OT: HELP Achieve a BAN on Primate Testing in Europe

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All European Citizens in rawfood

 

 

This is a critical time. 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A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful experiments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 friends and family to do the same.

 

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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Hi Tony,

 

thankyou for this post.

 

here is a related article regarding the fallacy of animal testing.

 

The Human Cost of Animal Experiments

 

" There is strong scientific evidence that animal-based testing is grossly

inaccurate in evaluating how a drug or product will affect humans... "

 

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/animaltesting.html

 

neal.

 

 

On Saturday 25 August 2007 05:20, TONY GALLETT wrote:

> All European Citizens in rawfood

>

>

> This is a critical time. 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 friends and family to do the same.

>

> 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

>

>

>

> Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.

>

>