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EDMONTON (CUP) Diabetes and cardiovascular research has been on hold for nine months while the Uni- versity of Alberta awaits fi- nancial aid to repair its lab animal holding area,

as

The closed down last July by the

holding area’ was Canadian Council on Animal

Care because it no longer met required standards, said David Neil, director of ani- mal care services for Health

Sciences.

The CCAC is a national

organization which sends a panel of experts to assess ani- mal care in research environ- ments.

“We have been trying for nine the

Dun-

months to resolve

problem,” said Brian animal “The

versity has no money, and

form, chair of

pol- icy and welfare. uni- we couldn’c get money from the Alberta Heritage Foun-

dation.“ The required renovations

to the holding area will run around $300,000, according

to Dunford. The holding facilities fell

into disrepair through con- stant use over the last twenty years. imals, mainly dogs and pigs, are used each year for exper- iments, said Neil. “The animals cared for but the facilities

are well

An estimated 800 an-°

are not casily sanitized. We had the situation where it got increasingly more diffi- cult to control wound infec-

tions,” he said.

Lack dog cages

of adequate sized

and a poor. air cleansing system contributed to difficulties

ness.

with cleanli- Most of the animals used

for long term experiments

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tion and celebration of each other’s accomplishments.

In closing, I'd like to you the refrain from a song I learned this

leave with past week; the song itself is silly and giddy and inspiring all at once. I hope that each take of its

of us will some

have been moved to other university facilities.

Alberta SPCA president Joy Ripley felt the animals are not suffering undue hard- ship.

“1 am very confident that everything that can be done is being done to protect ani- mals at the University of Al- berta,” Ripley. “The people there are very consci-

said

entious.” 5,

spirit with us wherever we go. Every best wish.

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We're loud,

cous, and

we're rau-

we’re fighting for our rights

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need to be free.

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On being asked for his opinion of rock journalism,

Frank Zappa replied that it was people who

cant write, interviewing people who cant talk, for

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people who can't read.

CHOICE: CRACKS

= March 17th 1988