Table of Contents

-How It All Began
-Legislated Ineptitude
-White Coat Welfare
-Alternatives
-The Real Origin of New Medications
-Disease of the Cardiovascular System
-Cancer, Our Modern-Day Plague
-AIDS and Xenotransplantation

About the Author

C. Ray Greek, M. D., is a board-certified anesthesiologist who has devoted himself to the message of this book. He and coauthor Jean Swingle Greek, D.V.M., speak at national and international forums on the subject of animal experimentation and have recently established Americans for Medical Advancement, a nonprofit foundation based in Los Angeles. Jean Swingle Greek, D.V.M. and co-author C. Ray Greek, M.D. speak at national and international forums on the subject of animal experimentation and have recently established Americans for Medical Advancement, a nonprofit foundation based in Los Angeles.

Reviews

"Beautifully written, urgently conceived, comprehensively researched, Sacred Cows and Golden Geese is a desperately needed book that has the potential to incite a major shift in the thinking of millions of people. By relentlessly accessing the data with a stern objectivity, and compassionate embrace of the issues, Ray and Jean Greek have doen what no other authors have yet accomplished: calmly, powerfully, convincingly explained why invasive animal research is a montrous deception. The Greeks are likely to find themselves in the midst of a firestorm. What they have uncovered will make countless industries, universities, foundations, and institutions as grand as the National Institutes of Health quake in their sleep." --Michael Tobias

"Ray and Jean Greek show that the use of live animals in medical research is unethical, not with relation to the suffering of the animals as more commonly held, but because faulty science underpins it."--Jane Goodall

"In this comprehensive, compelling, and troubling book, the Greeks make one point absolutely clear: the necessity is not animal experimentation; the necessity is to stop it." --Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

"Everyone should read this book! Exposing the colossal corruption and bogus science behind much of the pharmaceutical industry, it amazes, enrages, and inspires. With countless clear, scientific examples the authors...dispel the myth that animal experiments have contributed to medical progress....It is imperative that animal-rights campaigners are well-versed in the wealth of information revealed here to prove that animal research is bad science and that far more sophisticated alternatives are available." --Outrage

"A book to spur discussion and action." --Booklist

"Strongly recommended for all academic and public libraries." --Choice

"This book will make all of us better citizens of the world and save many animals in the process." --Howard F. Lyman

"Drs. Greek, both former animal experimenters, show that experiments on animals are about money, not curing disease." --Martina Navratilova

"A valuable addition to the library of literature related to animal research." --Satya

"A well-written, if disturbing book that should serve to awaken us from complacency." --Library Journal

"Beautifully written, urgently conceived, comprehensively researched, Sacred Cows and Golden Geese is a desperately needed book that has the potential to incite a major shift in the thinking of millions of people. By relentlessly accessing the data with a stern objectivity, and compassionate embrace of the issues, Ray and Jean Greek have doen what no other authors have yet accomplished: calmly, powerfully, convincingly explained why invasive animal research is a montrous deception. The Greeks are likely to find themselves in the midst of a firestorm. What they have uncovered will make countless industries, universities, foundations, and institutions as grand as the National Institutes of Health quake in their sleep." --Michael Tobias
"Ray and Jean Greek show that the use of live animals in medical research is unethical, not with relation to the suffering of the animals as more commonly held, but because faulty science underpins it."--Jane Goodall
"In this comprehensive, compelling, and troubling book, the Greeks make one point absolutely clear: the necessity is not animal experimentation; the necessity is to stop it." --Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
"Everyone should read this book! Exposing the colossal corruption and bogus science behind much of the pharmaceutical industry, it amazes, enrages, and inspires. With countless clear, scientific examples the authors...dispel the myth that animal experiments have contributed to medical progress....It is imperative that animal-rights campaigners are well-versed in the wealth of information revealed here to prove that animal research is bad science and that far more sophisticated alternatives are available." --Outrage
"A book to spur discussion and action." --Booklist
"Strongly recommended for all academic and public libraries." --Choice
"This book will make all of us better citizens of the world and save many animals in the process." --Howard F. Lyman
"Drs. Greek, both former animal experimenters, show that experiments on animals are about money, not curing disease." --Martina Navratilova
"A valuable addition to the library of literature related to animal research." --Satya
"A well-written, if disturbing book that should serve to awaken us from complacency." --Library Journal

Every day we use products, take medications, and benefit from medical procedures that have all been tested on animals. If we think about it at all, we assume that the testing has made the products and procedures safe for human use. The authors, both of whom are medical professionals who have performed experiments on animals, assert that this is not necessarily the case. In fact, they contend that the animal model has harmed and even killed people. Yet animal testing is an institution required by the FDA and relied upon by pharmaceutical companies as they attempt to avoid malpractice litigation. Indeed, the medical research establishment, including higher education, depends upon research dollars to keep this industry operable. Sacred Cows and Golden Geese covers the history of animal experimentation, legislation that promulgates it, the real cost to humans, and alternatives. It is a well-written, if disturbing, book that should serve to awaken us from complacency.--Peggie Partello, Keene State Coll. Lib., N.H. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.