Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-11
Pleas for Support of am
Anti. VivisectiOn Bill
70 the EDITOR Of The star:

~ the Eoltor OF Tne 6tats
A bill, II. r. 1884, for the exemption
Of dogs from vivisection in the District
Of Columbia has been presented to
Congress. How many are awake to
what that means? How many who do
not know the full import Of vivisection
of animals have made any effort to
gain informationp How many have
been so engrosSed with the effort to
obtain healing for themselves Of some
Ill that they have been Indifferent to
the call for help for Gods dumb
creatures?
That bill has not yet come up before
the House. There Is yet opportunity
for every lover Of dogs to give support
to this bill by sending to Congress q
plea in defense Of those dear innocent
creatures who are helpless to defend
themselves.
Do many realize that the ills, the
aches, the pains, or even the injuries
families are as nothing compared to
what some animals may be enduring
in the Vvisecting laboratories in the
District of Columbia today? If not
| today, almost any day to come, for 1t Is
an acknowledged fact that there are
such chambers Of torture in the Dis
trict. What Is recorded as taking place
in one laboratory Is only an instance
Of what is done In the others. From
information which anti-vivisection in
vestigation committees have ascertained
from laboratory records, the expert
! ments on living dogs cats, and a few
other animals are barbarous, torturing
and even fiendish. The atrocities COM
mitted produce ineXpressible agony, ex-
cruciating pain, and sense Of suffer-
ing that itself, alone, would devitalize
the dear creatures. In some instances,
life lasts only few hours after the ex-
| pertinent; in other cases, the poor suf-
| fering creatures live for days before
finally expiring.
To read accounts of such inhumane
| practices, as obtained from laboratory
records and published in the aT1ti-vivi-
! section magazines, sends horror to ones
soul. I would advise no one to read
| them for any purpose other than to
enlighten themselves as to the real
nature Of vivisection, and to become
| aroused as to the need for activity
against such q torturing practice. DO
not delay writing, telephoning or call
Ing upon q Congressman from some
State, urging his support of the bill In
question. This bill pertains only to the
District of Columbia, and q resident of
the District can, therefore. raise voice
in protest against such barbarous
| practice.
Had there been only one or a very
! few v1visection cases in the District,
the very fact that the bill is opposed
4 by the advocates of vivisection would
be SUFFICIENT reason to suppose that
there would be more such cases, and
especially II the bill should not be
passed, for its non-passage would give
license for the continuance of the re-
voting practice. Another point to be
considered is that the passage of this
bill In the District will give hope for
the passage of similar bills for the
States, and it seems that only an act
1 of Congress can veto the horrible prac-
tice, which causes untold agony to ami
mails and cannot result In good to hu-
mankind, since human and animal sys.
TENS are so different.
| After reading this do not settle down
in your comfortable chairs or spend the
hours solely In the pursuit of your own
interests and pleasures, but take some
active step at once against vivisection
since to know about 1t and then stand
be "a party to It," While the bill in
question is only for the exemption of
dogs-and the question arises in the
minds Of many as to why just dogs
the passage of this bill in the District
of Columbia will finally mean universal
abolition of the vivisection Of all kinds
of animals, Gods dumb creatures.
E. M. SOULE.