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uncaged is evolving!
After almost 20 years of campaigning, Uncaged is evolving into a completely unique organisation: allow us to introduce the innovative new Centre for Animals and Social Justice (CASJ). Read on...
Please visit our news archive for a full history of Uncaged and our campaigns.
Founded in November 1993, by Angela Roberts and Lynn Williamson, and based in Sheffield, England, Uncaged campaigned against animal experiments and in particular against xenotransplantation (animal to human transplants). In 1994 we launched the global boycott of animal testing company Procter & Gamble. We campaigned for democratic action on animal issues through the political system. Fifty years after the Declaration of Human Rights was ratified Uncaged launched International Animal Rights Day in 1998 as a focus for our Universal Declaration of Animal Rights.
About uncaged
Over 19 years Uncaged developed a unique campaigning approach which placed us at the forefront of the anti-vivisection movement.
    
Our campaigns were based on painstaking research, producing results that command widespread respect from media, politicians and the public alike. Underpinning all of our work is:
- unwavering opposition to the abuse of animals
- a scientific critique of animal experiments
- a commitment to democracy, human and nonhuman rights, and environmental sustainability
Uncaged was uniquely holistic. We operated at every level, from grassroots protests to lobbying Parliament, through to participation in academic discourse. We contributed to numerous Government consultation exercises on animal experimentation matters and gave evidence to their enquiries. Our analysis appeared in journals and was quoted by researchers. National and international media covered our groundbreaking work.
Our principle campaigns demonstrate the breadth and depth of
the Uncaged philosophy:
    
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Diaries
of Despair. A brave and truly historic exposé
followed by a monumental legal victory over Imutran/Novartis. Thousands
of confidential documents come into the public domain, giving an unprecedented
insight into the harrowing reality of animal experiments and confirming
the shocking scandal surrounding the Government's conduct.
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Xenotransplantation. One
of the most disturbing developments in animal cruelty and public health
hazards ever to emerge, and starkly revealed by the Diaries of Despair.
Uncaged has undoubtedly been leading the global opposition to the
development of xenotransplantation.
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Global Boycott of Procter & Gamble.
This long-running campaign strikes at the commercial heart of animal
testing and gives people the knowledge that empowers them to vote
with their purses. Another exposé in the national media - this
time of experiments conducted by P&G pet food subsidiary IAMS
- has shaken P&G, and may have cost them millions of pounds.
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Political animals. Exposing
the UK Government's capitulation to commercial interests and betrayal
of animals. Government 'spin' pushes the message of strict regulation
of animal experiments. This is a cynical lie. If the letter of the
law, reflecting the wishes of Parliament and public - were applied
properly - it would be much more difficult to obtain a licence to
vivisect animals than is currently the case...
- Universal Declaration of Animal Rights.
Animal rights is the morality of the future. They are the logical consequence
of human rights - the two concepts are inextricably linked. Notions
of animal "welfare" are empty and pointless without the legal
right to have that welfare protected. Uncaged is aiming to promote an
international debate about the rights of animals and we will campaign
to have those rights enshrined in law.
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