To All European Citizens who want to help Primates
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A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful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 itÂ’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.
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/
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 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 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
Thank You
Tony, Nottingham, England
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