f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 485 [Entry Date] 04/25/2011 at 12:00:40 AM [Affiliation] Self [Comments] 
Comment 1: No. These guidelines don't seem to have any scientific rationale, but they will really hamper research by adding a lot of administrative burden that has no benefit to the animals. These guidelines look to me like they are intended to function for the slow strangulation of animal research. Remember that we have options: Many of us can leave the U.S. and work in other countries that are becoming more conducive to research, while the U.S. is steadily making itself a less inviting place.
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals