{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Faacb98c5-ff52-433d-9472-6250f048a74e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"131 \u2013 Dr. Cindy Buckmaster|Research Animal Truths","description":"Dr. Cindy Buckmaster - A Passion for Compassion\r\nDr. Cindy Buckmaster reveals the facts behind fabricated Animal Rights fundraising campaigns. Recorded at the NAIA Animal Nation Conference in Washington, D.C.\r\nDr. Cindy Buckmaster, Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, LOVES her research animals. She describes falling in love with monkeys in a research project during her doctorate program which entirely changed the shape of her career.\r\nWay back in \u201860s, things were happening that should not have been,\u201d Cindy noted. \u201cSome of this is a matter of people evolving and their knowledge base evolving. The Animal Welfare Act was a good thing,\u201d she adds. \u201cOnce lab animal science was organized as a field, it was no longer the same issue.\u201d\r\nBreeders are Complicit\r\nCindy is an avid and active proponent for changing the way we as hobby breeders, animal researchers, anyone actively involved in the lives of animals, fill the information void currently swamped by fanatics.\r\nWe are complicit. All of us are complicit because we chose to be quiet and not educate anyone,\u201d Cindy said. \u201cWe are now just one more loser demon (in public opinion) when we are the true animal welfarists. We have actual knowledge and experience \u2026 animal rights folks don\u2019t care about animal or people\u2026. Every animal rights agenda ends with companion animals disappearing.\u201d\r\nAnimal Research of the Past\r\nCindy worked on her advanced education at the National Institutes of Health. \u201cI found some quality of life stuff, some areas of improvement\u2026. the folks who cared for the animals were suffering from old school philosophy of detachment\u2026 When you ask human beings to behave like they aren\u2019t human it doesn\u2019t end well.\u201d\r\nLoving these animals hurts, many of them leave us,\u201d Cindy observed. \u201cThe reason we work with them in the first place is love based. These animals lose everything for our well being and the well being of our pets. They deserve the best quality of life we can give them. This is a big calling that requires special people.\u201d\r\nThe New Culture in Animal Research\r\nSo, Cindy set out to change the entire culture of the field of animal research. She developed training and education programs at NIH and at Baylor College of Medicine that instilled a culture of compassion and love and gave the folks working with animals \u201cpermission to love the lab animals.\u201d\r\nWe are advocates for the best science possible,\u201d Cindy said. \u201cThe best science possible right now includes animals in the equation.\u201d Cures to these diseases don\u2019t fall from the sky, she added. People don\u2019t want to believe animals are part of the equation, Cindy noted, so they accept the animal rights agenda as it is presented out of guilt.\r\nThe New Truth from D. Cindy Buckmaster\r\nCindy is a vocal and passionate advocate for research animals and all animals in opposition to the animal rights agenda. \u201cThey don\u2019t want me to tell the truth,\u201d Cindy said.\r\nFolks have to get out there and share our truth,\u201d she said. \u201cBut share it with emotion. We don\u2019t want to talk about stuff with their big brains. This is passion. Hobby breeders especially love their puppies. They love that bond, that connection. This is an investment in love.\r\nNational Animal Interest Alliance and Homes for Animal Heroes\r\nCindy talks about her partnership with http://www.naiaonline.org (National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) )and the http://animalheroes.naiaonline.org (Homes for Animal Heroes). This program is organized to find adoptive homes for research animals without the Animal Rights folks hijacking the conversation.\r\nListen today on Pure Dog Talk!\r\nBiography of Dr. Cindy Buckmaster\r\nCindy Buckmaster, PhD, CMAR, RLATG\r\nDr. Buckmaster is an active and passionate advocate for animal welfare and biomedic...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a704ac25-bd82-4d66-a7e5-d62a61fa1675/itunes1800_a.png"}