[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S10378]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PET SAFETY AND PROTECTION ACT OF 1999

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I welcome this opportunity to express my 
strong support for the Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999, which 
will protect pets from unscrupulous animal dealers seeking to sell them 
to labs for biomedical research.
  Animals play a critical role in biomedical research, but we must do 
all we can to ensure that research involving animals is regulated 
responsibly. Animal dealers and research facilities must be certain 
that lost or stolen pets do not end up in a research laboratory.
  This bill will guarantee that only legitimate dealers who can verify 
the origin of their animals will be authorized to sell to research 
facilities. The Pet Safety and Protection Act of 1999 reaffirms the 
nation's commitment to safe and responsible biomedical research, while 
maintaining high ethical standards in the treatment of animals.

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