Association for Research in Otolaryngology Animal Research Committee To provide a forum for information exchange on issues related to animal research: 2004 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research 2003 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research 2002 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research   2004 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research At the 2004 ARO Midwinter meeting, Drs. Peter Santi and Edward J. Walsh, members of the ARO who have been targets of the animal rights movement, presented a special lecture entitled, "Animal Rights and the ARO: The Perspective of Targeted Members". The speakers addressed questions related to the level of success of the animal rights movement towards the goal of abolishing biomedical research involving animals and recommended strategies that will counter the movement's challenge. 2003 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research At the 2003 ARO Midwinter meeting, Ms. Patti Strand, President of the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), an advocacy group for the humane use of animals, presented a special lecture entitled, The Animal Rights (AR) Movement is Rapidly Becoming a Mainstream Movement: Do Scientists Have a Plan to Counter It? Ms. Strand, is a coauthor of the book, entitled, "The Hijacking of the Humane Movement" (Rod & Patti Strand, 1993, Doral Publishing, Wilsonville, Oregon). She, along with the NAIA, has represented the interests of working scientists on issues involving the appropriate use of animals for research, and the need to ease regulatory burdens that impede research. 2002 ARO Midwinter Meeting: Issues in Animal Research At the 2002 ARO Midwinter meeting, a special lecture entitled, Understanding the Effect of Animal-Rights Activism on Biomedical Research, was presented by Dr. Adrian Morrison. Dr. Morrison is a professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also a senior research fellow in the Center for Neuroscience, Medical Progress, and Society at George Washington University. He received a D.V.M. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. A postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Physiology in Pisa, Italy led him to study the brain’s regulation of sleep processes and disorders. A second career developed in response to the attack on biomedical research by the animal-rights movement. Since 1981, he has written and spoken about the necessity and value of the proper use of animals in research. He serves on the board of the National Animal Interest Alliance and on the board of directors of Americans for Medical Progress Educational Foundation, as well as the Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research. Due to popular request and for further reading, Dr. Morrison has provided ARO members with the following list of his publications on this topic: Morrison, A.R. and D.P. Purpura, 1990. Legislative shift on animal research. Bioscience 40:172. Morrison, A.R., 1992. What's wrong with `animal rights’. The Am. Sch. Board J. Jan.: 20-23. Morrison, A.R., 1992. Speciesism: a perversion of biology, not a principle. The Am. Biol. Teacher 54(3):134-136. Morrison, A.R., 1993. Biomedical research and the animal rights movement: a contrast in values. The Am. Biol. Teacher 55(4):204-208. Morrison, A.R., 1994. Understanding (and misunderstanding) the animal rights movement in the United States. In P.P. DeDeyn (Ed.), Ethics of Animal and Human Experimentation, John Libbey Co., Ltd., London, pp. 93-106. Morrison, A.R., 1994. Improving the public image of biomedical research. Lab Animal 23(4):36-39. Morrison, A.R., 1995. Animal-based research and the animal rights movement. In H.A. Pincus (Ed.), Research Funding and Resource Manual: Mental Health Addictive Disorders. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, pp. 439-457. Morrison, A.R., 1996. Rights, reason drive research. Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 11:21-26. Morrison, A.R., 1996. Contributions of animal models to sleep disorders medicine. Lab Animal 25(2):22-26. Morrison, A.R., 1996. The animal rights philosophy versus biological reality. Iowa State University Veterinarian 58:10-17. Morrison, A.R., 1996. Animal-rights movement's 'bible' contains distorted revelations. The Scientist, p. 11, August 19. Botting, J. and Morrison, A.R., 1997. Animal research is vital to medicine. Scientific American, February, 1997, 83-85. Reprinted in Collected Readings in Science and Technology, Tim Reigle, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, p. 96. Morrison, A.R. and Botting, J., 1997. Confusion in the ranks. Guest Editorial for The Am. Biol. Teacher 59(7):388. Botting, J. and Morrison, A.R., 1998. UnScientific American: animal rights or wrongs: An op-ed. HMS Beagle: The BioMedNet Magazine, 25(Feb. 20):1-7. Morrison, A.R., 1998. A different view of animal liberation: Reflections on the fourth plenary SVME session. Soc. Vet. Med. Ethics Newsletter 4 (May) 17-19. Morrison, A.R., 1998. Book Review: Animal Models of Human Psychology: Critique of Science, Ethics and Policy by Kenneth J. Shapiro (Hogrefe and Huber: Seattle, 1998). Soc. Vet. Med. Ethics Newsletter 4 (December) 9-10. Morrison, A.R., 1998. Thoughts of a working scientist. Basic ethics of animal research clear within scientific mission. Working for Animals Used in Research, Drugs and Surgery (WARDS) Science and Animal Care Newsletter 9:1-2, Fall 1998. Morrison, A.R., 1999. Choosing to favor animals. Review of The Human Use of Animals, Case Studies in Ethical Choices, by F. Barbara Orlans, Tom L. Beauchamp, Rebecca Dresser, David B. Morton, John P. Gluck (Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1998). Science, 283:181, 8 January 1999. Morrison, A.R., 1999. A scientist at work. The Am. Biol. Teacher 61:496-502. Morrison, A.R., 1999. Caring about animals and creativity: Pogo revisited. Lab Animal, 28(10):34-37. Goodwin, F.K. and Morrison, A. R., 1999. Scientists in bunkers: How appeasement of "animal rights" activism has failed. Cerebrum, The Dana Forum on Brain Science 1/2:50-62. Goodwin, F.K. and Morrison, A.R., 2000. Science and Self-Doubt. Why animal researchers must remember that human beings are special. Reason 32:22-29. Morrison, A.R., 2001. Making choices in the laboratory. In: E.F. Paul and J. Paul (Eds.) Why Animal Experimentation Matters: The Use of Animals in Medical Research, New Studies in Social Policy Series, New Brunswick: Transaction Press, p. 49-70. Morrison, A.R., 2001. Personal reflections on the animal-rights phenomenon. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 44(winter 2001):62-75. Morrison, A.R., 2001. A scientist's perspective on the ethics of using animals in behavioral research. In: M. E. Carroll, and J. B. Overmier (Eds.) Animal Research and Human Health: Advancing Human Welfare Through Behavioral Science, American Psychological Association, p. 341-356.     Thank you for visiting the Association for Research in Otolaryngology ARO Office: 19 Mantua Rd. Mt. Royal, NJ 08061 USA headquarters@aro.org