270 HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS USED IN RESEARCH 
the game, fearing the loss of his position as a result of the loss of the license 
by the institution. 
I urge that this measure becomes the law of the land. 
Testimony foe Necessity of H.R. 1937 and S. 3088 by De. Gulielma F. Alsop 
It is with a great sense of relief and hope that I endorse Representative Grif- 
fiths’ bill H.R. 1937 and Senator Clark’s bill S. 3088, for the humane treatment 
of laboratory animals. Having been a practicing physician since 1908 and 
having followed with appreciation the beneficial results in combatting human 
illness with knowledge gained from animal experimentation, it has been with 
great horror that I have read the report compiled by the Society for Animal 
Protective Legislation, concerning inhumane conditions found in a number of 
laboratories. In some cases the inspectors have seen dogs kept in cages 3 to 4 
years. In the case of one dog the attendant said he had been caged without 
being taken out for 7 years. Cats were seen in cages too small for them to sit 
up or stretch out and innumerable other cases were observed of postural cruelty 
and immobilization. “Drumming” in which the exhausted and terrified animal 
whirls around and around in a revolving cage to see how soon it will die of 
fatigue reminds me of Buchenwald. 
Though animals are not human beings, it is the similarity of their reactions 
to human reactions that makes the results of experiments done on them trans- 
ferable in part to human beings under like stimulation. Animals are not inani- 
mate testing machines. They are warmblooded creatures filled with love, 
loyalty and affection for their human masters, able to suffer, to be exhausted, 
to undergo terror and pain and stress, to die eventually of an inoculated human 
disease. In their kinship to us lies their experimental value to us. 
No one wants atrocities to happen or to continue to happen. Those to whom 
we delegate our responsibilities must be restrained and guided by law and by 
its thorough enforcement from the results of haste and carelessness and callous- 
ness and cruelty. The passage of H.R. 1937 and S. 3088 will endeavor to insure 
that all animals used for experimental purposes will be able to live in conditions 
of comfort with food and water, protected from sun and rain, heat and cold, 
provided with adequate exercise, and, most important of all, free from continued 
pain. 
Nor will the passage of this bill interfere with or curtail the experimental 
use of animals for medical and scientific research, as may be seen from the fact 
that England, which has stringent laws for the humane care of its experimental 
animals, has received the greatest number of Nobel prizes per capita of popula- 
tion for medical and physiological research, insuring freedom from pain and 
cruelty in all experiments performed. Indignation is not enough, nor yet com- 
passion. The protection of law is needed. 
Therefore, I urge upon you the passage of this bill — in justice and mercy to 
the animals in our power. 
Statement of Malcolm P. Ripley, foe Humane Teeatment of Animals Used 
foe Expeeiments and Tests, H.R. 1937 and S. 3088 
As a private citizen, I urge enactment of H.R. 1937 and S. 3088 for humane 
treatment of animals used for experiments and tests. 
On my visits to several institutions which kept animals for experiments and 
tests, I discovered that there was no set standard for the care of said animals. 
In some, the care was good, while in others the care was extremely bad. It is 
therefore necessary that we have some legislation which will require a standard 
for the care of the animals that donate so much to the well-being of humans. 
This standard I feel should include the subject of humane design of experiments 
and prevention of needless pain infliction, along with caging, diet and exercise, 
as well as the handling of the animals. This can only be accomplished through 
a Federal law. 
The usual complaint one first sees is that the cages the animals are in are all 
small. For the smaller animals, such as mice, rats, and hamsters, the cages are 
usually adequate, while I have never seen a cage large enough for a rabbit. 
Practically every cage has a wire bottom and the animals are subjected to the 
wire on their feet and bodies at all times. For the larger dogs, such as a police 
dog, the same cage is used as for a smaller dog. Therefore, the large dog is 
