uk.environment.conservation

On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:54:29 -0700, TONY-GAL
wrote:

>To: All European Citizens who care about Animals
>
>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A staggering ten million animals are used in outdated and wasteful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 it'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. The Declaration will fall on 7th
>September and the signatures of half the MEPs in the Parliament is
>needed by then.
>
>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/
>
>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
>
>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


Consider it done, and passed on.