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146Spaeth GL 1994. Editorial: Caring for animals, caring for ourselves. Ophthalmic Surgery 25,426"Our behavior to other creatures reflects our own characters. We are shaped by what we do.When we act uncaringly toward experimental animals we become uncaring human beings. Whatis the worth of medical miracles achieved at the cost of inflicting trauma on others that cannothelp but scar our own characters? When we act uncaringly towards experimental animals, wedamage ourselves. When we hurt experimental animals, we hurt ourselves."Traystman RJ 1987. ACUC, who needs it? The investigator's viewpoint. Laboratory AnimalScience 37 (Special Issue), 108-110“The academic and intellectual freedom to pursue these activities is crucial to the livelihood ofany investigator... Most investigators think only briefly about the care and handling of theiranimals and clearly have not made it an important consideration in their work. .. Allinvestigators consider themselves upstanding citizens of excellent ethical and moral character.Their feeling may be that since they are moral and ethical in every sense of the word, they arequite capable of monitoring their own animals without outside interference."Zbinden G 1985. Ethical consideration in toxicology. Food and Chemical Toxicology 23, 137-138"Toxicologists must realize that their important mission ... does not give them an unconditionallicense to kill as many animals as they wish and hide behind regulatory requirements, testingguidelines and bureaucratic prescriptions for good laboratory practice."