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FRONT IN BOYCOTT P&G CAMPAIGN
Uncaged has opened a new political initiative to defend animals from
Procter & Gamble and other animal testing companies. An
MP has tabled EDM 1279 on our behalf, applauding
the Boycott P&G campaign and calling on the Government to resist
attempts to water down the proposed European ban on the sale of animal-tested
cosmetics.
29.04.08
 TOP
AWARD FOR UNCAGED'S DR DAN LYONS
Uncaged's Campaigns Director Dr Dan Lyons has won a top national
prize for his ground-breaking academic research into the history of how
animal testing laws have been made and implemented in Britain. Dan has
been awarded the Political Studies Association's Walter
Bagehot prize for the best thesis on Government and Public Administration.
18.04.08
 IARD
protest leads to primate freedom!
Dozens of monkeys destined for experiments in South America arrive in
an English sanctuary just 6 weeks after a successful International Animal
Rights Day protest to close the laboratory in which they were
imprisoned. The centre's 88 capuchin monkeys have been flown to Monkey
World in Dorset. Click
here to read all about it.
04.02.08
 10th
Anniversary of International Animal Rights Day
Uncaged co-ordinated more events around the world to commemorate and celebrate
this day than ever before. There were some marches and candlelit processions,
candlelit vigils, protests, information tables, exhibitions and even concerts!
It was truly a global and inspiring Day of Action - click
here to read on and for pictures.
21.01.08
 Uncaged's Dr Dan Lyons recognised for animal protection work
Uncaged's Campaigns Director Dr Dan Lyons has been awarded two prestigious
prizes in recognition of the impact and quality of his research into animal
experimentation. Dan has received the Arthur Ling Memorial Award and the
Andrew Gamble Prize for the Outstanding Thesis of 2006-7. Click
here to read on.
18.12.07
 'Magnificent' Procession Energises Animal Rights Cause
Uncaged's Candlelit Procession for Animal
Rights on Sunday 9 December has
been hailed a 'magnificent' success. With its positive emphasis, this unique
demonstration in central London has inspired new activists and greater global
co-operation in support of the animal rights cause.
12.12.07
 Whaling
menace highlights importance of Candlelit Procession for Animal Rights
With Japanese whalers setting off to persecute
humpback whales, there has never been a more important time for people across
the globe to join together to defend animals from such merciless brutality.
Please join us in speaking out for animal rights - your presence is requested
at the Candlelit
Procession for Animal Rights.
23.11.07
 Candlelit
Procession for the millions of animals tortured in EU labs
New figures that show animal tests rising across Europe highlight the grave
importance of Uncaged's procession to mark International Animal Rights Day
in London on Sunday 9 December. Help us save the 12 million animals who are
sacrificed in barbaric experiments across Europe every year. Click
here to read on.
13.11.07
 Victory
for Uncaged against cruelty of pig organ transplants
News is emerging that indicates we've scored another major victory in our
historic battle against pig organ transplants. Recent difficulties in obtaining
a Home Office licence to vivisect and genetically engineer pigs have contributed
to an end to such research in Britain. Click
here to read on.
12.09.07
 New
figures reveal 15 year vivisection high
Home Office figures just released (23 July 2007) show that during 2006 the
number of animal experiments in Britain broke the three million barrier. The
latest figures represent the highest number of animals sacrificed for 15 years
and places Britain at the top of the European cruelty league. Click
here to read on.
25.07.07
 INSPIRING
ACTION FOR ANIMALS
Global Boycott Procter & Gamble
Day 2007 was the biggest every with over 140 events taking place worldwide. Click
here for
more about Global Boycott P&G Day, including access to our extensive photo
gallery. Check out www.boycottpandg.co.uk for
further news updates and to join the campaign!
27.06.07
 CALL
FOR DIARIES OF DESPAIR INQUIRY
EDM 1718 calls upon the Government to establish an independent inquiry into
the Diaries of Despair affair. This EDM highlights the fundamental flaws
in the Ombudsman's report into illegal cruelty to primates in pig organ transplant
experiments. Click here
to find out more and to lobby your MP to support this motion.
27.06.07
 Stop
animal testing of recreational drugs
EDM 1411 calls on the Government to stop granting licences for harmful
experiments on animals to investigate the effects of recreational drugs.
Hundreds of recent experiments range from the bizarre and abusive to
the needlessly repetitive and even illegal. Find
out more and lobby
your MP to support this motion.
14.05.07
 Lobby
your MP to support urgent animal protection motions
EDM 811 calls on the Government to allocate Government
time for a vital debate in the House of Commons on the Government's animal
research policy. EDM 1247 calls for a ban on the sale of foie gras, which
is produced using some of the cruellest methods in existence. Click
here to read on and lobby your MP to support these
motions.
24.04.07
CALL
FOR INQUIRY INTO OMBUDSMAN WHITEWASH
Following Uncaged's historic legal victory which allowed publication
of leaked xenotransplantation research documents, a complaint against
the Home Office was lodged with the Parliamentary Ombudsman. However,
the Ombudsman's report (ref: PA-2823) is a fundamentally flawed whitewash. More...
30.01.07
 Campaigns
Director Dan Lyons successfully completes PhD on animal research policy
Uncaged's Campaigns Director Dan Lyons has been awarded a PhD
for his research into the evolution of British animal research policy.
This establishes Dr Lyons as one of the country's leading authorities
on the politics of animal experimentation. Click
here to read on.
17.01.07
 UNCAGED
INSPIRES GLOBAL ACTION
The 9th annual International Animal Rights Day was a huge success, with
more actions taking place in the UK and across the world than ever before.
Thousands of activists in almost every corner of the world united to
call for animals' rights and emphasise the unbreakable link between
human and animal rights. Click here for the full
report.
22.12.06
 New
Report Whitewashes Primate Vivisection
A new report (the 'Weatherall Report') commissioned by groups in favour
of animal testing has - predictably - endorsed experimentation on primates.
Three of the four organisations behind the study are part of a coalition
that lobbies the government in favour of animal testing. Read Uncaged's
authoritative analysis here.
13.12.06
 MONKEYING
AROUND WITH THE TRUTH
The TV documentary 'Monkeys, Rats and Me', shown on BBC2 examined the
ethics of animal experiments by using the SPEAK campaign and Professor
Tipu Aziz's research as
a case study. However, there were a number of fundamental flaws in
the programme that amounted to a systematic pro-vivisection bias. Click
here to read on.
29.11.06
 PIG TRANSPLANT EXPERIMENTS
Uncaged is embarking on an urgent campaign
against re-emerging GM pig organ transplant experiments. Xenotransplantation
has been condemned 'dead in the water' by scientific experts,
and is deeply unpopular with the public. Despite this, the UK Government
has bypassed its own regulations to promote horrific animal
cruelty.
09.10.06
 Ad
watchdog whitewash
The Advertising Standards
Authority (ASA) has rejected a complaint lodged by Uncaged over a confusing
and misleading animal testing policy statement issued by Procter &
Gamble's pet food subsidiary IAMS.This latest ruling falls into a pattern
of ASA bias against animal protection groups. Click
here to read on.
19.04.06
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