f6098d8b__and_Use_of_Laboratory_Animals__Comments
[ID] 62 [Entry Date] 04/14/2011 at 04:10:49 PM [Affiliation] Organization [Organization Name] University of Maryland School of Medicine [Organization City and State] Baltimore, Maryland [Comments] 
Comment 1: Adoption of this Guide is unnecessary and amounts to a total waste of precious federal research funds. There are no scientifically valid studies indicating that the health or welfare of the animals would be improved by adoption of the new guidelines. But the new Guide would definitely translate into significantly greater costs (cages!! et al.). A cynic may wonder if this initiative was sponsored by cage manufacturers and alike.... We are supposed to make best use of taxpayers' money, especially in the current fiscal climate. This initiative does the exact opposite. It's simply a terrible idea. Comment 2: Yearly inspections are entirely adequate. Do not fix something that is not broken. Again spoken as a cynic: is this initiative meant to provide jobs for inspectors?? What other purpose could there be?
Listing of Public Comments on Proposed Adoption and Implementation of the Eighth Edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals