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Help Stop Animal Testing
I copied this from another group, thought it was worth passing along...
================================================== ======= To: All European Citizens Who Want to Help Primates This is a critical time in Europe. 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 A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful experiments in European laboratories every year.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. This is Urgent. 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 mo- 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 -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ |
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Help Stop Animal Testing
On 30 Aug., 14:24, "CatNipped" wrote:
I copied this from another group, thought it was worth passing along... ================================================== ======= To: All European Citizens Who Want to Help Primates This is a critical time in Europe. 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. This is Urgent. 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 mo- Please write to the European Commission and ask them to ban primate tests. To help, a prepared letter can be found athttp://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 Trusthttp://www.drhadwentrust.org/ For further information:-http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2987 http://www.buav.org -- Hugs, CatNipped See all my masters hehttp://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ How good of you to pass this around. |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:10:59 -0500, Martha wrote:
There is a real possibility that with enough support the EC will ban all primate tests as part of the revised law. And from then on, in what will new possibilities for drugs be able to be tested? No, testing in bacteria, or similar systems, won't do it; the systems are not complex enough. Are you willing to take a drug that has only been tested in simple systems? Proper housing and food etc. for primates, and all animals: yes, of course. But if we don't test on animals, we test on us. Are you willing for that to happen? Martha They could test on trolls -bonbon |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
Martha wrote:
Proper housing and food etc. for primates, and all animals: yes, of course. But if we don't test on animals, we test on us. Are you willing for that to happen? Not sure if you are aware of this, but all drugs get tested on humans before being approved for general use. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
Victor Martinez wrote:
Martha wrote: Proper housing and food etc. for primates, and all animals: yes, of course. But if we don't test on animals, we test on us. Are you willing for that to happen? Not sure if you are aware of this, but all drugs get tested on humans before being approved for general use. Yes, and aren't the drugs FOR us? It saddens me so much -- the attitude that animals are there for our needs and purposes. I don't believe the food chain is a license for the decisions that we make on how other animals will live and die for us. Rhonda |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
On 31 Aug., 17:35, Rhonda wrote:
Victor Martinez wrote: Martha wrote: Proper housing and food etc. for primates, and all animals: yes, of course. But if we don't test on animals, we test on us. Are you willing for that to happen? Not sure if you are aware of this, but all drugs get tested on humans before being approved for general use. Yes, and aren't the drugs FOR us? It saddens me so much -- the attitude that animals are there for our needs and purposes. I don't believe the food chain is a license for the decisions that we make on how other animals will live and die for us. Rhonda I strongly agree . In my world I do believe it`s about ethics - I want no animal to suffer for my well-being. Bettina |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
Bettina wrote:
I strongly agree . In my world I do believe it`s about ethics - I want no animal to suffer for my well-being. Agreed. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
"Martha" wrote in message
... There is a real possibility that with enough support the EC will ban all primate tests as part of the revised law. And from then on, in what will new possibilities for drugs be able to be tested? No, testing in bacteria, or similar systems, won't do it; the systems are not complex enough. Are you willing to take a drug that has only been tested in simple systems? Proper housing and food etc. for primates, and all animals: yes, of course. But if we don't test on animals, we test on us. Are you willing for that to happen? We now have enough information on genetics, physiology, molecular science, etc. - along with enough computing technology - to successfully "test" new drugs with computer simulations. In fact, since most animals, even chimps, do not have the same molecular or genetic make-up as humans, testing on animals does not tell us anything about how those drugs will work on humans. Not only is animal testing unnecessary, it is meaningless as well. Hugs, CatNipped Martha |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
Cheryl Perkins wrote:
If it's an issue of me doing without the livesaving drugs or the drugs being tested on humans instead of animals in the earliest, most dangerous stages, I'll go for animal testing. I don't agree with that human-centric worldview. Heck, I shudder to think all the horrible experiments pet food manufacturers do, and those are for the benefit of my kids. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Help Stop Animal Testing; not a good idea
CatNipped wrote:
We now have enough information on genetics, physiology, molecular science, etc. - along with enough computing technology - to successfully "test" new drugs with computer simulations. In fact, since most animals, even chimps, Exactly. Molecular simulation is a fascinating field. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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