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10.1 Special Operations
10.1.11 Animal Extremist Demonstration (Revised: 1/30/12)
UCSF has various locations that house animals. As such, the procedure in this order shall outline
the notification process related to any animal extremist -based demonstration or related activity
associated with any facility, program, employee or student of UCSF.
A. Notification
The notification list (General Order 4.5.20, “Supervisory Notifications and Response to
Incident Scenes”) will be activa ted by the ECC whenever any of the following occurs:
1. Information becomes available that an animal extremist event is planned for a
future time in San Francisco, on or off campus
2. A telephone call is received that a demonstration or other occurrence is about to
or is in progress .
3. A report from any source that an area in which animals are housed has been
vandalized or entered illegally
4. Any other report of animal extremist activity that may be of interest to UCSF is
received.
B. Notif ication List
1. Chief of Police
2. Associate Vice Chancellor of Research
3. Director of Animal Care Facility
4. Vice Provost of Academic Affairs or designee
5. Senior Vice Chancellor of Financ e and Administrative Services
6. Vice Chancellor of Developme nt
7. Assistant Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs
8. UCSF News Services
*Note: Notification of the Chancellor shall be made only by the Chief of Police or the
Senior Vice Chancellor of Financial and Administrative Services. The above individuals
will notify other members of UCSF, the University and external organizations as
appropriate (i.e., Office of the President, deans, directors of organized research units,
other law enforcement agencies, external agencies such as the California B iomedical
Research Board, etc.).
C. Incident in Progress/On -Site Assessment and Response
When an incident is in progress, the Chief of Police or designee will assess and manage
the Campus’ response to the incident, including additional notifications, bu ilding
containments or closures, requests for mutual aid, etc.
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D. Post-incident Management
1. The UCSF Police Department will follow law enforcement procedures where an
intrusion has occurred in order to protect evidence needed for forensic analysis
and to record evidence at the scene.
2. The principal investigator(s), UCSF Police Department and Director of the
Animal Care Facility will develop a complete report on the extent of any theft
and/or damage.
3. The Director of the Animal Care Fa cility will assess injuries to and the status of
any animals involved in the incident.
4. The Director of News and Public Information Services will confer with principal
investigator(s), Police Department and Director of the Animal Care Facility in
order t o verify the damage assessment prior to releasing any information to the
press. In addition to information about the theft or damage, the following
information should be obtained from principal investigator(s):
a. Purpose, intent and application of researc h
b. Need for particular animal model used
c. A short history on the research and progress made to date
d. Assessment of how research has been destroyed or set back
e. Damage estimate in terms of number and species of animals stolen,
monetary loss, loss of research time and estimate of how long it would
take to replicate research
f. If animals have been stolen that require special care, information on their
veterinary, dietary, husbandry and other special needs
g. Information regarding any possible human he alth hazard.
E. Institutional Responses – Public Relations
1. The Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, in consultation with affected
investigators and faculty spokespersons, will develop and implement an
appropriate plan for responding to the acts and a llegations of anti -vivisectionists.
The Director of News and Public Information Services will be responsible for
coordinating a campus response for the media. For television, this generally
would entail a press conference at which the investigator(s), Asso ciate Vice
Chancellor of Research, Director of the Animal Care Facility and Chief of Police
give prepared statements, as follows:
a. The Chief of Police will describe the crime and provide appropriate details
of the theft and/or damage, including monetary and property losses.
b. Principal investigator(s) will describe the work affected, its relevance to
human health and the potential price to be paid for the attack.
c. The Vice Chancellor of Research will describe the detailed review that the
project received and comment generally on the rigorous review process
any project must undergo before permission to use animals is granted at
UCSF.
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d. The Director of the Animal Care Facility will describe animals used in the
project and their care, note t he abuse inherent in their diminished care as a
result of the theft, discuss any special health care needs of the animals and
describe and human health risks of contact with animals.
e. Charges and allegations that may have been made by those responsible f or
the attack must be specifically and forcefully rebutted. Designation of the
most appropriate individual to do this should be made as the response to
the media is developed.
f. Time will be of the essence. Preparation must be swift, remarks must be
brief , pointed and assertive, and, most importantly, the response must be
made in time for the next television news broadcast. Failure to provide
material to the media before their next deadline is tantamount to not
responding at all.
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