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PETA wrote to the Sierra Club to determine its position on the use of animals in chemical poisoning tests and to solicit its endorsement of a statement:

• calling on EPA to increase its funding and use of non-animal test methods; and

• endorsing the use of only those new test methods that have been rigorously assessed by the Interagency Coordinating Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods and found to be scientifically valid.

On March 29, 2001, Sierra Club past-president Robbie Cox provided the following response to PETA’s letter:

"The Sierra Club has no position on animal-testing. We neither endorse nor reject the PETA statement regarding this issue."

What you can do

Please send polite letters urging the Sierra Club to take a stand against animal-testing. Send letters to:

Jennifer Ferenstein, President
Sierra Club
85 Second St., Second Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94105-3441
Fax: 415-977-5799
E-Mail: jennifer.ferenstein@sierraclub.org