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Article: RIGHTS VS. NEEDS ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS THREATEN HUMAN LIVES.(PERSPECTIVE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- November 21, 1993
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Byline: DANIEL T. OLIVER
Scientific studies of cats may hold hope for a cure for sudden infant death syndrome, which kills 8,000 babies annually.
But animal rights organizations such as the Animal Liberation Front and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals evidently think cats' lives are more important than those of children.
When members of the front broke into a Texas Tech laboratory, destroyed equipment and stole five cats involved in a SIDS experiment, PETA was quick to come to the front's defense and file a formal complaint with the National Institutes of Health against the professors whose possibly life-saving experiment had been ...