Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 >speak >info >speak >[speak] SPEAK E-mail Action Alert 4 >Mon, 3 May 2004 13:20:09 EDT > >FREE THE OXFORD TWO > >Demonstration Saturday 15th May > >Meet 12 Noon, Balliol College, Broad St, Oxford. > >The SPEAK Campaign is calling for the immediate release by Oxford >University >of two rhesus macaque monkeys. After fifteen years of confinement and >experimentation these individuals have known no life outside the walls of a >University >lab. > >The two rhesus macaque monkeys in question have had surgery to remove part >of >their brains ten years previously when they were five years old. The >monkeys >were last known to be involved in an experiment funded by the Medical >Research >Council and conducted at Oxford University and according to research data >was >exploring reaction to 'visual stimulus'. These two individuals have been >given artificially produced brain damage by scientists trying to mimic >human brain >damage and then set a battery of tests to study their reaction times. > >SPEAK campaigns will be holding a demonstration in Oxford on Saturday 15th >May to call for the release of two rhesus macaque monkeys who have spent >their >entire lives inside the walls of vivisection labs. Oxford University is >engaged >in building a new centre of animal abuse in which even more animals will >suffer and die on the alter of scientific fraud, academic arrogance and >profit >driven blindness. > >The new animal torture lab in the early stages of construction on South >Parks >Rd in Oxford will have a covered bridgeway connecting it to the " notorious " >dept of Experimental Psychology. On the upper floors of this building is >Level >F, the scene of some of the most horrific animal experiments ever carried >out >in this country. This modern day torture is protected by locked doors and >state of the art security hidden from the eyes of the outside world. The >two >rhesus macaque monkeys imprisoned here should be released at once and be >allowed to >live out the rest of their lives in an enviroment that will allow them to >experience the stimulation denied to them as victims of a flawed scientific >practice. > >We urge you to come to Oxford on Saturday 15th May and demand the release >of >the " OXFORD TWO " and SPEAK out against the building of a new animal abuse >centre in Oxford. The animal rights movement has defeated Cambridge >University and >the Government over their plans to build Europe's largest primate lab, >together we can halt this expansion of animal terror and strike a blow for >animal >liberation. > > >----- >To remove yourself from the Speak list, email: speak-request >with the word '' as the subject. _______________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Note: forwarded message attached. Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now >speak >info >speak >[speak] SPEAK E-mail Action Alert 4 >Mon, 3 May 2004 13:20:09 EDT > >FREE THE OXFORD TWO > >Demonstration Saturday 15th May > >Meet 12 Noon, Balliol College, Broad St, Oxford. > >The SPEAK Campaign is calling for the immediate release by Oxford >University >of two rhesus macaque monkeys. After fifteen years of confinement and >experimentation these individuals have known no life outside the walls of a >University >lab. > >The two rhesus macaque monkeys in question have had surgery to remove part >of >their brains ten years previously when they were five years old. The >monkeys >were last known to be involved in an experiment funded by the Medical >Research >Council and conducted at Oxford University and according to research data >was >exploring reaction to 'visual stimulus'. These two individuals have been >given artificially produced brain damage by scientists trying to mimic >human brain >damage and then set a battery of tests to study their reaction times. > >SPEAK campaigns will be holding a demonstration in Oxford on Saturday 15th >May to call for the release of two rhesus macaque monkeys who have spent >their >entire lives inside the walls of vivisection labs. Oxford University is >engaged >in building a new centre of animal abuse in which even more animals will >suffer and die on the alter of scientific fraud, academic arrogance and >profit >driven blindness. > >The new animal torture lab in the early stages of construction on South >Parks >Rd in Oxford will have a covered bridgeway connecting it to the " notorious " >dept of Experimental Psychology. On the upper floors of this building is >Level >F, the scene of some of the most horrific animal experiments ever carried >out >in this country. This modern day torture is protected by locked doors and >state of the art security hidden from the eyes of the outside world. The >two >rhesus macaque monkeys imprisoned here should be released at once and be >allowed to >live out the rest of their lives in an enviroment that will allow them to >experience the stimulation denied to them as victims of a flawed scientific >practice. > >We urge you to come to Oxford on Saturday 15th May and demand the release >of >the " OXFORD TWO " and SPEAK out against the building of a new animal abuse >centre in Oxford. The animal rights movement has defeated Cambridge >University and >the Government over their plans to build Europe's largest primate lab, >together we can halt this expansion of animal terror and strike a blow for >animal >liberation. > > >----- >To remove yourself from the Speak list, email: speak-request >with the word '' as the subject. _______________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ~~ info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the above is only the opinion of the author, there may be another side to the story you have not heard. --------------------------- Was this message Off Topic? Did you know? Was it snipped? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Guidelines: visit <site temporarily offline> Un: send a blank message to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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