News Archive
Uncaged Campaigning!
We have several future events pencilled in which need your support.
The UK Government is deciding NOW whether to allow the commencement of
clinical trials of xenotransplantation procedures. If you have not yet
sent a postcard to Frank Dobson, Secretary of State at the Department
of Health, please do so quickly. Contact us for a postcard if need be.
When you write to your MP to ask them to sign EDM 233, why not send them
a copy our xenotransplantaion updates and reports to keep them up-to-date
with developments, and impress upon them the importance of debate about
the issue before the Government considers allowing clinical trials.?
This is the address of Genzyme in the UK: Genzyme Ltd., 37 Hollands Road,
Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 8PU. Tel: 01440 703522 Fax 01440 707783 Why not
contact them to inform them of your opposition to their proposals? (parent
company website www.genzyme.com,
email webmaster@genzyme.com)
On Saturday 24th July, Uncaged Campaigns are planning to hold an anti-xenotransplantation
event . Our aim is to set a new world record for the biggest ring-a-roses.
Sounds bizarre? But there is a method to our madness! Ring-a-roses is
an old childrenrs nursery rhyme and dance about the devastating impact
of the plague -
"Atishoo! Atishoo! We all fall down!"
The event is a novel and media-friendly way of highlighting the potential
for xenotransplantation to create a new plague. We also hope to have many
stalls, vegan food, and speakers at the event. The current record stands
at 1,197. In order to succeed in our bid and create public awareness of
the dangers of xenotransplantation, it is imperative that Uncaged Campaigns
supporters participate! We'll have more details in the future - but make
a date in your diary now!
We also have a London-wide street collection pencilled in for Saturday
4th September. We need as many 'tin-shakers' as possible. Drop us a line!
If you wish to help in any way in any of our campaigning on this and other
issues, please contact us.
Many people already help out on, or do, information stalls, street collections,
library displays, letter-writing, sponsored events, or have become campaign
contacts for their local area.
Dan Lyons & Max Newton, Uncaged Campaigns 01.04.99
New Zealand First To Recognise Rights For Non-Humans..?
An international drive to win rights for nonhuman great apes
may reap its first rewards within a few weeks. The New Zealand parliament
is about to vote on a new Animal Welfare Bill which contains a clause
making nonhuman great apes the first animals in the world with individual,
fundamental rights to be given legal backing and protected in the courts.
The rights include the right to life, the right not to suffer cruel or
degrading treatment, and the right not to be subjected to all but the
most benign of experiments.
"The idea is to set a precedent that other countries can follow,"
said David Penney, an academic biologist at a New Zealand University and
supporter of the Bill. Not surprisingly though, individuals and companies
involved with the exploitation of primates and other animals in experimental
research are worried that this enlightened attitude may spread and thus
curtail their activities. In particular, such a law would have most positive
impact in the United States, where about 1700 chimpanzees are imprisoned
for experimental purposes.
Dan Lyons, Uncaged Campaigns 01.04.99
Mounted Police Trample Protesters at Hillgrove
At the latest national demonstration (20.2.99) at Hillgrove Farm,
the establishment that breeds cats for vivisection, mounted police charged
peaceful protesters holding a sit-down protest in the field outside proprietor
Christopher Brown's house. The attack occurred after protesters had circumvented
police attempts to keep them at a distance from the farm.
The police injured several people, including one woman who had both her
legs broken by a horse. Reports suggest that she required an operation
to pin her bones back into position. The police then lied to paramedics,
telling them that the woman had slipped.
Later in the day, the police assaulted protesters once more when they
rode their horses into people marching towards the local town, Witney.
The next Hillgrove demonstration will be on Saturday 17th April (World
day for Laboratory Animals). Meet noon outside the farm Dry Lane, Witney,
Oxfordshire. Phone SAVE THE HILLGROVE CATS on 0121 632 6460 for details of coaches
running from your local area, or contact UNCAGED CAMPAIGNS for details
of a Sheffield coach.
Dan Lyons, Uncaged Campaigns 01.04.99
Save The Shamrock Monkeys
Shamrock Farm has forty years experience in handling imported
primates, destined for certain death in research laboratories across Europe.
Shamrock Farm imports primates, including wild-caught animals, from across
the world, quarantines them, before sending them to the labs. It is thought
that a large proportion of primates imprisoned in the UK laboratories
come through Shamrock. Closing down Shamrock could have a devastating
impact on primate research activity in the UK.
To mark this year's World Week for Laboratory Animals, a march will take
place in Brighton on Saturday 24th April, followed by a wreath laying
ceremony at Shamrock Farm, which is situated a few miles from Brighton
at Small Dole, West Sussex. Meet at Preston Park (on your left as you approach Brighton on the A23)
at noon. For further details, information about other demos and vigils, contact
Save The Shamrock Monkeys, PO Box 3090, Brighton BN1 3QU.
Dan Lyons & Max Newton, Uncaged Campaigns 01.04.99
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