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03-26-2005, 11:28 AM
Urgent: Stop Cruel Taser Tests on Pigs at UW-Madison
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor John Webster plans to conduct an experiment in which live pigs will be shocked with Taser stun guns.
Using a $500,000 taxpayer-funded grant provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Webster will attach electrodes directly to the pigs’ skin and implant catheters near their hearts to measure the voltage of the Taser shocks. He also plans to use a “super-Taser” device to induce heart arrhythmia, as well as applying overdoses of cocaine to the pigs, ostensibly to mimic the effects of fleeing human suspects high on drugs.
What makes this experiment even more outrageous is the fact that similar Taser studies have been conducted with pigs (and dogs) on at least four other occasions. There are ample human data available for study, as these stun guns have been widely used by law-enforcement agencies for several years.
Experts in the field agree that the best way to determine whether Tasers are safe is to study the data gathered from the many cases in which people have suffered adverse affects or died as a result of Taser shocks.
Please contact University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley and politely urge him to put an immediate end to this utterly unnecessary and ill-conceived experiment and return the grant to the Department of Justice:
John D. Wiley, Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
161 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-9946
608-262-8333 (fax)
chancellor@news.wisc.edu
Read a letter to Chancellor Wiley from the sister of a Taser victim. (http://www.helpinganimals.com/aa/PattiGillman2.doc)
Please also contact Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and politely ask him to put an immediate halt to the Taser experiments at UW-Madison and to end all funding for laboratory experiments involving the use of live animals:
The Honorable Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
202-353-1555
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Thank you for your help. For more information, contact Chris Ford at ChrisF@peta.org or 757-622-7382, extension 8105. You can also visit our Web site StopAnimalTests.com. (http://www.stopanimaltests.com/)
Reference: PETA
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor John Webster plans to conduct an experiment in which live pigs will be shocked with Taser stun guns.
Using a $500,000 taxpayer-funded grant provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, Webster will attach electrodes directly to the pigs’ skin and implant catheters near their hearts to measure the voltage of the Taser shocks. He also plans to use a “super-Taser” device to induce heart arrhythmia, as well as applying overdoses of cocaine to the pigs, ostensibly to mimic the effects of fleeing human suspects high on drugs.
What makes this experiment even more outrageous is the fact that similar Taser studies have been conducted with pigs (and dogs) on at least four other occasions. There are ample human data available for study, as these stun guns have been widely used by law-enforcement agencies for several years.
Experts in the field agree that the best way to determine whether Tasers are safe is to study the data gathered from the many cases in which people have suffered adverse affects or died as a result of Taser shocks.
Please contact University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley and politely urge him to put an immediate end to this utterly unnecessary and ill-conceived experiment and return the grant to the Department of Justice:
John D. Wiley, Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
161 Bascom Hall
500 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-9946
608-262-8333 (fax)
chancellor@news.wisc.edu
Read a letter to Chancellor Wiley from the sister of a Taser victim. (http://www.helpinganimals.com/aa/PattiGillman2.doc)
Please also contact Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and politely ask him to put an immediate halt to the Taser experiments at UW-Madison and to end all funding for laboratory experiments involving the use of live animals:
The Honorable Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20530-0001
202-353-1555
AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
Thank you for your help. For more information, contact Chris Ford at ChrisF@peta.org or 757-622-7382, extension 8105. You can also visit our Web site StopAnimalTests.com. (http://www.stopanimaltests.com/)
Reference: PETA