Please Help Support a BAN on Primate Testing in Europe

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All European Citizens who care about Animals

 

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A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful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