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 KEEP CRUELTY OUT OF THE OLYMPICS
Uncaged is urgently calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pull out of London 2012 sponsorship talks with controversial animal-testing corporation Procter & Gamble (P&G). We lead a global consumer boycott of P&G in protest at their continued use of animals in cruel and deadly toxicity tests for the sake of cosmetics and cleaning products. P&G make animals suffer for brands like Fairy, Herbal Essences, Olay and Pantene.
02.06.10
 International condemnation of P&G animal testing intensifies
The fourteenth Global Boycott Procter & Gamble Day on 8 May 2010 has ratcheted up the pressure on P&G to stop their cruel and gratuitous animal testing. Publicity events took place across the UK and were supported by campaigns across the USA, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Canada and Mexico. Read the inspiring reports from the dedicated activists who have united in protest at P&G's needless animal abuse
01.06.10
 VOTE4ANIMALS 2010 - LOBBY YOUR PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES!
The forthcoming UK General Election is a pivotal moment for millions of animals. Please ask the candidates in your constituency where they stand on key animal protection issues, including hunting, battery egg farming and animal experiments. Our fantastic VOTE4ANIMALS 2010 website also has analysis of party policies and will include expert voting recommendations nearer the election. Read on...
23.03.10
 IARD - 2ND DISPATCH
Our second dispatch from International Animal Rights Day is now online, and includes reports from Lush in Southampton, SAFE in Truro, and Beauty Without Cruelty in South Africa. We're now working on the third dispatch, with news from Greece, Chile, Sweden and others, and this will be online soon, but in the meantime you can see the photos from these events on Flickr.
22.01.10
 MEPs under fire for vivisection law betrayal
Uncaged is accusing MEPs of ‘looking the other way’ while a draft law on animal experiments is being stitched up by Government and industry behind closed doors. New clauses relating to national laws and alternatives would render the new Directive even weaker than the minimal 86/609 Directive it was intended to improve upon. Please contact your MP urgently using our news article as the basis for your letter.
12.01.10
 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN NETWORK CALLS FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS
Animal rights advocates across the planet have marked the 12th International Animal Rights Day on and around the 10 December with approx 165 different events, including candlelit vigils, to remember the billions of animals across the world who suffer in testing laboratories, factory farming and other abusive practices. Inspirational reports of the events are now flooding in! Here's the first set of dispatches.
18.12.09
 TWIGGY CONFIRMS HER BETRAYAL OF DEFENCELESS ANIMALS
Twiggy has confirmed her betrayal of thousands of defenceless creatures by accepting a lucrative advertising contract with the ‘Olay’ cosmetics brand, which is tested on animals. She had previously supported campaigns against animal testing for cosmetics, such as Uncaged’s Boycott Herbal Essences project and Naturewatch’s Compassionate Shopping Guide. Read on.
28.09.09
Global protests hit P&G over animal testing
This year's 13th Global Boycott Procter & Gamble Day, spearheaded by Uncaged, was certainly unlucky for the animal testing corporation, but offered new hope for the innocent animals who continue to suffer at the hands of P&G. Once again on the 3rd Saturday of May, thousands of campaigners from all four corners of the planet united to call for an end to P&G’s cruel and gratuitous animal testing. Click here for the report and photos.
26.08.09
 Sickening rise in cruel animal experimentation in UK
The British public will be sickened by the huge increase in the number of cruel animal experiments. The 454,000 rise in the number of painful experiments in 2008 to 3.7 million is the biggest in modern times. Records for dying animals in British labs - exposed by Uncaged - reveal the suffering lurking behind these figures. This intensification of the systematic slaughter in British labs is a wake-up call for every one with a conscience to say - ‘enough is enough!’
22.07.09
 Historic 1.5 million-strong petition URGES GOVERNMENT ACTION TO END ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
On Thursday 2nd July 2009 Uncaged submitted a historic 1.5 million signature petition to 10 Downing Street calling on the UK Government to work in Europe to develop a ‘road map’ to make animal experimentation history. The huge total of signatures - understood to comprise the largest animal protection petition in British history - is the culmination of 15 years of epic effort covering hundreds of towns and cities across the UK. more...
06.07.09
 Animal
Protection and the European Parliament Elections
The recent votes on a new EU law on animal experiments have provided
the ultimate test of MEPs' and the parties' commitment to animal protection.
All voters in Great Britain will have the chance to cast a vote for a
party in elections to the European Parliament on June 4. Please
use this wisely to give animals a better chance in the next five years,
and show MEPs that there is a political cost to condemning animals to
pain, suffering and distress. Read Dr Dan Lyons' analysis here.
27.05.09
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