Don Valley Veterinary Supplies

This is a virtual supplier. Wormwood is a common plant and it is easily found in the Park Hill area of Sheffield. Sachets of the dried leaves and seeds may be added to cat food with the intention of getting rid of the intestinal worms in the cat.

Wormwood belongs to the artemesin class of plants. These plants became much sought after when the Chinese announced their effectiveness in treating malaria. A world wide search by American botanists eventually found species of the plant growing on the banks of the Potomac river in Washington DC.

The lucky inhabitant of Sheffield may find Wormwood plants growing within sight of Sheffield office of the drug testing firm PAREXEL.

Walk down the Don Valley.

The place changes with the seasons.

There are all sorts of things to be seen

. The place used to be the

industrial heart of Sheffield.

You see all sorts of plants

Some are potentially useful

Wormwood is one of them

It belongs to the Artemesia family

It is supposed to kill intestinal worms

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Don Valley Veterinary Supplies is a virtual company. DVVS is a science based organisation whose mission statement condones experimentation on animals. DVVS exists mainly in cyberspace.

- Experiment on animals is OK for animal welfare.
- Experimental animals treated better than humans.
- In vitro techniques encouraged in the home.
- Data made public in common searchspace.
- Multiple blind experimental style.
- Experimental style should be resistant to economic pressure.

EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS

The action of animal experimentation polarises society in the UK to such an extent that building biotech laboratories is hazardous. Despite animal rights terrorists it's still better to build biotech laboratories in the UK than in Afghanistan or Iraq. Vietnam may be much better, and most people with any common sense would probably keep Vietnam as a high ranking alternative site in case the English people are stupid enough to believe or even condone the Animal Rights extemists.

Humans coexisted with animals. Preferences were made during the course of time. Also more animals were discovered during the course of time. Many were discovered via the microscope. Did you hear of Spinoza. Pain is Evil ? Spinoza made a living grinding lenses. When you condone or condemn animal experimentation you are making serious moral choices.

When pressures from society are against certain experiments it may be better to conduct these experiments in secrecy. This can be done in many ways and John Le Carre has publicised this in his book 'The Constant Gardner'.

Just because most capitalist drug companies are run for the benefit of a narrow elite it does not follow that the scientific basis of experimental research is fatally flawed. It is still necessary to have repeatable experiments.

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS TREATED BETTER THAN HUMANS

Much of twentieth centuary history seems a study of megalomaniac leaders who condoned mass slavery, rape, torture and general oppression of groups of humans who were racial or class enemies. Animals of economic importance to humans have also had their ups and downs. Cruelty and neglect of these animals is a common occurence. Generally animals are not used in tests of military munitions. The same cannot be said of the humans, where people are testing out the battlefield management software that will cause missiles to home in on terrorists, but avoid wedding parties.