on professors as well as peaceful student protests

By Karen Lee

Monday, June 23, 2008

Animal rights activists continue to advocate alternatives to animal research, especially in light of the attacks by protesters at UCLA in the last year.

Many UCLA community members have become increasingly aware of the controversy surrounding animal research in the last year.

Earlier this month, the Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for setting a UCLA vanpool vehicle on fire. That incident was the most recent in a string of attacks by animal rights activists.

In January, UCLA co-sponsored a workshop exploring alternatives to animal research with the John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing.

Sonia Hingrajia, internal vice president of Bruins for Animals, said finding alternatives to animal testing is currently of the utmost importance.

Alternatives can be the reduction of animal testing, said Carol Howard, Johns Hopkins Center’s communications coordinator.

“But it also refers to the reduction of animals used and refining the methods to minimize pain and distress in animals,” Howard said.

Removing animal testing from the university entirely would be difficult.

“Animal research is in part responsible for the medical advancements in the last decade,” UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said. “In many cases, there are no alternatives to the humane research of animals.”

UCLA complies with all national animal testing laws, Hampton said.