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DESCRIPTION:IDA and DxE are joining forces to stop the horrific violence against 
 animals at UCSF!\n\nLast month, UCSF sent out its press team to deflect 
 blame for the horrendous abuse of animals at its labs. The press team noted 
 that UCSF has nearly 800,000 animals (equivalent to the population of the 
 entire city of San Francisco) and spent over $100 million to build new 
 animal testing facilities since 2000 -- and yet still continues to 
 flagrantly violate even the (toothless) standards of the Animal Welfare 
 Act. \n\nGiven that the university is responding to the pressure, we are 
 amping up our next demonstration and adding an additional visual element to 
 dramatize the violence at UCSF. We will have activists in cages to visually 
 demonstrate the confinement of the animals.\n\nAccordingly, if you:\n\n1. 
 Have a cage that would fit a person, and can volunteer it for the demo; 
 or\n2. Would be willing to participate by being inside of cage.\n\nPlease 
 reach out to us ASAP. \n\nNote that we are scheduling this on a different 
 day (Thursday), and a bit earlier (11:30 am). This will be the FIRST DAY of 
 classes for UCSF students. \n\nEven third-party observers have noted the 
 horrific abuse of animals at UCSF. \n\nFrom the San Francisco Chronicle 
 (http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/UCSF-lapses-mean-research-animals-suffer-4065881.php):\n\n"The 
 details are chilling, even gruesome.\n\nDue to negligence or errors, 
 laboratory mice at UCSF had toes removed without anesthesia. Several 
 animals, including birds and a squirrel monkey, received little or no pain 
 medication after surgical procedures. In one instance, a primate starved 
 for weeks. In another, mice died of thirst. And for nearly two years, a 
 rhesus monkey remained in a brain study despite chronic and painful 
 complications."\n\nFrom UCSF's own reports:\n\n-"Due to the inability to 
 predict death in individual animals, all animals are at risk for unrelieved 
 distress and death."\n\n-"The most successful... way to attain this level 
 of motivation is through fluid and food restriction."\n\n- Hundreds of 
 animals vivisected in experiments "involving pain or distress" without the 
 use of any painkillers.\n\n-Thousands of animals killed.\n\nSigns and 
 leaflets will be provided. Contact Christy Griffin (IDA) or Wayne Hsiung 
 (DxE) with any questions or concerns\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/14/18743227.php
SUMMARY:Stop the Torture! UCSF
LOCATION:513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, California 94143
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/14/18743227.php
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