O.T.Improve Standards of Animal Welfare in European Laboratories

[Guest guest]

(Note: Approved. Victoria)

 

TO: All People Who Care in Chinese Traditional Medicine

 

The European Commission is currently reviewing Directive 86/609/EEC,

which sets out the rules for animal experimentation across the whole

of Europe. There is just time to make a difference to the final draft.

 

A new European Chemical Testing Policy called REACH proposes to Test

30,000 Chemicals of every kind - from those used in industrial

processes to the ingredients of consumer products - on Millions of

animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing untold suffering. This

Directive should help these animals while still improving standards.

 

The European Commission itself acknowledges that non-animal

replacements " ...have the potential to provide robust information

through quality-controlled, state-of-the-art tests which are faster

and less cost-intensive than classical animal-based tests " .

 

It has launched a Community Action Plan for the Protection and

Welfare of Animals. This explicitly states " The final aim is to

replace animal experiments with methods not entailing the use of an

animal. "

 

It is in all our interest that Animal Testing is replaced with

Alternatives based on Human Biology not Animals.

 

For evidence that superior Alternative Research & Testing is

replacing Animal Testing visit

http://www.drhadwentrust.org/

 

Please sign " Replace all Animal Experiments in Europe "

http://www.endeuanimaltests.org/

 

Now political pressure is needed to encourage EU legislators to do

everything they can to maximise non-animal replacement efforts.

 

Contact your MEPs and urge them to use the revision process of

Directive 86/609/EEC as an opportunity to improve the Standards of

Animal Welfare in European Laboratories and make replacing with

Alternatives a priority.

 

For contact details of your MEPs visit

http://www.europarl.europa.eu

 

If you want to do more:-

Over 10,000 primates are used in experiments in Europe every year

with the UK being Europe's largest single user followed by France and

Germany.

 

Please write to the European Commission and ask them to ban primate

tests. To help, a prepared letter can be found at

http://www.eceae.org/saveprimates/en/action.html

 

Please tell your friends and colleagues to do the same.

 

More information on Animal Testing from

http://www.peta.org/

http://www.buav.org

 

For information on Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/revision_en.htm

 

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

 

Thank You

 

Tony, Nottingham, England

[Guest guest]

When will these people realize that these animals & humans are different. We

human beings are all different that is what modern medicine can't seem

to understand, they treat everyone with the same techniques, the same medicines.

It doesn't work, our bodies are all different, & our individual cells

regenerate every 3 to 5 seconds. So how do they think that testing on animals of

any kind will provide cures for any human condition.

Testing on animals of any kind for medicine or cosmetics or for any reason

should not only be banned it should be outlawed & not tolerated, &

further more we should all boycott any substance made from testing of any shape

or form.

Sorry if I have rambled on, but this is just plain wrong.

 

 

 

Tony G <from_tpg

Chinese Traditional Medicine

Wednesday, 14 November, 2007 10:31:01 AM

[Chinese Traditional Medicine] O.T.Improve Standards of Animal Welfare in European

Laboratories

 

(Note: Approved. Victoria)

 

TO: All People Who Care in Chinese Traditional Medicine

 

The European Commission is currently reviewing Directive 86/609/EEC,

which sets out the rules for animal experimentation across the whole

of Europe. There is just time to make a difference to the final draft.

 

A new European Chemical Testing Policy called REACH proposes to Test

30,000 Chemicals of every kind - from those used in industrial

processes to the ingredients of consumer products - on Millions of

animals from mice to fish to dogs, causing untold suffering. This

Directive should help these animals while still improving standards.

 

The European Commission itself acknowledges that non-animal

replacements " ...have the potential to provide robust information

through quality-controlled, state-of-the- art tests which are faster

and less cost-intensive than classical animal-based tests " .

 

It has launched a Community Action Plan for the Protection and

Welfare of Animals. This explicitly states " The final aim is to

replace animal experiments with methods not entailing the use of an

animal. "

 

It is in all our interest that Animal Testing is replaced with

Alternatives based on Human Biology not Animals.

 

For evidence that superior Alternative Research & Testing is

replacing Animal Testing visit

http://www.drhadwen trust.org/

 

Please sign " Replace all Animal Experiments in Europe "

http://www.endeuani maltests. org/

 

Now political pressure is needed to encourage EU legislators to do

everything they can to maximise non-animal replacement efforts.

 

Contact your MEPs and urge them to use the revision process of

Directive 86/609/EEC as an opportunity to improve the Standards of

Animal Welfare in European Laboratories and make replacing with

Alternatives a priority.

 

For contact details of your MEPs visit

http://www.europarl .europa.eu

 

If you want to do more:-

Over 10,000 primates are used in experiments in Europe every year

with the UK being Europe's largest single user followed by France and

Germany.

 

Please write to the European Commission and ask them to ban primate

tests. To help, a prepared letter can be found at

http://www.eceae. org/saveprimates /en/action. html

 

Please tell your friends and colleagues to do the same.

 

More information on Animal Testing from

http://www.peta. org/

http://www.buav. org

 

For information on Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC

http://ec.europa. eu/environment/ chemicals/ lab_animals/ revision_ en.htm

 

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

 

Thank You

 

Tony, Nottingham, England

 

 

 

 

 

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