Monday, February 26, 2007

Urgent: Help Save 60 Dogs From Live Animal Lab at MCW

[the following press release is published for your information]

Today, Feb. 26, the Medical College of Wisconsin began the first day of its three-day physiology lab in which 60 live dogs will be used and killed. More than 60 people stood in front of the school’s main entrance and peacefully protested this cruel and unnecessary course. Although the lab has started, there is still time to make a difference if we act now.

1. Send a letter to the editor. MCW’s controversial dog lab has received extensive news coverage, including this this article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Polite letters to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel can be submitted online.

2. Join PCRM physicians and members of the Wisconsin Humane Society for peaceful demonstrations at MCW. Protesters will urge students not to participate in the lab and will ask MCW to eliminate live animal labs in favor of humane alternatives.

What: Doctors lead peaceful demonstration at MCW
When: Tues., Feb. 27, 7 to 8 a.m.
Wed., Feb. 28, 9 to 10 a.m.
Location: North 87th St. at MCW’s main entrance (between Watertown Plank Rd. and Wisconsin Ave.), Milwaukee
Parking: Please use public parking on Watertown Plank Rd. or other adjacent streets.

Please carpool when possible.

Signs will be provided. Please make sure to dress warmly. No RSVP is required.

3. Call MCW President and CEO T. Michael Bolger at 414-456-8225 and MCW Department of Physiology Chairman Allen Cowley Jr., Ph.D., at 414-456-8277 and politely ask them to end the school’s live animal lab. You can also automatically send them e-mails. Or you can write them at the addresses below:

T. Michael Bolger
President and CEO
Medical College of Wisconsin
Office of the President
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-456-8225
Fax: 414-456-6560
tbolger@mcw.edu

Allen Cowley Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-456-8277
Fax: 414-456-6546
cowley@mcw.edu

It’s crucial that we continue to urge MCW to eliminate its live animal lab course once and for all. Please forward this information to your family and friends in Wisconsin and ask them to take action as well.

Please visit www.SaveMCWanimals.org to learn more about how you can help. If you have any questions, please contact me at rmerkley.com or 202-686-2210, ext. 336. Thank you so much for your support.
Best regards,
Ryan Merkley
Research Program Coordinator
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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