... along with the recipes, poems, Christmas cards, donations and good wishes came a letter from a correspondent who thinks Mobilise! does not give enough information about "alternatives"!

The alternative to vivisection is abolition of vivisection - and vivisection could be abolished overnight - thereby greatly benefiting human health:

As pointed out repeatedly by our Patron, the world famous medical historian, author of Slaughter of the Innocent and Naked Empress (http://www.nzavs.org.nz/materials/naked.html), Hans Ruesch...

"Advocating the necessity of finding 'alternatives' merely confirms the validity of animal-based research, which in fact has no validity at all."

The constant quest for money by organisations advocating "funds for alternative research"... also happens to be a very profitable nestegg.

"Replacement techniques" exist already in sufficient number and only those who have vested interests in vivisection deny it:

vivisectors
animal breeders
manufacturers of accessories
advertisers
pharmaceutical companies
those advocating a ban on all but medical experiments
some "alternative" research funds

Critical that we adopt an "alternative" attitude to animal-based diet:

unrefined foods
fresh fruits and vegetables
nuts grains
pulses seeds
vegetarianism
beans legumes
raw foods

Critical that we adopt an "alternative" attitude to animal-based medicine:

diet
exercise
weight loss
homeopathy
naturopathy
music therapy
osteopathy
flower power
acupuncture
herbalism
Chiropractic
Yoga
Colour Therapy
Hypnosis
Faith Healing
Manipulation

"What is taken for today's unorthodoxy is probably going to be tomorrow's convention"
- Prince Charles, President of the BMA