National Antivisection Society
Celebrities to do ‘time’ for primates
28 August 2007
Celebrity supporters of Animal Defenders International (ADI) are to do ‘time’ in support of lab primates at a photocall in a giant cage in Victoria Tower Gardens, by the Houses of Parliament on Thursday, 30 August at 11am. The event is to promote International Primate Day held on 1st September, which focuses this year on ADI’s campaign to end primate experiments in Europe.
‘Monkey’ bid to hit the charts for International Primate Day
Animal lovers around the world are being urged to download the song, “Monkey in a Cage” to get it into the UK Top 10 by International Primate Day (IPD) on 1st September and help laboratory monkeys.
"Monkey in a Cage” is a powerful protest song written and performed by internationally acclaimed artist, Maria Daines, who last autumn signed up to the Berlin Declaration , which calls for an end to experiments on primates.
MEPs back campaign to end primate tests across Europe
393 MEPs have signed our Written Declaration which is before the European Parliament. This calls for urgent action to end experiments on wild caught monkeys and chimpanzees, and for a timetable to be set to end all primate experiments across Europe. Signatories include MEPs from each EU member state and from every political persuasion including: Michel ROCARD, former French Prime Minister; Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI, former Finnish Prime Minister; John BOWIS, former British Health Minister; Joseph DAUL, President of the EPP-ED Group; Monica FRASSONI, co-President of the Green/EFA Group; Eva-Britt SVENSSON, Vice-President of the GUE/NGL Group; Jens-Peter BONDE, co-President of the ID Group; Cristiana MUSCARDINI, co-President of the UEN Group.
Find out about Written Declaration 40/2007 on primate tests
URGENT!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP. We need just 22 more signatures by September 7th. Click here to find out whether your MEPs have signed and how to contact them.
Read the Scientific case against primate experiments
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Stop primate suffering USA
The USA and Japan are the world’s biggest experimenters on primates, and primate tests are on the rise in the USA with over 55,000 experiments on primates. World Lab Animal Day sees the launch of our campaign to end the suffering.
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