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siderations that there were two things to which 
we had to address ourselves. One is the exercise 
requirement that Dr. Parker mentioned. The 
other is the space requirements for the animal 
species: dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, ham- 
sters, and non-human primates. It is true that 
at the present time we do not have specific space 
requirements for all these and other large num- 
bers of animals. The reason that we don't have 
them is because there is not enough informa- 
tion available at this time for more specific 
space requirements. There is information com- 
ing in, we hope to get it assimilated ; and if 
something specific comes out, we can place this 
in our standards. I might say, just as an ob- 
servation, that when you publish regulations 
and standards, you sit down and you write them 
as practically and with the interpretation that 
you make of the law. When the legal people get 
a hold of them, they sometimes rearrange 
them, put commas in different places and so 
on. However, one of the things they mentioned 
was that they felt that according to the Act, we 
were going to have to have more specific re- 
quirements for all animals, other than the six 
species. What we're proposing for those two 
areas, exercise and space requirements for all 
these other animals, is that within sixty days 
from December 24, 1971, we will publish in the 
February register our intent to solicit data, 
views, arguments, anything that the public has 
concerning these two issues. We will probably 
give a period of sixty days. After that time, we 
will assimilate this material and then have 
meetings of representative groups to review it, 
evaluate it, and decide just what is a practical 
standard here. We do not have enough informa- 
tion at hand at this time to develop practical 
standards? Until such time as we do, we're go- 
ing to have to live with these, very broad guide- 
lines for standards as far as all the other ani- 
mals are concerned. 
Dr. Harmison : I certainly want to express 
on behalf of the panel our appreciation for 
seeing something in excess of five hundred peo- 
ple attend this non-technical adjunct to the 
more scientific portion of the program. I think 
it is an inherent responsibility and a challenge 
to the scientific community to accept and deal 
with it and to help bring forth the standards to 
mold and shape an environment in which we 
can make progress. In closing, I want to express 
my deep appreciation to the panel for their 
efforts and participation in this program. 
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