The Petition

To UCSD Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology faculty:

We San Diego physicians object to dog vivisection in the UCSD School of Medicine first year physiology and pharmacology courses. We believe that it is not necessary to kill dogs to teach or learn these disciplines, as is amply demonstrated by the absence of dog vivisection in these courses at most U.S. medical schools, including such prestigious institutions as Harvard, Yale, Stanford and the Mayo Clinic. We urge that dog vivisection in the first year curriculum at UCSD be stopped, or at the very least, that medical students with moral objections to this practice be allowed to opt out of dog vivisection laboratories without fear of faculty intimidation or academic repercussion.

 

Number of signatures as of March 2003: 189

Number of UCSD faculty: 34

Number of former medical school academic department chairs: 4
(including one member of the National Academy of Sciences)

UCSD School of Medicine graduates: 13
UCSD residents/fellows: 20

Number of other San Diego hospitals represented: 12

Number of medical specialties represented: 26

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