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2024: Creating Change That Saves Animals and People by Physicians Committee on Youtube

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So beautiful to see this!! Credit to @projectchimps : TBT to Jan. 16, 2018, when two groups of former research chimpanzees, who had spent their entire lives in the lab, explored an outdoor forest habitat for the very first time at the Project Chimps sanctuary. . Watch as Latricia's group of nine females and Bo's group of six males were released at separate times to freely explore a six-acre, forested habitat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. . Project Chimps' Peachtree Habitat for former research chimpanzees was made possible by Marsha Perelman, the American Anti-Vivisection Society, Solid Security Perimeter Solutions and the National Anti-Vivisection Society. . You can meet the chimps and support them at projectchimps.org . Photo of #LanceChimp looking up at the sky by Crystal Alba. . . #projectchimps #chimpanzee #chimpanzees #chimp #chimps #chimpsoutdoors #animalrights #animalwelfare #aavs #animalrescue #antivivisection #animalvideo #wildlife #wildlifevideo #chimpsanctuary #wildlifesanctuary #sanctuary #sanctuarylife #outofthecage #endanimalcruelty #outofthelab #stopanimaltesting #getoutdoors #cuteanimals #blueridgega @imaznowflake https://www.instagram.com/p/B7aJ5_mglVR/?igshid=14a7vmxa411ie

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The renowned surgeon Lawson Tait was born on May 1st 1845 in Edinburgh.

Born  Robert Lawson Tait, to a middle class family, he attended Heriot's Hospital School and showed great promise,  In 1860, the 15-year-old Tait won a scholarship and attended the University of Edinburgh to study the arts, where he subsequently changed course to study medicine, graduating in 1866.

He started his professional career in Wakefield before moving to Birmingham, specialising in gynecology and is widely known as the first to perform salpingectomy to treat ruptured tubal pregnancy, to put it into layman's terms this was a treatment for ectopic pregnancy, a procedure that has saved countless lives since.  He was also the first to record removal of an ovary for relief of pelvic pain and to induce menopause, this was way ahead of its time.  His scrupulous cleanliness was undoubtedly the forerunner of modern aseptic methods.

Tait's bold, innovative surgical techniques led to a significant decrease in surgical mortality, and his prescient, aggressive approach was at the forefront of changes in the practice of obstetrics, which resulted in a marked decrease in maternal morbidity and mortality. This master teacher, whose contributions inspired the next great generation of abdominal and pelvic surgeons, deserves greater recognition than the few who know of him.

What I also like about Tait is that he was a fervent antivivisectionist.  He argued that vivisection was a selfish act in which humans forced living animals to suffer in order for their own benefit. He also  argued that the only people outside of medical fields who supported vivisection were the rich. These proponents acted as "amateur poultry butchers" and took to maiming pheasants for fun. As such, the less wealthy saw supporting vivisection as enabling the frivolous and wasteful lifestyles of the wealthy. And although being quite religious he believed in evolution and that  humans share a history with lesser animals, they deserve equal rights. As such, despite their inability to speak for themselves, they should be treated with care and respect as one would treat a human being.

He is said to have had disagreements with the pioneering Joseph Lister and believed that using  nothing more than boiling water for cleaning his instruments had the same results as Listers antiseptics, this was borne out with his results,  mortality for this operations was over 90%.   Tait was able to achieve exceptional results in his surgery using his techniques, as they were simple, low-cost, effective, and not limited by the presence of chemicals.

I think it is quite amazing we do not know more about this man, here are a list of his some of his firsts;  

First removal of an organ (Ovary) (

Observation of association of cystic ovaries and excessive menstrual bleeding.

Surgical induction of menopause by removal of ovaries.

Removal of infected tubes.

Drainage of pelvic abscesses

First appedoctomy  in 1880. It was later learned that he was anticipated by French-born English surgeon Claudius  Amyand in 1735, but Tate removed the first appendix.

First Cholecystectomy  (gallbladder  surgery)

Tait's career began to decline in 1892. Due to his lifelong history of advocating for new techniques and against common practices (e.g. vivisection and antisepsis), there were many who saw him as an enemy and a nuisance. Tait’s productivity slowed to a halt due to his declining health, along with two legal situations. The first of these was a lawsuit from Andrew Denholm, and the second was a threat to bring action against Tait for supposedly seducing a nurse.

In his retirement, Tait continued to stay active within medicine. Many younger doctors respected and admired him, and he regularly contributed to meetings at several Medical Institutions. He died in 1899, at the age of 54 of   Nephritis and Uremia , after a week and a half of severe illness. He remained lucid in his final days, and left instructions that his body be buried in a cave near his home!  At the time of his death, several of his contemporaries published writings in praise of his medical advances, character, and work at hospitals for poor women

He isn't altogether forgotten though, The Lawson Tait Society at Birmingham University.

Oh his burial? Well he was cremated, still a relatively new concept for christians in the 19th century, his ashes however were interred in  Gogarth's Cave, an ancient burial-place in the grounds of his Welsh home on the west side of Great Orme's Head near Llandudno.

I garnered most of the info for this post from Wiki, although other info came from several other sources.

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Watch: A Teddy Bear Tackles the Trauma of Animal Tests in New Video PETA's heartbreaking new video shows what happens when a girl's lost companion is found on the street and taken to a laboratory. Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way! ⬅️ ——————— PETA’nın hayvan deneylerindeki zulmü gösteren yeni videosu. Hayvanlar insanlar üzerinde deney yapsın, yesin, derileri soyulup giyilsin, eğlence amaçlı kullanılsın diye yaratılmadı. Onlar da insan gibi bilinç sahibi duyarlı canlı. Yaşamak ve hayatlarını sömürüye, şiddete maruz kalmadan sürdürmek, en temel hakları. Bu konu insanların vicdanına bırakılabilecek bir konu değildir. Gerçek devrim, ancak insanlar bunu kabul ettiğinde yaşanacak. Aksi halde güçlü olan gücü yeteni sömürmeye devam edecek. İnsana, hayvana, yeryüzüne özgürlük, Vegan Devrimi’nin ana mesajıdır! #hayvanözgürlüğü #animalliberation #vegan #animaltesting #antivivisection #bananimaltesting #hayvandeneylerinehayır https://www.instagram.com/p/BzK28DHgFHZ/?igshid=nuqv2fv1xk3b

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Siri loves to make the pigs special “restaurant” dinners whenever we get produce donated by @bowie1 or @clelandvalerie 🤩 This week it was her special pasta dish: squash noodles with spinach, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, and tomatoes followed by a fruit salad. She had to do a presentation in Honors English this week on a hero and chose @earthlinged to research and speak about. She talked about his journey to #veganism along with his intellectual, compassionate approach to educating others and his work on behalf of animals. She also followed his lead and opted out of frog dissection, asking her science teacher for a kinder, virtual dissection lesson instead. She said many of her classmates want to do the same, but their parents are forcing them to participate. 😔 She also mentioned she continues to get bullied at school about her veganism as kids mock her, pick grass and tell her to eat it, and call her the “vegan teacher,” an aggressive Tik Toker who doesn’t give vegans a good name. While she explained how frustrating it can be (let’s face it, middle school is already rough), she also said she knows it’s worth it whenever one of her friends tells her they are inspired by her and want to stop harming animals and try veganism. We are proud of Siri for a million reasons and are so grateful for the kids like her making a difference through kindness. #loveoneanother #belikesiri #antibullying #beingkindiscool #vegankids #veganactivist #antivivisection @petakids @navs.us https://www.instagram.com/p/CbS57L1Jls5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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@therealpandemonia & #snowball extolling #fashionasart & the joy of #puppies both legacies of the Stuart Era 1603-1689 ⚜️Fashion as an Artform began in 1604 with the abolition of #sumptuarylaws in by histories first openly #gay king JamesI - igniting a trend for Fashion As Art - & #dogs & #horses have been loved as companions & sentient beings following the 1655 #antivivisection essays of #MargaretCavendish “Mother of The Scientific Revolution” ⚜️ Both Fashion As Art & our love of dogs & all things equestrian remain as quintessentially #British & #Irish as #tea as an occasion! #fashionasart (at The National Liberal Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Mw5FpAfWs/?igshid=xpt3gp13k237

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I submitted this drawing for a chance to be on the cover of the NZAVS (New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society) magazine a while ago and got highly commended! Check out their website nzavs.org.nz to be educated about how horrific this method of testing is on animals. It's unnecessary in this day and age, and there are better, more accurate and MORE HUMANE ways of research. Please support this organization to raise awareness!

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World Vaccine Poll

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Always remember: No vaccines are vegan, including ‘safe’ vaccines. Instead of FasciNation of VacciNation: Abolish slaughter, murder, rape, torture, kidnapping; meat, dairy, egg, fishing industry.

#COVID1984 #Jesuits #Vegan #AnimalRights #antivivisection #antivaccination #vaccines #vaccine #vaccination #monkeykidneys #antitorture #gematria #naturalhealth #immunesystem #naturalhealing #covid19 #plantbased #organic #healthyeating #healthylifestyle #healthyfood

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Youth Code : Consuming Guilt (2016) #AntiVivisect

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The magnificent #MargaretCavendish nee Lucas - Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673 can leave no one in doubt the British & Irish value #eccentricity & honour it as part of our national identity ⚜️#History is made by those who dare not by those who don’t. And oh how Margaret dared! In 1650 in #Versailles at the Palace of the #SunKing where Queen-Henrietta Marie (#OscarWilde Idol) was in exile with #KingCharlesII & the rest of the Stuart Court she scandalised the world by deliberately sneaking into England to publish her scientific essays under her own name. From the age of 14 Margaret blazed across the stage of the most sensational era of British History. #Scientist, #anti-vivisectionist #feminist #author #poet #saloniere & great beauty. She irrevocably changed the way women were viewed & The way they viewed themselves. Despite writing the world’s first #Distopeannovel "The Blazing World" more ink was spilled describing her sensational deeds of daring do & extraordinary costumes. From the age of 4 she began using #fashion as well as #literature to #subvert & express ideas that were to turn the scientific world upside down - for not only was she a patron of #Descartes Digby & other #philosophical luminaries she was an influences in her own right. She was the first to argue for the rights of animals & demand #antivivisection laws arguing “a man is only as noble as how well he treated his least loved horse or dog” She was also one half of the greatest #lovestories of history as one half of The First #PowerCouple as wife of William Cavendish the greatest #Cavalier of the Age who added his own poetry & artworks to her books. For all her critics she was adored & admired & her state funeral procession exceeded all others as men & women of all classes came out to honour this Great Eccentric who blazed across the Restoration as a symbol of hope for all ECCENTRIC'S & all those who dared to dream beyond the scope of what was deemed possible. @muirvidler @johndavidgusman @velveteccentric (at The Audley Pub in the Mayfair District of London) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ei9kuA0dZ/?igshid=nri1rzjkzxwu

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#skinnypuppy #vivisectvi #antivivisection #industrialmusic #testure

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this just in i love using tons of blush and highlighter and am feeling like a garden fairy rn.... i got my late victorian essay back and it did really well and im GLAD i busted my ass reading about antivivisection and all the reasons why victorian men are Terrible. im over the moooooon

the side profile is cause it actually looks like i have bone structure today, how novel

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Une myopathe dénonce la réalité du Téléthon

"Ne donnez plus au Téléthon" : l'étonnante vidéo d’une myopathe

Pascaline Wittkowski, atteinte de dystrophie musculaire, refuse que des expérimentations soient pratiquées sur des animaux. Elle réclame d’autres méthodes.

Par Arnaud Gonzague

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07 décembre 2017 à 08h32

"Si vous voulez vraiment aider les malades, ne donnez plus au Téléthon."

Cette phrase ne barre pas la une du dernier "Charlie Hebdo" : c'est un appel tout à fait sérieux lancé par Pascaline Wittkowski ce jeudi 7 décembre, la veille de l’édition 2018 du Téléthon. Et la parole de cette quinquagénaire habitant Le Havre est investie d’un poids particulier.

Car Pascaline Wittkowski est atteinte depuis quarante ans d’une dystrophie musculaire, l’un des maux contre lequel le Téléthon récolte justement des fonds. Elle se déplace en fauteuil roulant et n’a aucune autonomie des membres supérieurs.

Dans une vidéo rendue publique par l’association de défense des animaux Peta France, elle dépeint les deux sentiments qui l'ont poussée à s’exprimer : la désillusion, parce qu’aucun traitement majeur contre la myopathie n’a été mis au point après des décennies de recherche scientifique ; la colère, parce que des millions d’animaux ont subi de la vivisection dans les laboratoires. "Pour rien" :

"Tant de recherches, aucune guérison. Pourquoi ? Tout simplement parce que je ne suis pas un chien."

Ainsi, explique-t-elle, toutes les recherches de traitement contre la myopathie sont fondées sur des expérimentations pratiquées sur des chiens, des souris, des singes… Autant de créatures physiologiquement trop éloignées de l’humain pour donner des résultats concluants.

"Insoutenable massacre"

Voilà ce qui expliquerait, dit-elle à "l’Obs", que les avancées scientifiques sur la myopathie soient "un gâchis de temps, d’argent et d’espoir" pour les donateurs, les scientifiques et les malades.

"Et un insoutenable massacre d’animaux. Moi, je n’ai jamais demandé qu’on torture pour que je remarche, jamais ! Et je réclame à la communauté scientifique que cela cesse."

Le point de vue défendu par Pascaline Wittkowski peut paraître iconoclaste, voire provocateur. En réalité, il fait écho aux campagnes de nombreuses associations de défense des bêtes, comme Antidote Europe, organisme antivivisection proche de Peta France. André Ménache, son directeur :

"La communauté scientifique a fait un choix culturel à la fin du XIXe siècle d’expérimenter sur des animaux, parce qu’elle était convaincue que les similitudes entre les espèces animales et l’humain étaient plus importantes que ce qui les différencie. Un foie de chien n’était grosso modo qu’un foie d’humain en taille réduite. On sait aujourd’hui que c’est faux, alors pourquoi s’obstiner ? C’est comme si, pour guérir une girafe, on expérimentait sur un perroquet !"

Et l’ancien vétérinaire de donner cette statistique : "Selon la Food and Drug Administration [l’administration de la santé américaine, NDLR], neuf molécules qui ont réussi sur des animaux échouent une fois testées sur l’humain. 10%, c’est plus faible que de tirer à pile ou face !"

Meilleure volonté du monde

Alors que faire? Cesser toutes les recherches ? Ce que défendent Antidote Europe, Peta France et Pascaline Wittkowski, c’est de développer des méthodes alternatives respectueuses des animaux, notamment des expérimentations humaines.

"Il faudrait tester les traitements de manière très encadrée sur des personnes déjà malades, ou bien utiliser des tissus ou des cellules d’humains, insiste André Ménache. Ces méthodes sont désormais bien maîtrisées, même si elles restent perfectibles. Leurs résultats sont plus fiables, en tout cas, que ce qui se pratique actuellement."

Le problème, c’est que dans toute l’Europe, les réglementations imposent, pour obtenir une autorisation de mise sur le marché d’un médicament, que le fabriquant démontre les effets de ses molécules sur un rongeur et un non-rongeur. Il n’est donc pas légalement possible, avec la meilleure volonté du monde, de se passer de tests animaux.

Ce que tient d'ailleurs à souligner l’AFM-Téléthon, l'association organisatrice de la grand-messe caritative : dans un communiqué, celle-ci rappelle que la recherche animale est une "obligation réglementaire, strictement encadrée par des règlements européens et français".

Cosmétiques : recherche idées pour lutter contre les tests sur les animaux

Méthodologie efficace

Une obligation qu’elle qualifie, du reste, de "nécessité scientifique". Argument :

"Les modèles animaux sont ceux qui sont au plus proche du modèle humain. Les études sur les cellules ou les modèles informatiques ne peuvent à ce jour remplacer l’observation dans un organisme complet vivant. […] Aucune autre méthodologie efficace n’existe pour mettre au point les médicaments dont nous avons tous besoin !"

Une position faisant écho à celle exprimée par la prix Nobel de médecine 2008 Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, qui estime (en PDF) que "les modèles animaux sont essentiels à la recherche biologique."

Le débat ne fait assurément que commencer.

Arnaud Gonzague

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Ricky Gervais doesn't understand animal research

Ricky Gervais used a radio spot to repeat several false claims from RSSMix.com Mix ID 8239600 http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/antivivisection-extremism/ricky-gervais-doesnt-understand-animal-research/ via IFTTT

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