UM: Lily Tomlin

The Detroit News reports that actress Lily Tomlin has written a letter to University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, calling for UM to stop using live animals in its survival flight training for nurses. From Tomlin’s letter: “As a Michigan native, I was disappointed to learn from my friends at PETA that the University of Michigan is allowing cats and pigs to be tormented and killed in its survival flight course, even though the use of humanlike simulators – which are readily available at the school – is the preferred standard for this training across the country and better prepares medical providers to treat adults and children in life and death situations.” [Source]