Animal Testing Advocacy
Public figures
Colin Blakemore Tipu Aziz Simon Festing Frankie Trull Michael E. DeBakey John Edward Porter Evan Harris Alan Duncan Maurice Hilleman Beverly Sills Robert Winston Donald Kennedy
Groups/campaigns
RDS FBR AMP AAAS Pro-Test NIH AVMA
Issues
Animal rights Animal testing Animal Welfare
Philosophers
Kenan Malik Richard Posner Roger Scruton

The Foundation for Biomedical Research is a American lobby group. They are the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to improving human and veterinary health by promoting public understanding and support for humane and responsible animal research.^[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1525x1219, 1297 KB) Orangutan Photo taken by Kabir Bakie at the Cincinnati Zoo August 6, 2005 [ http://www. ... Colin Blakemore is a neurobiologist specialising in vision. ... Professor Tipu Aziz Tipu Aziz is a professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Imperial College London medical school. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... Michael Ellis DeBakey Michael Ellis DeBakey (born September 7, 1908, Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States) is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher. ... John Edward Porter (b. ... Evan Harris Dr Evan Leslie Harris MP (born 21 October 1965) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. ... Alan James Carter Duncan MP (born March 31, 1957) is a British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton. ... Maurice Ralph Hilleman, (August 30, 1919 – April 11, 2005), was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed more than three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist. ... Beverly Sills The coloratura soprano Beverly Sills (born May 25, 1929) was perhaps the best-known American opera singer in the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Right Honourable Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940 to Jewish parents) is a British scientist and politician, and is currently a Professor of Human Fertility at Imperial College London. ... Donald Kennedy is an American scientist, public administrator and academic. ... The Research Defence Society is a British lobby group representing the interests of 5,000 researchers and institutions, according to its website. ... Americans for Medical Progress (AMP) is a charity that aims to protect and advocate for societys investment in medical research. ... The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an organization that promotes cooperation between scientists, defends scientific freedom, encourages scientific responsibility and supports scientific education for the betterment of all humanity. ... Pro-Test is a British group that promotes and supports animal testing in medical research. ... NIH can refer to: National Institutes of Health Norwegian School of Sports Sciences: (Norges idrettshøgskole - NIH) Not Invented Here This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), founded in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 73,000 US veterinarians working in academia, private and corporate practice, industry, government, and uniformed services. ... The logo of the Great Ape Project, which is campaigning for a Declaration on Great Apes. ... Filmed by PETA, Covance primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004-5. ... Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including where the animals are used for food, work, companionship, or research. ... Kenan Malik is an Indian born British writer, lecturer and broadcaster. ... Judge Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939, New York City) is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. ... Professor Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a leading British academic philosopher, and founder of Claridge Press. ...

FBR's board of governors is chaired by Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. Other governors on FBR's board include six Nobel laureates, 13 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 13 fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, a former Surgeon General and a former Cabinet Secretary. Michael Ellis DeBakey Michael Ellis DeBakey (born September 7, 1908, Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States) is a pioneering cardiovascular surgeon and researcher. ... Winners of the Nobel Prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. ... The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ...

FBR monitors and analyzes the activities of animal activists. Its illegal incidents report^[2] is a record of all known criminal activities committed in the name of "animal rights." The logo of the Great Ape Project, which is campaigning for a Declaration on Great Apes. ...

Another recent campaign by FBR is the Survivors campaign, designed to illustrate how animal research helps save animal lives. In one example, the spokeswoman for the campaign, Dr. Theresa W. Fossum performed open heart surgery on the cat Bowie to save its life. Fossum explained that the techniques used to save Bowie were developed in animals, refined in human surgery, and now human surgeons are transferring techniques to veterinarians like Fossum to allow them to save animal lives. ^[3] Filmed by PETA, Covance primate-testing lab, Vienna, Virginia, 2004-5. ...

FBR's current executive director is Frankie Trull.

References

1. ^ "FBR Home Page"
2. ^ "Excel spreadsheet FBR incident report"
3. ^ "Fossum saves cats"