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Letter: Letters: Arrogance

Published 27 March 1993

From M. LEEMBRUGGEN

After reading your Comment titled ‘Breaking the species barrier’ (30
January), I conclude that human arrogance knows no bounds. Instead of funding
costly research projects in xenotransplantation the money would be better
spent educating people on the benefits of donating organs (1971 people
died in car accidents in Australia in 1992). This way, innocent animals
would not pay with their lives for our morbid and deep-seated fear of death.

M. Leembruggen Melbourne, Australia

Issue no. 1866 published 27 March 1993

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