A pro-animal rights individual on an animal rights e-mail list recently posted an account of a September 27 appearance at Youngstown State University by Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. The account claimed Nader was questioned about his views on animal experiments, specifically experiments in primates to better understand HIV. The person reported that Nader replied,
If they keep messing around they are likely to create another virus. You know how AIDS started don’t you?
I don’t take animal rights activists word for much, especially second hand accounts like this, but if anyone runs across any coverage of Nader relating to this visit or that features any of his comments on animal testing, I would greatly appreciate it if you sent it my way (post it here or e-mail it to me at [email protected]). Thank you.