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     ~ RESEARCH on hold while U of A upgrades animal lab 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Adria s 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE RESEARCH BARN ., 
     
     ARE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     pie 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ous 
     
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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. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ . 
     
    

    
     ‘We're shameless hussies 
     
     and we don’t give a 
     
     damn, , 
     
    

    
     We're loud, 
     
    
   
   
    
     cous, and 
     
    
   
   
    
     we're rau- 
     
    
   
   
    
     we’re fighting for our 
     
     rights 
     
    
   
   
    
     - and our sex 
     
    
   
   
    
     need to be free. 
     
    
   
   
    
     - and 
     
    
   
   
    
     our 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     wn 
     
    
   
   
    
     people who can't read. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHOICE: CRACKS 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     = March 17th 1988