Some more news items on Saturday's events in Delhi and London

[Guest guest]

Dear friends,

 

The protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi which was held yesterday was a huge

success with more than 300 people who joined the rally. This also includes

many distinguished figures, politicians, performers, musical bands, editors

of leading newspapers, etc.

Many news channels amd others including IBN7 provided extensive coverage to

the rally which was aired today at 5:30 pm.

 

This link shows some of the pictures taken at the protest :

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/rishidev000/RALLYApril242010

 

Here are some of the online news reports of the event :

 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City-Delhi/Delhi-rallies-for-stray-animals/ar\

ticleshow/5854336.cms

http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/newdelhi/Rally-for-animal-rights/Article1-\

535400.aspx

http://epaper.indianexpress.com/IE/IEH/2010/04/25/ArticleHtmls/25_04_2010_005_04\

2.shtml

http://www.dailypioneer.com/251574/Treat-us-kind.html

http://www.asianage.com/index.php?option=com_content & view=article & id=9738%3Aexte\

nd-your-support-to-animals-in-the-city & Itemid=63

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Activists-hit-the-road-to-save-stray-dogs/6109\

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http://article.wn.com/view/2010/04/25/Delhi_rallies_for_stray_animals/

http://khabar24.com/news/2010/04/25/rally-for-animal-rights/

http://newsrack.in/stories/esg/Health/3

http://sec.wltx.com/article/05oV9UW0LO9lM?q=Delhi

http://1click.indiatimes.com/article/05oV9UW0LO9lM?q=Delhi

http://todaytimes.wikidot.com/delhi

 

We will upload and circulate the information about the demonstration which

was simultaneously held at London on the same day as and when we receive the

pictures and the reports.

 

Thanks

Best wishes

--

Rishi Dev,

Citizens For Animal Rights (CFAR),

New Delhi.

 

http://www.demotix.com/news/310345/londons-world-day-animals-laboratories

At least 2,000 people took to the streets of London after meeting at

Cavendish Square in strength and unity to protest against animals in

laboratories worldwide and the horrible practices they are put through as a

result of testing and experiments. London, United Kingdom, 24/03/2010.

The peaceful march began at 1.45pm and snaked it's way down Regent Street,

past Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar square and Parliament square eventually

winding up at Dean Stanley Street. Following this, many protesters made

their way to King's Cross St Pancras, opposite an unoccupied site in Brill

Place. The land here was purchased by the UKCMRI (Cancer Research UK, the

Medical Research Council, University College London and the Wellcome Trust)

and it has proposed to build a 'superlab' upon it. This is only a plan and

no applications have been made. The protest today was a clear message

against the proposals, specifically from the animal rights movement and

anti-vivisectionists.

According to some research, side effects from medical drugs are responsible

for 18,000 deaths each year. They are also the fourth biggest cause of

premature death after heart disease, cancer and strokes. Campaigners believe

that the millions of pounds in investments in medical charities are being

wrongly allocated on unreliable animal testing as opposed to solid medical

research such as cell cultures and computer models. The WDAIL state that,

" The victims are not only the 3 million or so animals killed in experiments

each year within the UK, but also the many thousands of human patients

killed or seriously injured by drugs which were deemed safe because they

passed animal tests. "