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For Immediate Release: Contact: Canadians Say 'NO' to XenoAnimal rights group responds to report on animal-to-human transplants Toronto--Canada's leading animal rights group today applauded the conclusion reached by the Canadian Public Health Association "that Canada not proceed with xenotransplantation involving humans." The Animal Alliance of Canada regards xenotransplantation as dangerous technology, involving the genetic manipulation and transplantation of animal organs and tissues into humans, which should be banned in Canada. Animal Alliance also endorses the Public Health Association's recommendations that:
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However, the Alliance is critical of the recommendation that "pre-clinical" (animal) research continue to further develop this technology. "The majority of Canadians have said they do not want Canada to proceed with this Frankenstein science," states Troy Seidle, research advisor to the Alliance. "So why would the Public Health Association conclude that horrific animal experiments should continue? A more intelligent course of action would be to stop wasting scarce public health care dollars killing pigs, monkeys, and other animals in cruel and futile laboratory experiments, and instead redirect this funding to support meaningful health promotion and disease prevention activities." It is clear from the Public Health Association's findings that the more Canadians learn about xenotransplantation, the less inclined they are to accept it. "Once people consider the real costs of xenotransplantation--both financial and in terms of its implications for public health, personal freedom, and animal suffering--and the fact that xenotransplantation has a failure rate of 100 percent, the decision is an absolute no-brainer," concludes Seidle. Animal Alliance of Canada |