Dr.Jerry Vlasak's speech from ARGathering 2004 in the UK

The following is a speech that was pre-recorded by Dr Jerry Vlasak, a U.S surgeon, a former vivisectionist and opposed to vivisection, who was barred from entering the UK by the Home Secretary David Blunkett and shown at the recent ARGathering 2004.

Dr Jerry Vlasak: Greetings from America! I wish that Pamelyn and I could be with you at this terrific conference to discuss the total liberation of animals, but we are with you and the animals in spirit.

I would like to start off with a quote from Dr. Andrew Lindsey, which he delivered at a past animal rights conference; "WE HAVE SEEN AND WE KNOW! I think we can all relate to those prophetic words, because we too have SEEN and we KNOW.

For at the heart of this movement, is a simple but profound change of perception; animals are not machines, animals are not things, animals are not tools, animals are not commodities, they are not resources for us! Animals are living, sentient beings, with their own dignity, their own worth and yes their own RIGHTS! We protest against the blindness and spiritual impoverishment of those who cannot see that there are individuals of worth beyond the barrier of our own species."

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