Fw: Last Chance SaveWildlife to Help BAN Primate Testing in Europe

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All European Citizens who care about Animals

 

This is Urgent because the Deadline is NOW!!

 

The European Commission (EC) is currently revising the law - known as

Directive 86/609 - that governs animal experiments across Europe.

 

86/609 is a hugely powerful Directive that has power of life and death over

millions of animals across the continent - setting out minimum standards for

how and whether animals can be used in experiments.

 

A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful

experiments in European laboratories every year. The Directive is supposed

to ensure " the protection of animals used for experimental and other

scientific purposes " but the huge numbers show that it's just not doing

that.

 

There is a real possibility that with enough support the EC will ban all

primate tests as part of the revised law.

 

Written Declaration 40/2007 urges the European Parliament to use the

revision process of Directive 86/609/EC as an opportunity to establish a

timetable for replacing the use of all primates in scientific experiments

with alternatives.

 

The Declaration will fall on 7th September and the signatures of half the

MEPs in the Parliament is needed by then.

 

If you care about animals visit the following website to urge them to sign

Written Declaration 40/2007.

http://www.navs.org.uk/take_action/39/0/885/

 

If you want to do more:-

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

 

The address is:-

Mr. Stavros Dimas

Commissioner for Environment

European Commission

B-1049, Brussels, Belgium

 

Please tell all your colleagues and friends in the UK and Europe about

Written Declaration 40/2007.

 

For information on Alternatives to Animal Testing and why they work visit

the Dr Hadwen Trust

http://www.drhadwentrust.org/

 

For further information:-

http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2987

 

http://www.buav.org

 

Thank You

 

Tony, Nottingham, England

 

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