Health charities that conduct or fund experiments on animals are included on the “do test” list. These organizations deal with human health issues ranging from lung cancer to drug addiction to blindness. While some do have relevant and effective projects that help improve lives, all of them drain money away from these projects and into cruel experiments on animals. They starve, cripple, burn, poison, and slice open animals to study human diseases and disabilities. Such experiments have no practical benefit to anyone. They are unnecessary, unreliable, and sometimes dangerously misleading. “Enormous variations exist among rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs, and human beings, and meaningful scientific conclusions cannot be drawn about one species by studying another,” says Neal Barnard, M.D. “Non-animal methods provide a more accurate method of testing and can be interpreted more objectively.”
Many charities know that we can improve treatments through modern, non-animal methods, and they fund only non-animal research, leading to real progress in the prevention and treatment of disease. The next time you receive a donation request from a health charity, ask if it funds animal tests. Let charities know that you only give to organizations that alleviate suffering, not contribute to it.
The following health charities and service organizations DO conduct or fund animal experiments. They may deal with several issues, including nonhealth-related issues, but they are listed according to their primary health focus. Listed in parentheses are affiliated organizations that may or may not fund animal experiments. For more information on the programs and activities of an organization, please contact the organization.
AIDS/HIV
American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR), 733 Third Ave., 12th Fl., New York,
NY 10017 • 800-39-AMFAR
Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 1311 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404 •
310-395-9051
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Association, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60611-1676
• 312-335-8700
Alzheimer’s Disease Research, 15825 Shady Grove Rd., Suite 140, Rockville, MD 20850 • 800-437-AHAF
Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation, 1330 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA 30309 • 404-872-7100
Birth Defects
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 1275 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605
• 914-997-4504
Muscular Dystrophy Association, 3300 E. Sunrise Dr.,
Tucson, AZ 85718-3208 • 800-572-1717
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607 • 813-281-0300
United Cerebral Palsy, 1660 L St. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 • 202-776-0406
Blind/Visually Impaired
Foundation Fighting Blindness, Executive Plaza One, 11350 McCormick Rd., Suite 800,
Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1014 • 410-785-1414
Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (Lions Club International Foundation), 118 Allen St., Hampden, MA 01036 • 413-566-3756
Research to Prevent Blindness, 645 Madison Ave., 21st Fl., New York, NY 10022-1010 • 800-621-0026
Blood
American Red Cross, 430 17th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20006 • 202-737-8300
Leukemia Society of America, 600 Third Ave., New
York, NY 10016 • 212-573-8484
National Hemophilia Foundation, 110 Greene St., Suite 303, New York, NY 10012 • 212-219-8180
Burns
Shriners Burn Institute, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Dr.,
Tampa, FL 33607 • 813-281-0300
Cancer
American Cancer Society, 1599 Clifton Rd. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329 • 404-320-3333
American Institute for Cancer Research, 1759 R St. N.W., Washington, DC 20009 • 202-328-7744
Cancer Research Foundation of America, 200 Dangerfield Rd., Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314 • 703-836-4412
City of Hope, 208 W. Eighth St., Los Angeles, CA 90014 • 213-626-4611
Leukemia Society of America, 600 Third Ave., New York, NY 10016 • 212-573-8484
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021 • 212-639-2000
National Foundation for Cancer Research, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 500W, Bethesda, MD 20814 • 800-321-2873
Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research, Lombardi Cancer Research Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd. N.W., Washington, DC 20007 • 202-687-4597
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 • 901-522-9733
Children
Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 N. 30th St., Omaha, NE 68131 •
402-498-6511
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005-4001 • 800-JDF-CURE •
Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 1311 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404 • 310-395-9051
Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, International Shrine Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, FL 33607 • 813-281-0300
Society for Pediatric Pathology, 6278 Old McLean Village Dr., McLean, VA 22101 • 703-556-9222 •
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 • 901-522-9733
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance, 1314 Bedford Ave., Suite 210, Baltimore, MD 21208 • 800-221-SIDS
Deaf/Hearing-Impaired
Boys Town National Research Hospital, 555 N. 30th St., Omaha, NE 68131 •
402-498-6511
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association, 1660 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314 • 703-549-1500
Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215 • 617-732-2400
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005-4001 • 800-JDF-CURE •
Elderly
American Federation for Aging Research, 1414 Ave. of the Americas, 18th Fl., New York,
NY 10019 • 212-752-2327
Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, 200 N. Glebe Rd., Suite 1015, Arlington, VA
22203-3754 • 703-524-7600
National Alliance for Research of Schizophrenia and Depression, 60 Cutter Mill Rd., Suite 200, Great Neck, NY 11021 • 516-829-0091
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation of America, 4351 Garden City Dr., Suite 500, Landover, MD 20785
• 301-459-3700
Heart
American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231-4596 •
214-373-6300
Coronary Heart Disease Research, 15825 Shady Grove Rd., Suite 140, Rockville, MD 20850 • 800-437-AHAF
Kidney
National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016 • 212-889-2210
Lung
American Lung Association, 1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 • 212-315-8700
Miscellaneous
American Leprosy Missions, 1 ALM Way, Greenville, SC 29601 • 800-543-3135 • www.leprosy.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, 21021 Ventura Blvd., Suite 321, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 • 818-340-7500
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814 • 800-FIGHT-CF
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, P.O. Box 196, Libertyville, IL 60048-0196 • 800-886-1762 • http://www.fsma.org
Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 744 Dulaney Valley Rd., Suite 17, Towson, MD 21204 • 410-823-8766
National Headache Foundation, 428 W. St. James Place, 2nd Fl., Chicago, IL 60614-2750 • 800-843-2256
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 733 Third Ave., 6th Fl., New York, NY 10017-3288 • 212-986-3240
National Psoriasis Foundation, 6600 S.W. 92nd Ave., Suite 300, Portland, OR 97223-7195 • 503-244-7404
Tourette Syndrome Association, 42-40 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361-2820 • 800-237-0717
Paralysis
American Paralysis Foundation, 500 Morris Ave., Springfield, NJ 07081 •
201-379-2690
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, 7 Mill Brook Rd., Wilton, NH 03086 • 603-654-5511
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, P.O. Box 016960, R-48, Miami, FL 33101 • 305-243-6001
Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20006-3715 • 202-872-1300
Parkinson’s Disease
American Parkinson Disease Association, 1250 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10305
• 800-223-2732
National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N.W. Ninth Ave., Miami, FL 33136 • 800-327-4545
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 710 W. 168th St., New York, NY 10032-9982 • 212-923-4700
United Parkinson Foundation, 833 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607 • 312-733-1893
Stroke
National Stroke Association, 96 Inverness Dr. E., Suite I, Englewood, CO 80112-5112
• 800-STROKES
Veterans
Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association, 7 Mill Brook Rd., Wilton, NH 03086 •
603-654-5511
Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th St. N.W., Washington, DC 20006-3715 • 202-872-1300