Animal Research Takes Lives - Humans and Animals Both Suffer [Hardcover]

Bette Overell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 1993

Using fully sourced, scientific evidence, this book demolishes all of the claims that were made in a New Zealand Government and vivisection industry sponsored pamphlet. It is a book intended not only to be read and re-read but also and especially to be consulted with its excellent index and, in spite of the difficult subject matter, it is easy reading.

Editorial Reviews

Review

ARTL is a 368 page hard back containing 23 chapters, meticulously indexed and well presented... citing a multitude of medical references to confirm each point. -- Fauna Magazine, UK, No. 10

An inspiring and well-written book. Everything is well documented. A book that should be on all library shelves. -- Nurses Anti-Vivisection Movement Newsletter, UK, Winter 1994

I recommend this book to people who want to know more about the scientific arguments against vivisection - it will certainly give you something to say next time someone says "I hate cruelty to animals, but if we want to find a cure for cancer..." -- Profane Existence, USA, No. 21, Jan-Feb 1994

It also exposes facts that are rarely reported in New Zealand's industry-beholden media - such as the fast-growing, world -wide movement of doctors opposing vivisection, the N.Z. Government sanctioned testing of cancer-forming drugs on thousands of New Zealand women without their knowledge , and the enormous profits and academic advantages being made by the perpetrators of fraudulent animal research. -- Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research, Australia, Winter 1993

The author has obviously spent many hours researching the information for this book. Essential reading for all who care about humans and animals it is a book that will be read avidly by young and old. It is well set out and although 360 pages in length, it holds one's interest throughout. I commend this 'first for New Zealand' to all our readers. This ought to be the Book of the Year. -- Soil and Health, New Zealand, April/May 1994

This book is phenomenal from start to finish, and it is hard to find the words to do it justice. Essentially, Overell takes each one of the claims made in the pamphlet and disproves them - always on scientific grounds. 'ANIMAL RESEARCH TAKES LIVES - Humans and Animals BOTH Suffer' is by no means a simple rebuttal of the points raised by the pro-vivisection alliance in their pamphlet. In her book Overell tells the whole story - the truth behind the vivisection industry, vaccinations, the development of drugs, cancer, diabetes - the chapters are so extensive I could take up the rest of this page with a summary alone. -- Guardians Web Page

This is the reference and study book we used to win our debate in Lane Cove Council. This is more than a book - it is a life-saver. -- Strike Out, People Against Vivisection, Australia, No. 5, Summer/Autumn 1994

When New Zealand's vivisection community distributed its puny pamphlet promoting animal research and presenting tired scare tactics, animal rights activists fought back... a hard hitting, hardcover book that exposes the cruel, fraudulent vivisection industry which promises answers and cures but delivers only pain. -- PETA News, USA, Winter 1993

About the Author

In 1978 Bette Overell founded the N.Z. Anti-Vivisection Society of which she was President for over 15 years. Many New Zealanders will remember her Society's spectacular marches through the Capital that took place each consecutive World Day for Laboratory Animals on 24 April during this period. In 1984 NZAVS took a Petition to Parliament seeking abolition of the notorious Lethal Dose 50 toxicity test where Overell presented evidence that the procedure is not only illogical and unsound, but that it is carried out solely as an alibi for legal and commercial purposes. In 1989 she led a march to parliament with a further Petition, signed by 100 640 New Zealanders demanding the abolition of all experiments on animals after obtaining affidavits from doctors all over the world who claim vivisection is medically and scientifically invalid. Drawing on evidence of which the author says there is an abundance, this book is Bette Overell's answer to Animal Research Saves Lives, a booklet produced and distributed widely throughout New Zealand by the Ministry of Agriculture and private organisations. An eye-opener Animal Research Takes Lives - Humans and Animals Both Suffer exposes facts seldom if ever published in the popular press, such as the growing medical movement against animal experimentation, the injustice of the peer review system whereby animal experimenters make their own laws and regulate their own activities, and the colossal profits and academic advantages being made from the industry. Bette Overell is recognised internationally for her work in the new abolitionist movement. This startling book, the first of its kind to be published in Australasia, is essential reading for all those who have been brainwashed to believe that health must depend on animal experiments. It could save your life!

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society (Inc.); 1 Ed edition (April 24, 1993)
• ISBN-10: 0473018462
• ISBN-13: 978-0473018467
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,203,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)