All members of uk.philosophy.humanism

Latest figures show Animal Testing is up overall by 3.2% to 12.1
million in 2005. This is despite European Commission and member
state’s individual promises to reduce and replace the use of animals
in experiments.

Some details for 2005:-
Dogs 22,000
Cats 3,600
Primates 10,394
Mice 6 million 53%
Rats 2.2 million 19%
Birds 650,000 5.4%
Rabbits 300,000 2.6%
Cold Blooded Animals 1.8 million 15%
Guinea Pigs 240,000 2.1%

The European Commission is currently reviewing Directive 86/609/EEC,
which sets out the rules for animal experimentation across the whole
of Europe. Now political pressure is needed to encourage EU
legislators to do everything they can to maximise non-animal
replacement efforts.

Contact your MEPs and urge them to increase funding for Alternative
Research as part of the revision process of Directive 86/609/EEC.

For contact details of your MEPs visit
http://www.europarl.europa.eu

It is in all our interest that Animal Testing is replaced with
Alternatives based on Human Biology not Animals.

For evidence that superior Alternative Research & Testing is replacing
Animal Testing visit
http://www.drhadwentrust.org/

For more on the new EU animal experimental statistics visit
http://www.buav.org

For more on the Revision of Directive 86/609/EEC
http://www.eceae.org/english/labanimals.html

Everyone can help and you can make a difference.

Please tell your friends and colleagues about the revision of
Directive 86/609/EEC.

Thank You

Anthony.G.

On Jan 14, 9:12 pm, TONY-GAL  wrote:
> All members of uk.philosophy.humanism
>
> Latest figures show Animal Testing is up overall by 3.2% to 12.1
> million in 2005. This is despite European Commission and member
> state's individual promises to reduce and replace the use of animals
> in experiments.

Is that exactly what they said? Can you quote chapter and verse?

> Some details for 2005:-
> Dogs 22,000...

Are numbers that important? Surely it's what the research is for? If
it helps cure heart disease and cancer in billions of people then
isn't it worthwhile?

> Contact your MEPs and urge them to increase funding for Alternative
> Research as part of the revision process of Directive 86/609/EEC.

Why? You haven't convinced me that alternative research is better.

> It is in all our interest that Animal Testing is replaced with
> Alternatives based on Human Biology not Animals.

Is it? What about animal research that was performed in the past and
has resulted in present day cures? Can you show that such research
would
have been better performed in other ways? For instance, I'm guessing
that heart transplant surgery was first performed on animals. How else
would you gain the necessary experience? You can't use cell cultures
as alternatives -- you need to practice on whole bodies and whole
hearts surely? I agree that you should make the animals as comfortable
as possible, for ethical and scientific purposes.  Given this, I could
see (say) heart transplant pigs living much better than the average
farmed pig. Given the volumes of animals involved in factory farming
wouldn't your time be far better spent campaigning for improvements in
their conditions.

> For evidence that superior Alternative Research & Testing is replacing
> Animal Testing visithttp://www.drhadwentrust.org/

Can't see much evidence there. Can you point to a double blind
experiment that justifies alternative research in a specific case?