AAP News Vol. 3 No. 5 May 1987, p. 4
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Physicians help defeat bill to ban animal research

Physicians in New Mexico had a hand in the defeat of a legislative bill that would have made New Mexico the tenth state to prohibit the use of pound animals in medical research.

Although local animal rights groups mobilized to publicly support the "Lost Pet Act," the bill died in legislative committee. Dale C. Alverson, M.D., FAAP, an Albuquerque pediatrician, was among the physicians and researchers who lobbied against the proposed bill.