PETA Media Center > Recent News Releases : PETA PROTESTS EXPERIMENTS ON LIVE ANIMALS AT DALLAS CONFERENCE

Group Says Surgical Exercises at Convention Center Are Unnecessary and Cruel

For Immediate Release:
April 25, 2006

Contact:
Holly Mattern 757-622-7382

Dallas � Today, attendees of the 15th Annual International Pediatric Endosurgery Group (IPEG) Conference will be greeted by members of PETA holding a demonstration outside the Hilton Anatole, where IPEG will be subjecting live pigs to invasive surgical procedures, after which the pigs will be killed. PETA has pointed out to IPEG that non-animal alternatives exist and has urged the group to utilize such alternatives and stop the classes that involve using and killing animals. Protesters will hold signs showing a photo of a pig and reading, "Don�t Use Him. Use a SIM!" and will hand out leaflets to conference attendees:

Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: 12 noon-1 p.m.
Place: Hilton Anatole, 2201 Stemmons Fwy.

Eminent organizations, including the American College of Surgeons (ACS), no longer use live animals in clinical training programs and endorse the use of simulators in place of animals for medical school training programs. In a letter to IPEG�s president, PETA points out that ACS� use of simulators not only is far more humane but also has the distinct advantage of allowing students to perform procedures repeatedly until they perfect them.

"IPEG can prevent innocent animals from being needlessly used in practice surgeries," says PETA Vice President Mary Beth Sweetland. "A wide variety of validated and approved laparoscopic simulators have already been adopted by most medical surgery programs in the U.S. Humane alternatives to these crude labs are available, and IPEG has a moral obligation to use them."

For more information, please visit StopAnimalTests.com. PETA�s letter to IPEG is available upon request.

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