Guest guest Posted January 6, 2001 Report Share Posted January 6, 2001 > >Forwarded for Action > >London Vegans > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > " fiona pereira " <fionapereira >Please sign this petition >Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:44:27 -0000 > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Please take a moment and sign on to this petition to >stop cruel and unnecessary animal experiments > funded by the British Heart Foundation. > > In one BHF test, dogs' chests were cut open and their >blood was circulated out of their > bodies and back again, in order to allow blood pressure >to change in the neck arteries > quickly. The experimenters then came to the conclusion >that a person bending down and > suddenly standing up could experience dizziness and >fainting! > > In another experiment, dogs' blood vessels and nerves >were cut away, the dogs were > implanted with electrodes and they were injected with >other dogs' blood. This was done to > find out about blood storage in the liver, even though >the experimenters acknowledged that > dogs store their blood differently than humans do. > > In a gruesome experiment on cats, the animals' chests >were cut open, their back legs were > skinned, tubes were inserted into their necks and legs >and they were shocked and injected > with sodium cyanide to test muscle reflexes and blood >vessel activity. > > I urge the British Heart Foundation to stop funding >animal experiments and instead put their money into truly > life-saving projects such as education programmes on >heart disease prevention, patient care and > rehabilitation initiatives and modern, non-animal >research, such as human clinical studies and the study of > whole human DNA. > > I will not support the British Heart Foundation until I >can be sure that my money will not be used to cause > animal suffering. I urge you to join the many UK health >charities who have abandoned cruel and outdated > animal experiments. > >1. Toni Vernelli, London, UK >2. Fiona Pereira, London, UK >3. Katy Innes, Sittingbourne, UK > >To add your name to this petition, copy and paste the entire text into a >new e-mail document and then add your name and address to the bottom of >the list and send it to everyone in your address book. If you are the >50th person to sign the petition please also send a copy of it to >toni > >For more information on the British Heart Foundation's cruel experiments >visit www.britishheartlessfoundation.com > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2001 Report Share Posted January 6, 2001 - Katy Innes <campaign28 <vivisectionkills; <darron.hughes; <angie.goodall; <citiweets; <liz.cook; <caroline.hambleton; <pacino1; <blue143; <vegan-network > Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:30 PM Fwd: British Heart Foundation petition > > > > > > >Forwarded for Action > > > >London Vegans > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > " fiona pereira " <fionapereira > >Please sign this petition > >Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:44:27 -0000 > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > Please take a moment and sign on to this petition to > >stop cruel and unnecessary animal experiments > > funded by the British Heart Foundation. > > > > In one BHF test, dogs' chests were cut open and their > >blood was circulated out of their > > bodies and back again, in order to allow blood pressure > >to change in the neck arteries > > quickly. The experimenters then came to the conclusion > >that a person bending down and > > suddenly standing up could experience dizziness and > >fainting! > > > > In another experiment, dogs' blood vessels and nerves > >were cut away, the dogs were > > implanted with electrodes and they were injected with > >other dogs' blood. This was done to > > find out about blood storage in the liver, even though > >the experimenters acknowledged that > > dogs store their blood differently than humans do. > > > > In a gruesome experiment on cats, the animals' chests > >were cut open, their back legs were > > skinned, tubes were inserted into their necks and legs > >and they were shocked and injected > > with sodium cyanide to test muscle reflexes and blood > >vessel activity. > > > > I urge the British Heart Foundation to stop funding > >animal experiments and instead put their money into truly > > life-saving projects such as education programmes on > >heart disease prevention, patient care and > > rehabilitation initiatives and modern, non-animal > >research, such as human clinical studies and the study of > > whole human DNA. > > > > I will not support the British Heart Foundation until I > >can be sure that my money will not be used to cause > > animal suffering. I urge you to join the many UK health > >charities who have abandoned cruel and outdated > > animal experiments. > > > >1. Toni Vernelli, London, UK > >2. Fiona Pereira, London, UK > >3. Katy Innes, Sittingbourne, UK > > > >To add your name to this petition, copy and paste the entire text into a > >new e-mail document and then add your name and address to the bottom of > >the list and send it to everyone in your address book. If you are the > >50th person to sign the petition please also send a copy of it to > >toni > > > >For more information on the British Heart Foundation's cruel experiments > >visit www.britishheartlessfoundation.com > > > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mrs L Watson Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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