animal defender spring 2010

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Spring/Summer 2010

Plus: Rescues � Update on revision of EU experiments rulesResearch without animals � Free Tilly campaign

Campaign against space experiments � Fur Farms Exposed

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Consultation. Consultation. Plus global newsPlus global news

ISSN: 2041-3653

With so much happening around the world, our team has

certainly been stretched. Despite our small size, I do think

this issue of the magazine shows how we continue to fight

effectively for animals on all fronts. With the achievement

of 94% (and still counting) public support for a ban on

animal circuses in the UK and government commitment;

animal circus legislation in progress in Brazil, Peru, Chile

and Colombia; lobbying on animal research in Europe and

the build-up to new UK legislation, we have been

everywhere we needed to be.

It is always gratifying when we can save animals, and our

rescue of the Bolivian circus animals and the Swedish lab

monkeys are an important focus of the campaigns. We also

report in this issue on the shambles that is the UK Home

Office inspections of foreign laboratory animal suppliers.

Our investigation of fur farming heralds the start of the

rolling back of the public image gains made by the fur

industry in recent years. It puts paid to their claim that

farming animals for their fur is a humane alternative to

wild capture. The shocking findings of our investigation in

Finland, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fur, are

sure to make legislators rethink this industry.

The next two years are going to be the most important for

laboratory animals in the UK since 1986. Once the new

European Directive is passed, whichever government is

elected in the UK will be responsible for the legislation that

will transpose the Directive into law. So my message today

is this – get ready. Dig in now. Stiffen your

resolve and call up your reserves. The campaign

over this legislation will be the biggest fight of not

our lives, but the lives of millions of lab animals.

This is your call to action. We need you.

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Editorial

NAVS & ADI

ANIMAL DEFENDERISSN: 2041-3653published by Animal Defenders Internationalincorporating The Campaigner, published by theNational Anti-Vivisection Society

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editors: Creamer/PhillipsDesign: Creamer/Phillips/ElsonCartoons: Paul TaylorContributors: Jan Creamer; Tim Phillips; HelderConstantino; Alexandra Cardenas; Christina Dodkin;Jessamy Korotoga; Lisa Mitchinson; Juan PablosOlmos; Thomas England; Rob Brooks.

©2010 ADI. All rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced for commercial purposes by any meanswhatsoever without the written permission of ADI/NAVS.

ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL:Founded 1990. To educate, create awareness, andpromote the interest of humanity in the cause of justice, and the suppression of all forms of cruelty to animals;wherever possible, to alleviate suffering, and to conserveand protect animals and their environment.

NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY:Founded 1875; the world’s premier anti-vivisection group.Millions of animals suffer and die in cruel, unscientific, and futile experiments. The NAVS advocates the totalprohibition of all animal experiments, and, pending theachievement of this aim, we may support partial measureswhich would provide steps towards reform..

LORD DOWDING FUND: Founded 1974; a departmentof the NAVS; sponsors non-animal scientific and medicalresearch.

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Where there’s a WILL there’s a WAY to help suffering animals

For a free guide to making a Will and helping animals, call us today on 020 7630 3340 www.ad-international.org www.navs.org.uk www.ldf.org.uk

If you knew animals were being abused,could you rest in peace?

Sadly, throughout their lives, the last thingmany animals experience is peace. Toto thechimpanzee, for example, was imprisoned in acircus for 25 years and forced to perform tricksand smoke cigarettes for people’sentertainment.

He was one of the lucky ones because he wasrescued by Animal Defenders International(ADI) and returned home to Africa where he

now lives with his own kind. ADI is amajor international force in animal

protection.

Please help us to help otheranimals like Toto to live in

peace by making abequest today toAnimal DefendersInternational.

If you believe in reincarnation there aresome animals you wouldn’t want to be.

Imagine a life imprisoned in a cramped cage,subjected to constant experimentation; alifetime of suffering followed by a painful death.That’s the cruel, futile fate suffered by millionsof laboratory animals in the name of research.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society is theworld’s premier and leading group working toend the suffering of animals in laboratories.

We lobby Parliament; produce scientificreports, educational materials andvideos; conduct undercoverinvestigations and expose lawbreaking. We fund non-animalscientific .

Please help us to help laboratoryanimals by making a bequest tothe National Anti-VivisectionSociety.

Help finance an evolution.

Will you leave a lasting legacy of compassion,and help scientific advancement? The LordDowding Fund finances scientific and medicalresearch without the use of animals. Webelieve that cruel animal techniques have noplace in 21st century science.

We have supported major advances in manyfields, including neuroscience, cancer researchand safety testing – we developed a humaneBritish Standard Test for the toxicity of dentalfillings. Your legacy could help save the lives

of animals and advancescientific research.

Help finance anevolution in medical

science and leave alasting legacy with a

bequest today to theLord Dowding Fund.

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our Save the Primates campaign has exposedlaboratories, monkey dealers and trappersand helped shape far reaching proposalsfor eU legislation, as we have taken thecampaign across the world. During thecampaign for a ban on the use of primatesin the eU, three laboratory monkeys werehanded into our care.

Now safe in our quarantine unit, the threevery lucky monkeys, Baloo, Bacil, andBacilusk, will be released into a large outdoorenclosure this summer as the europeanParliament finally decides on the fate of othermonkeys just like these.

On an icy, cold winter’s morning we waited for the monkeysat Stockholm airport. Months of negotiation and preparationhad led up to this point, and as our breath hung as mist in thewintry air, we wondered “What if they have changed theirminds?” It was approaching 6am in the almost deserted cargosection of the airport when the animal van from the laboratoryrumbled into sight – they had been categorical that we could not enterthe lab to collect the animals nor see them loaded.

The van stopped and the rear doors were opened. Campaigns DirectorTim Phillips and Supporter Relations Director Lisa Mitchinson clicked on theirtorches and peered into the crates to check each monkey. Bright eyed, alert,but looking fairly relaxed, three small macaque monkey faces looked back atthem. They had no idea that their lives had changed forever.

Each year 10,000 monkeys die in European laboratories. Animals that make itout alive are very rare indeed. Calls to free animals usually fall on deaf ears, even foranimals used in non-invasive experiments. Labs have little incentive to give a living

Lab Monkey Rescue

Clockwise: CampaignsDirector TimPhillips takesdelivery ofthe monkeys;the monkeysare ready tofly; about toboard theflight fromSweden.

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face to the animals they use andultimately kill. However on this occasion,the laboratory listened to publicpressure.

These monkeys are the embodimentof the issues that have provoked fiercedebate across Europe for the past fewyears over ending the trade in what areknown as “F1” monkeys.

Almost all laboratory monkeys areborn of wild caught parents and areknown as “F1” (first generation of one orboth wild caught parents). Thus, whilstlaboratories claim not to use wild caughtmonkeys, the dealers supplying them arein fact constantly capturing animals fromthe wild to re-stock their factory-stylebreeding farms.

It is a trade we have campaignedhard to halt and thrown our hearts andsouls into an intensive five years. TheEuropean Commission responded withproposals to prohibit the use of F1monkeys in five years. But when theproposals went before the EuropeanParliament last year, the animalexperimentation industry mobilised anarmy of lobbyists to undermine them. Ahuge response from ADI ensured thatthe proposals weren’t torn up altogetherand this year we should take a stepcloser to ending this cynical trade (seep6). Less than we had hoped for butsome progress.

Three little monkeys

The parents of Baloo, Bacil andBacilusk were torn from the wild inMauritius, packed into crates and sent toMazor Farm just outside Tel Aviv, Israel.Here a series of monkey sheds isenclosed by a high fence. Sounds ofmonkeys calling out cut through the air.

In late 2001 Baloo, Bacil, Bacilluskand another monkey, Bamse, were born– about a month apart. They have beendescribed as “half-siblings”. As eachapproached their second birthday theywere sold to a Swedish laboratory. On7th October 2003, they were packed incrates and flown to Holland and thentaken by road to the laboratory.

Here they were trained to presenttheir arms for injections and withdrawalof blood and to open their mouths forexamination. They were used inneurology experiments involving PETand MR imaging, and given trace dosesof substances with “minimal effect onbehaviour”. It is a chilling irony thatthese imaging techniques that nowenable a huge spectrum of neurologyresearch on human volunteers have, insome facilities, have been used onanimals instead of replacing animal use.Bamse developed diabetes and waskilled.

By 2009, the monkeys were no longerneeded in the neurology tests, althoughthey continued to be used for supplies ofblood for other experiments.

Swedish animal rights groupDjurrattsalliansen had followed the storyof the monkeys since they learned of theimport six years earlier, and supportersbegan a letter writing campaign urgingthe laboratory to spare the animals.Djurrattsalliansen and Israel’s BehindClosed Doors group contacted ADI andasked if we could persuade thelaboratory to hand over the monkeys.

Saving the primates

We immediately contacted thelaboratory and asked if they would handover the monkeys if we could provide a

suitable home. The laboratoryresponded positively, provided they couldinspect the facility!

And so began an ADI partnership withLakeview, a wonderful monkey sanctuaryin Ascot, Berkshire that specializes incaring for abandoned macaquemonkeys.

As is our policy with animal rescues,ADI will be funding the care of themonkeys for the rest of their lives: thisincludes construction and upkeep of theenclosures, food and nutrition, andveterinary services. We will therefore beurging all our supporters to please helpand donate to ADI for the care of thesemonkeys.

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Photos Left to right:The monkeys areunloaded atHeathrow airport;Lisa Mitchinson andJan Creamer of ADIand Jim Shaw ofLakeview check theadditionalquarantine crate;the monkey crate isplaced inside anadditional crateinside a quarantinevan for the journeyfrom Heathrow;Baloo climbs up theoutdoor enclosureto call to the othermonkeys; the threemonkeys surveytheir newsurroundings.

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We met representatives of thelaboratory at Lakeview and agreed thehandover of Baloo, Bacil and Bacilusk.But time was now ticking and we weregiven until Christmas to move them.

However, there was a space problemat Lakeview! A pair of monkeys, rescuedfrom the pet trade, were due to leave thequarantine unit. So to speed up theprocess we committed to funding a newoutdoor enclosure for them. Staff fromADI rolled up their sleeves and usedtheir time off to go and help build it.Defra (Department of Environment Food& Rural Affairs) then inspected thequarantine and we were ready to go.

At the same time, we made travelarrangements and organisedconstruction of a special travel crate,with three sections with small, metalmesh windows to enable the monkeys tosee each other.

We then sent the crate tothe laboratory, and

the next timewe saw it

was at the airport with the monkeysinside. In what might be described as aremarkable Christmas truce, ADI, thegroup that has led the campaign to endexperiments on primates in Europe washanded some lucky little monkeys by aEuropean laboratory on a wintryDecember morning.

This is freedom

The crate of monkeys was lifted ontothe aircraft before the ADI team boardedand just a few hours later loaded into aquarantine van and driven to Lakeview.

Each crate was opened and outsprang a little monkey. All three werealert and very calm and immediately setabout exploring their new home.

On Christmas Day, Lakeviewdirectors Jim and Sharon wrapped treatsfor all the monkeys in the sanctuary, andso Baloo, Bacil and Bacilusk (currentlyknown as the 3Bs until they get newnames) excitedly unwrapped their giftsand devoured the contents – images ofwhich ran in Israel’s media.

As a poignant reminder of how luckythe 3Bs are, whilst we were working tosecure their release, 50 monkeys werekilled at the same facility in experiments,33 new monkeys were imported, and atthe time of going to press, 49 monkeys

remain there.

On January 3rd afteracclimatisation in the indoor sectionof the unit, the monkeys were givenaccess to two adjoining outdoorquarantine enclosures. The doorwas opened and Baloo (our coverstar) headed down the tunnel toexplore the enclosure closelyfollowed by Bacil and Bacilusk.

With great excitement they explored;hearing the calls of the other Lakeviewmonkeys, Baloo climbed as high as hecould and peered out towards them,calling back. What do we know of theirconversation? We know from ourundercover investigation of HLS how adeathly hush would fall over thelaboratory when monkeys were killed, asall the animals sensed what washappening. Here Baloo must havesensed something very different from hisprevious life in the lab.

At just 8 years old, Baloo, Bacil andBacilusk, could live to the age of 30, andso have the prospect of many happyyears in a large natural enclosure fundedcompletely by ADI – work will begin onconstruction in the coming weeks. AtLakeview they will have expert care in atranquil woodland setting, which will beas close to ‘home’ as we can provide.

Against all the odds, three littlemonkeys have a future and will grow oldin peace and safety.

Our thanks to PBS International for itshelp in organising the transportation ofthe monkeys, and to Djurrattsalliansenand Behind Closed Doors, who alertedADI and trusted us to save thesemonkeys.

Please remember that these monkeysare alive today thanks to letter writingand your support. We urgently needdonations towards the completion ofthe ADI enclosure at Lakeview thatwill be the monkeys’ home afterquarantine. We also need supportersto adopt these monkeys and ensuretheir ongoing care for the rest of theirlives. Use the enclosed form to adoptthese three lucky monkeys andcontinue to follow their story.

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Online, we encouraged supportersfrom all over Europe to sign a letter ofkey demands. It was important to beaware of the process; a draft had beenpresented by the Commission, this hadbeen amended and agreed by theEuropean Parliament, it was nottherefore possible to take the text in adifferent direction. Our letter thereforespecifically supported or opposedmeasures that had been supported byeither the Commission or Parliament.

This was handed in with over 10,000signatures - one person for everymonkey experimented on in the EU thatyear. Our thanks to everyone whohelped collect signatures.

The House of Lords’ opinion on thenew EU Directive on animal testing – towhich we gave evidence agreed thatstrict EU regulation is needed,particularly for primates, and that it wasurgent to promote non-animal methods.We were pleased to see that ourevidence had proved influential.

This phase of the campaign provedperhaps the most difficult. Whilst in theEuropean Parliament amendments aretabled and debated openly, the Councilof Ministers remains essentially adiplomatic body and debate takes placebehind closed doors. Thus,representatives and experts from theCouncil who take decisions affectingmillions of animals are not obliged toinform us which Member States aresupporting what measures.

Before discussion began our teamwas heading across Europe for meetingswith most of the Council advisorsinvolved in the Directive, as well as the

Swedish European Presidency. Wecreated awareness and involved thepublic in the process as much aspossible, for example with Save thePrimates campaign launches in Spain,

Italy and Belgium, postcardcampaigns in the UK, and galvanisingpublic responses to the Home Officeconsultation.


The Council maintains a permanentdialogue with selected MEPs who act asspokespersons for the EuropeanParliament and report back to theirPolitical groups. With the help of theseMEPs, and in particular Jill Evans andDaciana Octavia Sârbu, shadowrapporteurs for the Green/EFA andSocialists and Democrat groups, wecontributed to shape the “trialogue”between the European Commission, theSwedish Presidency and the Parliament.

ADI and Eurogroup for Animalsproduced a series of key briefings toinform representatives. These includedbackground and amendments on:Development of alternatives; wild captureof primates; authorisation processes;thematic review; replacing animalexperiments. Often we would beresponding to discussions and proposedtext changes from the previous fewhours and would work into the night tofinalise vital briefings.

In November, during the first week oftrialogue meetings, we held a discussionof the Directive and screening of ‘Savethe Primates’ in the EuropeanParliament. This was chaired by SpanishGreen MEP Raul Romeva andaddressed by rapporteur Daciana SârbuMEP, and Tim Phillips of ADI.

These efforts were rewarded to someextent. Indeed, some of the mostdamaging amendments voted in theEuropean Parliament in May 2009 (asreported in Animal DefenderSpring/Summer 2009) were scrapped orchanged by the Council. For instance,the EP’s amendment to replace theprocedure of authorisation for all mildexperiments by a simple notification waschanged. The Council agreed on anauthorisation procedure for all animalexperiments.

The phase-out on the use of wild-caught primates in breeding was

EU animalexperiments

Directive Following the bruising battle in the European Parliament, the revision

of the EU Directive on animal experiments moved to the Council ofMinisters, and dialogue between that body, the European Commission

and the European Parliament – the toughest and least transparentstage of the process. Nevertheless we were there, lobbying,

generating publicity and interest, pushing for amendments, andmobilising supporters.

Below right: ADICampaigns DirectorTim Phillips, GreenMEP Raul Romevaand S&D trialoguerapporteur DacianaSârbu MEP addressa meeting at theEuropean Parliamenton the eve of theopening of thetrialogue discussions.

Below: We keptparticpants briefed atevery stage of thenegotaitions.

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Despite the horrific conditions we exposed, monkeys from Nafovanny in Vietnamcontinue to pour into the UK, whilst the Home Office claim to have “inspected”Nafovanny and found nothing wrong.

Our investigation of Huntingdon Life Sciences revealed that in a year 476 monkeys weresupplied by Nafovanny with HLS claiming the animals were bred in the “best conditions”,under what the Home office describe as “acceptable welfare standards”.

In November 2008, our field officers filmed inside Nafovanny and found most monkeysliving in factory farm type sheds - chain link pens, approximately two or three metressquare, with concrete floors. Tucked away at the rear of the facility, were a large numberof adult monkeys housed alone in broken, rusting cages. These were only slightly tallerthan a monkey when standing upright, and less than a metre wide. The bare cages hadsolid metal backs and sides, so each monkey was completely isolated.

The footage was shown to MEPs at the European Parliament in January 2009 and aformal complaint with video, calling for the Nafovanny licence to supply UK labs to berevoked was presented to the Home Office. The evidence was clearly at odds with UKguidelines and claims made to the public about the inspection system.

The Home Office admits that it only considers the conditions of the specific animalscoming to the UK. Thus if ten animals were coming to the UK and these were keptadequately, it would get UK approval even if thousands of others lived deplorably. Thismeans that the UK system of accreditation offers no guarantee for good welfarestandards whatsoever.

We were assured an inspection would take place and awaited a response. Trade withNafovanny continued. During 2008 and 2009, 976 and 631 monkeys were imported fromVietnam – animals took up to 36.5 hours to reach the UK.

In March this year, we again met with Home Office officials. We were told an inspectionhad taken place but were denied access to the inspection report, and told no action wasbeing taken against Nafovanny. We are due to meet the Chief Home Office Inspector inorder to discuss the findings. The Home Office claimed they could not find the monkeysin our film and questioned whether it was the correct site and not a less reputablemonkey dealer. We believe the huge Nafovannysign on the gates (seepicture) was a telltale signthat this was Nafovanny.What facility the HomeOffice inspected isperhaps the questionwe should be asking.

We will continue topress for action.Once again theclaims about highwelfare standardsand enforcementhave been found to bea whitewash.

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maintained, against the EuropeanParliament report and industry wishes.The restriction of the use of primates forresearch to debilitating and life-threatening diseases stayed – although aclearer restriction is needed. Welfarestandards were introduced for fish, whichwere initially forgotten by both theCommission and the EuropeanParliament. Our proposals on thematicreview, adopted by the Parliament, weresoftened but not removed.

However, a few Member States alsotook advantage of the notoriouslyundemocratic ways of the Council tomake some shameful suggestions. Forinstance, an amendment was tabled sothat no Member States would be allowedto apply stricter animal welfare measuresthan those provided by the Directive.This amendment would effectively freezeprogress in Europe for decades andprevent countries from democraticallyadopting innovative legislation to limitanimal testing. Our protests were backedby Member States, such as Finland andthe Netherlands, and the article waschanged to allow stricter existing nationallegislation. However, this doesn’t applyto future legislation, and we are stillasking for this to be corrected.

Some other worrying amendmentsweakened the Member States’ duties topromote alternatives. For instance, theduty for Member States to createNational Reference Laboratories for thevalidation of alternatives was changed toa vague commitment to ‘assist’ and‘contribute’ to the development andvalidation of alternative approaches. Thislack of vision is very disappointing, and itappears from our meetings with theHome Office that the UK has no plan todesignate a laboratory to develop andvalidate alternatives.

Trialogue ended in April 2010 and thefinal compromise text will be voted on byMEPs in Plenary soon. Although we willpress for improvement where possible,opportunities to make big steps forwardare now limited at the EU level, becauseall decision-makers now want toconclude this long legislative process.

This has been a huge campaign forus over the past eight years, mostintensely in the last six. But this is notthe end: next the Directive will have tobe transposed in the laws of 27 MemberStates, including the UK. Now we mustprepare for that challenge.

Well this all looks most satisfactory...

The Home Officehave questionedwhether ourfootage (left) wasfilmed insideNafovanny. Webelieve the hugesign on the gate(above), amongstother things,makes it prettyclear we werefilming insideNafovanny. Butwhere were theHome Officeinspecting?

Our 10,000 signature letter was handed individually to all ofthoise involved in the negotiations. Pictured left to right: ADIHead of Parliamentary Affairs Helder Constantino hands theletter to Elizabeth Jeggle MEP Rapporteur for the Directive,EPP; Jill Evans MEP Greens/EFA Shadow; Marit Paulsen,ALDE Shadow; Susanna Dragomir assistant to S&D Shadow.

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In the past decade, the appetite for furhas bloated in the UK, hitting a startling169% growth. With misery out of sightand out of mind, fur has made acomeback, in the guise of coats, hats,and hood trims. It seems that in the timesince fur farming was banned across theUK in 2001, the fur and fashion industryhas successfully airbrushed away thereality of the horrific suffering of theiranimals… until now.

ADI’s undercover investigation intoFinnish fur farms has exposed thehorrors that foxes and mink used fortheir fur are subjected to day in and dayout. The appalling conditions of thebarren cages – unclean, rusty and oftenbroken – are only matched by theanimals’ crippling state of health.

Foxes were filmed with obvious signs ofuntreated infection or disease in animals’eyes, noses and ears – clearlydemonstrating a complete indifferenceon the parts of those meant to be caringfor the animals. There were openwounds, loss of tails, and more seriousillnesses such as malformed limbs, aresult of a life lived in unforgiving wiremesh. Some foxes had visible gummasses, sometimes entirely engulfingthe teeth – a disease which causessevere pain and distress. Their waterbowls were often empty, unclean andbroken, and many of the foxes displayedsevere behavioural abnormalities,indicative of real psychological damage.

It is clear that for the companiesproducing fur, the welfare of the animals

they use is not a priority. It is the endproduct they are concerned with, the furto line jackets and hats that will makethem money. If their animals suffer inthe making, it is of little interest to them.

Even if the conditions in these farmswere not as terrible as they are, thepsychological damage which so many ofthe animals recorded display would stillbe clearly pronounced. Fox and mink,the most widely used species of animalsfarmed for fur, are wild animals: theyretain all of their wild instincts andneeds. They are shy and fearful ofhumans and other animals, and in anintensive farming environment they willalways suffer mentally and emotionally.

Mink are territorial and would naturallyspend much of their time in water. Onthese farms, however, they do not haveany access to water. Instead, theyspend their lives in cages, unable toexpress either their swimming orforaging behaviour.

Fur trade exposed

Over s even mo nths, 30 f ur farms, se ve n hours of fo otage and

one and a hal f thousand pho tographs, ADI inve stig ators

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the mos t t rivial of mot ive s – f or f ashion.

Undercover in themost wretched ofplaces – world’sfur trade exposed

Undercover in themost wretched ofplaces – world’sfur trade exposed

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Foxes on fur farmsin Finland – theworld’s largestproducer of fox fur.

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Armed with powerful and movingdocumentation of suffering in Finnishfur farms alongside a detailed report,ADI’s Fur Stop campaign has sincebeen launched across five countriesin Europe, and in less than threeweek generated a growing supportfrom the public, politicians andcelebrities alike.

From Helsinki to Tel Aviv, andstopping at fashion weeks inLondon, Milan and Paris inbetween, ADI has partnered withlocal groups to screen theinvestigation video and distributeour report, Bloody Harvest –the real cost of fur, whichexposes the staggering levelsof suffering that foxes andmink are subjected to inFinnish fur farms.

With just a matter of daysbetween launches, ADIproduced versions of the reportand video in English, Finnish,French, Italian and Hebrew.

ADI Chief Executive Jan Creamerkicked off the campaign in Londonon February 18th with a

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Foxes, being naturallysecretive and shy animals,

would in the wild livebelow the ground indens. However, onfarms these wildanimals spend theirlives exposed tohumans and otheranimals, and withminimum or noenrichment.

The simple fact is thatfoxes and mink wouldsuffer in any farmingenvironment. But

what our investigationreveals, however, is thatFinnish fur farms – the verysame farms which supply

40% of the fur sold on UK high streets –are not only unnatural environments:they house some of the most terrible andheartbreaking scenes of suffering everuncovered by an ADI investigation.

A Finnish fur farm is indeed anintolerably cruel place for animals. In

the wild, foxes live up to 15 years,and mink live up to 10 years - but

the lifespanof mink andfox bred forfur is a mereeight months.It takes 15-20foxes or 60-80 mink tomake just

one fur coat, and four million cubs arekilled each year for pelts. Babies bornwithout the prerequisite pelt quality arekilled immediately.

ADI’s investigation has uncovered theshocking reality behind claims by thefashion industry that animals are raisedhumanely for fur, and has shown thatindustry accreditation schemes for farmsare meaningless. The video andaccompanying report, Bloody Harvest –the real cost of fur, are being launchedacross Europe as part of ADI’s Fur Stopcampaign to draw attention to the starkreality of fur farming in Europe.

You can watch the video and downloadthe report from ADI’s campaign website,www.furstop.com which will be trackingthe campaign as it continues to receivebacking from celebrities and politicalfigures alike.

Thursday, 25 February 2010


Saturday, 6 March 2010

Thursday, 25 February 2010Jan Creamer: Do fashion designers knowwhere the fur they show comes from?

Wednesday, 24 February 2010


Twiggy slams designers for using ‘intolerably

cruel’ fur in London Fashion Week collections

Watch the video and find out the factsat our new website:www.furstop.com

Fur Stop campaign launches across Europe

A young fox witha bloody stumpwhere his tailshould be.

A selection of ourcampaignmaterials whichare available inEnglish, Italian,French, Finnish,and Hebrew.

A tiny fox cubborn in a brutal,barren world.

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To cap off this string of high-profilelaunches across Europe, ADI attended ameeting in the Knesset to presentevidence during a discussion on theintroduction of a national ban on furfarming and the trade of fur productsthroughout Israel. For this we hastilyproduced a Hebrew version of theBloody Harvest video. The vote on theIsrael fur ban has been postponed, butwe are hoping for a positive result whenthe Knesset next meet.

Help usThis campaign attracted media coverageacross Europe and from Brazil toAustralia, but we need you to help uskeep spreading the word and end thissuffering.

Please order our new Fur Stopleaflets: Help spread the world andensure that we halt the fur comeback onthe high street.

get active online throughwww.furstop.com and our Facebookgroup.

Please send a donation: Ensure thatwe can continue to undertakeinvestigations like this and expose andend the suffering of animals. We can’tdo it without you.

criticised the lack of action by theMinistry of Agriculture. Ms Mari Puoskarisaid that a ban on fur farming will be partof the Green Party’s agenda. A writtenparliamentary question asked whataction the Government was going to taketo ban fur farming.

In London our campaign received thebacking of iconic model Twiggy and popstar-turned-Strictly Come Dancing judgeAlesha Dixon. Support from Twiggyduring London fashion week wasreported across the world: “I am verysad that some designers are still usingreal fur when the fake alternatives are soeffective and so easily obtainable. Ihope this ADI report helps the fashionindustry realise that these poor animalsare kept in such terrible and inhumaneconditions. Is it really worth this crueltyjust for fashion’s sake? I don’t think so.”

Next were launches at the heart of theMilan and Paris fashion weeks. Thelaunch in Milan was addressed by HelderConstantino, ADI Head of ParliamentaryAffairs and co-hosted by Agire Ora,attracting considerable media coverageand even rolling into Switzerland formore coverage. At the Paris launch withFourrure Torture the media responsewas a little more muted but we stillcaught the eye of fashion industry.

statement in The Independent,insisting that “it is no longeracceptable to ignore thesuffering, and designers musttake responsibility for the way

that their fur is produced”.Then we hit campaign trailacross Europe, presentingthe findings and urging boththe public and fashiondesigners to boycott fur.

The launch in Finland, wherethe investigation was carried

out, was addressed by ADICampaigner Alexandra

Cardenas and Finnish groupOikeutta Eläimille. A screeningwas then held at the Finnish

Parliament, attended by severalMPs including a spokesperson of

the Left Alliance party, Mr PaavoArhinmaki, the Vice-Chairman of

the Environment Committee, MrPentti Tiusanen and a representative

of the Green Party, Ms MariPuoskari. Mr Pentti Tiusanen

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Thursday, 25 February 2010Jan Creamer: Do fashion designers knowwhere the fur they show comes from?



Twiggy slams designers for using ‘intolerably

cruel’ fur in London Fashion Week collections

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Photos (left to right):Twiggy backs the ADIcampaign; ADI Headof ParliamentaryAffairs interviewed inMilan; Finlandlaunch – Ms. SallaTuomivaara(Animalia), Ms. MariPuoskari (Member ofthe Parliament/GreenParty), Mr. PenttiTiusanen (Member ofthe Parliament/Vice-chairman of theEnvironmentCommittee), Ms. AnneNieminen (OikeuttaEläimille), AlexandraCardenas; AleshaDixon calls for “FurStop”; the ADI reportis presented in theKnessett, Israel, byattorney JoshuaRotbert.

The onlyplace weshould seearctic foxes –in the wild.

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Ten years after being separated from his mother and forcedto perform tricks as a baby, Benny (previously calledDumbo) was sold to Circus Vasquez and illegallytransported to Mexico. Now aged 20, Benny remains at thecentre of a tangled legal battle between Mexicanauthorities, the circus and a trader offering a buyer.

Benny’s life characterizes that of countless performinganimals, lost in the system and unprotected by negligent USauthorities.

Although Benny was seized by Mexican authorities after being discovered with no legaldocumentation or import permit, after a ten year battle through the courts, a judgeordered last year that he be relinquished by the authorities after they were found tohave not followed proper procedures. He remains an illegally trafficked CITES animal,stuck in the Mexican government’s seized animal centre, Toluca Zoo, outside MexicoCity. However, he is still the property of Vasquez. The authorities have resolved toseize him again if the circus attempts to reclaim him.

The legal status of Benny was undetermined, his future far from certain, when ADI wasalerted to Benny’s situation by TV personality Bob Barker, a long-time friend of ADI.

Hiring a top Latin American legal firm and dispatching ourlawyers to meet with PROFEPA (the environmental police),ADI has waded into the legal maze of Mexican regulation inan attempt to ensure Benny’s protection from further circusabuse.

ADI has launched two legal moves to attempt to freeze anymovement of Benny while the case is reviewed. We arelooking for a final declaration on Benny’s illegality, toprevent his return to the entertainment industry, and tosecure him a place at the PAWS sanctuary in California.

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ADI presented an overview of how theStop Circus Suffering campaign has beenprogressing in Colombia and SouthAmerica at the Forum and urged theColombian Congress to follow Bolivia’sexample by banning the use of animals incircuses. Article 9 of Bill No. 54/2009proposes a ban on animals circuses andwill be discussed in a Commission of theSenate.

A spokesperson from the Ministryof Environment highlighted thatthe number of animals in circuseshas dropped since 2005, and thatthe use of animals in circusesseems likely to continue todecline.

Our thanks to Senator CamiloSanchez and the organisers fortheir support.

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National Forum against animal abuse in Colombian Senate

World Lab Animal DayWorld Lab Animal Day – April 24th – wasfounded by NAVS and is now markedworldwide. During April our supportershave been distributing special NAVSleaflets, displaying our posters andtaking part in events. ADI/NAVS ChiefExecutive Jan Creamer spoke at the rallyin London (above). Around 1,000 peoplemarched through central London andpast the Houses of Parliament. OurCampaigns Director Tim Phillips sent amessage of support for the rally inSweden organised byDjurrättsalliansen – he had to pull out ofspeaking at the rally due to disruption offlights caused by the Icelandic volcano.

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ADI USA LegalAdvisor CoreyEvans meets withGuillermo Diaz,veterinary surgeonand administrator ofZacango Zoo todiscuss Benny (inthe background).

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experiments by other techniquesavailable aboard the International SpaceStation (ISS).

We contacted ESA and the EuropeanCommission urging calling for theexperiments to be stopped, noting thatsuch experiments would surely be illegalin Europe under the new Directive on

animals inexperiments –due to be votedthis year – sincealternatives areavailable, and theexperiments donot aim at curingany existingclinicalconditions.

Our partner inthis campaign

Belgium based Anti Dierproeven Coalitie(ADC) organised a demonstration in theNetherlands at ESA

The pressure paid off. In the beginning ofApril, ESA Director Jean-JacquesDordain wrote that “ESA is opposingthe necessity of complementaryexperiments with monkeys incombination with research objectivesin Mars 500” and “ESA declines anyinterest in monkey research and doesnot consider any need or use for suchresearch results”.

We welcome the statement, but willcontinue to put the pressure on everyoneinvolved in the Mars 500 programme untilthe monkey experiments are abandoned.

In the U.S. NASA plan to fund studiesinvestigating the effects of irradiationusing “18 to 28 squirrel monkeys” 1 in aproject, entitled “Long term effects ofspace radiation in nonhuman primates” 2.Our US office is protesting.1. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=nasa-funded-monkey-radiation-experi-2009-11-06

2. http://spaceradiation.usra.edu/newsletter/archive/2009/fall/index.shtml

The Netherlands based EuropeanSpace Agency (ESA) is opposingexperiments on monkeys in aproject called Mars 500 inpartnership with the Russian FederalSpace Agency (Roscosmos) . ESAmade their position clear followingour exposé of the Russian tests.

In a poorattempt tosimulate amission to Mars,long-termradiationexperiments arebeing performedon monkeys.The purpose isto investigatethe effects ofdeadly levels ofradiation on life expectancy and the riskof cancer. Experiments will also includeweightlessness, an unnatural diet, severeconfinement, and prolonged isolation.

News reports confirm that animpoverished lab in Abkhazia, a Georgianprovince recognised as independent byRussia following the Russia/Georgiaconflict in 2008, will conduct theexperiments. Russia even plans to sendmonkeys to Mars. They would be caredfor by a robot, a scenario seemingly outof a science fiction horror story.

The dreadful conditions at the laboratorywere revealed in a series of images onthe Mars 500 website (see right). Thesewere promptly withdrawn when ourprotests began, but you can judge foryourself for the images we downloadedbefore the site was censored.

In 2008, Umberto Guidoni, former MEP,and former NASA and ESA astronautsupported ADI’s campaign againstRussia’s use of primates. He askedRoscosmos to replace these radiation

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The banners say: "I want to go to Mars" and "I want to go to thejungle". Below the vivisector’s own photographs say it all.

European Space Agency opposesmars monkey experiments.

Action: Please write a polite letters to the following –

President Vladimir V. Putin, Ilinka Str, No 23, 103132,Moscow, Russia.

Mr Yury Fedotov, Ambassador of the RussianFederation, 13 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QX.

Igor Ushakov, Director of the Institute of BiomedicalProblems RAS, Address: 76-A Khoroshevskoe highway,123007 Moscow, Russia. Email: [email protected].

Ask them to help end the Roscosmos Mars 500monkey experiments. Point out that the europeanSpace Agency, the partner in Mars 500, has said thetests are unnecessary.

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chemical and biological read-across, invitro results, qualitative and quantitativestructure-activity relationships,understanding exposure levels andensuring testing is avoided if thresholdsof exposure are not met, and developingassays for toxicological endpoints are allviable and practical applications.

The NAVS continues to apply pressure tothe European Chemicals Agency andregulators to ensure alternative methodsare promoted and taken up. Europeaninitiatives, such as OSIRIS3 which bringstogether 31 partners from 14 Europeancountries, are vital in developingintegrated testing strategies for REACH.Projects like this should increase the useof non-animal testing information forregulatory decision making, and canfurther cut animal testing.1. http://echa.europa.eu/reach_en.asp 2. http://www.navs.org.uk/media_centre/35/0/823/ 3. www.osiris-reach.eu

June 2007 saw the new EuropeanChemical testing regime known asREACH (Registration, Evaluation,Authorisation and restriction ofChemicals) brought into force requiring allchemicals distributed within and importedinto the EU to be tested1. Thiscondemned up to 38 million animals to beused in toxicity tests2. We campaignedhard for the use of alternatives, datasharing, and review of testing proposals,successfully seeing the projected deathtoll cut by 30 million animals. But thereremains much to do with an estimated at8-9 million animals still being used.

Many new non-animal alternatives totoxicity-testing experiments still requirevalidation. It is vital that Europeaninitiatives to develop and accelerate theimplementation of alternatives areadopted. Alternative methods such as

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Gorilla poaching exposedA report by EndangeredSpecies Internationalhighlights that in theRepublic of Congo, at least300 gorillas are sold tomarkets each year in thecountry. Our ‘My Mate’s aPrimate’ campaigncontinues to target thethreats to primates –including bush-meat.

Plucking of downHungary and Poland continue topractice the plucking of down from livegeese, despite the fact that thiscontravenes European legislation.Despite a string of complaints to theCommission, the Hungarian andPolish authorities claim to havedetected no wrongdoing. TheCommission is looking into whethergeese can be farmed for their feathers“without causing any unnecessarypain, suffering or injury”.

Cat & dog furThe EuropeanCommission iscollectinginformation onenforcement ofthe regulationbanning the trade ofcat and dog fur. Thiscomes amid concernsthat certain countries –Spain in particular – are failing to takeeffective action to prevent items madewith cat and dog fur from entering themarket from Asia, primarily China.Items such as children’s toys, shoes,and cat figures are reportedly carryingmisleading or confusing labeling suchas ‘sobaki’, ‘Asian jackal’, ‘Chinesewolf’ and ‘Asian desert dog’ to concealthe true origin.

Warfare experimentsOn St Valentine’s day, wefeatured in The Peoplenewspaper highlighting thescandal that the number ofmonkeys used at Porton Downhas increased from 54, in 2005,to 149 in 2009 - a massiveincrease of 176% in four years1. 1. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100209/text/100209w0001.htm

Groundbreakingvivisection lawsproposed for BelgiumOur Head of Parliamentary Affairs, HelderConstantino, represented the LordDowding Fund at a press conference in theFlemish Parliament in November, wheretwo laws initiated by the Flemish GreenParty were unveiled. One would ban allcommercial animal testing and provideextra funding to the development of non-animal research techniques. The campaign was initiated by Belgium’sStop Dier Proeven Coalitie and we willcontinue to give it our full support andhope that these two complementary piecesof legislation will both be secured. Thecosmetics testing ban has shown thatlegislation can be used to end commercialinertia when it comes to replacing animaltesting. Once the EU Directive on animaltesting is finalised, all Member States willhave to update their legislation. It is hopedthat there will be other examples whereclear steps are actually taken to replaceanimal experiments. We will keep youinformed of progress in Belgium.

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We launched freetilly.net, to enablesupporters to oppose marine mammalshows by signing our pledge. Tilly wasfilmed by an ADI field officer at SeaWorld, Orlando prior to the fatal attackthis year. This features in our short film

The tragic death of a trainer at SeaWorldOrlando highlighted how inappropriate itis to confine animals like whales toentertain people. ADI responded with anew website, video and online pledge.

The whale, Tilikum (Tilly), was captured25 years ago and has since spent his lifeswimming around tiny pools. In the wild,Tilly would have lived with thirty or morewhales and together they might haveroamed over a hundred miles each day.Instead each day, he swims around asmall tank and performs the same tricksday after day to entertain people.

“Animal Tragedy.HumanTragedy” whichcan be viewedat freetilly.net.


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Action Alert: please visit freetilly.net today and pledge to oppose marine mammal shows.

Presentations by ADI Directors JanCreamer and Tim Phillips were wellreceived at the Performing AnimalWelfare Society (PAWS) conference inCalifornia, which brought together animalcampaigners, zoos and sanctuaries.

The first presentation, “The PerfectStorm: How Bolivia banned animalcircuses”, reviewed our investigation, thecampaign leading to the ban and ourwork to rescue animals as a result.Later Tim presented a round-up of globalprogress on legislation to ban animalcircuses, including Brazil, Colombia,Peru, Chile, Greece, Portugal, Norway,and the threats to the Austrian ban – atestament to the impact of our StopCircus Suffering campaign. Jan thenpresented the UK situation as a casestudy of the obstacles to even the mosteffective campaign. She outlined the 18year ADI campaign, highlighting ourinvestigations, including the Chipperfieldand prosecutions; the broken promises;the passage of the Animal Welfare Act;

the machinations that had derailedprogress; and the ADI investigation ofthe Great British Circus in 2009 thatprompted Government action. The nextday included a presentation of ADI’s USinvestigations and campaigns.

Professor Patricia McEachern, Ph.D. ofthe Dorothy Jo Barker Endowment ofAnimal Rights at Drury Universityoutlined the course on animal rightsestablished by former TV presenter BobBarker. Professor McEachern concludedthe list of course topics by saying thatthe work of ADI would from now on beincluded.

A detailed report and photographs of theconference is available on our website.www.ad-international.org/adi_usa/

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Jan Creamer addresses the Summit forElephants which was held inside one of thePAWS ARK2000 elephant sheds in California.

Bands support StopCircus SufferingColombian rock bands El Sie7e and LaPestilencia gave a very public display ofsupport to our Stop Circus SufferingCampaign at a concert in Bogotá with anaudience of over 5000 fans.

ADI set up a stand at the venue, and ADISouth America Campaigns CoordinatorJuan Pablo Olmos joined the groups onstage during the concert.

In front of an ADI display, Julián Urrego,lead vocalist of El Sie7e, asked fans notto go to circuses with animals and urgedthe Colombian Congress to support BillNo. 054/09 to ban theuse of animals incircuses.

El Sie7e wore ADI T-shirts in support ofthe campaign.Looking good!

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The latest statistics available onanimal testing by EU member statesshow that Spain used the mostanimals for the testing of householdproducts in 2005 (having used 560animals in total), followed by France(299 animals), and then Denmark(185 animals). The same statisticsreported the UK as using 21 animals,but the Home Office statistics for 2008show we used 132 animals forhousehold-product testing in 2008.

Seal product updateCanada, Icelandand Norwayarechallengingthe EC banon the tradeof sealproducts,claiming itviolatescommercial law.While Russia havestopped their seal hunt to comply as aresult, Canada, Iceland and Norwayhave appealed to the World TradeOrganization, in the hopes ofcontinuing their hunt. If they areunsuccessful, the ban could set aprecedent for more animal-welfarerelated barriers being introducedwithout the fear of clashing with lawsadvocating free trade.

Threat to environmentalprogress Both corporations and environmentalgroups have been accused of carryingout cynical misinformation campaignsin a new paper published in thejournal Biotropica. While palm oilmarketing groups have been roundlycriticized for misleading the public ontheir environmental credentials,activist groups have also been foundguilty of exaggerating claims ofenvironmental misconduct in order toboost fundraising efforts. The authorswarn that such campaigns "hinderconservation outcomes through theerosion of positive public perceptionand the creation of consumer apathy."

substitute, so the animals suffer amiserable existence.

Some species can live for up to 30 years- keeping such an animal in a homeenvironment leads to inevitable suffering.

In January DEFRA published a "Code ofPractice for the Welfare of Privately KeptNon-Human Primates" as required bySection 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006These state that "Primates should not beconsidered as pets in the accepted senseof the word: they are not species that canbe treated as part of the family in the waya cat or dog might be. They are wildundomesticated animals that cannot behouse-trained or fully tamed."

Primate petsIn December we presented a poster at aHouse of Commons reception hosted byWild Futures to highlight the plight ofprimate pets, and gain support for anEarly Day Motion calling for restrictionson private ownership of primates.

Our poster featured Kodak the capuchinand Alice and Kye, two macaques, tohighlight the suffering caused by the pettrade. We revealed how primates for thepet trade are torn as infants from theirparents. We showed the importance ofsocial contact with their own species.Intermittent human contact is no

In November 2009, India’s Central ZooAuthority (CZA) issued an order to zoosthat their elephants should be sent tonational parks, sanctuaries or reserveswith immediate effect.

The circular is reported to state thathousekeeping in zoos causes trauma toelephants. Very few zoos in the countryhave adequate space to permit freemovement of animals (many are keptchained for long periods). The financialresponsibility of zoos for the care of theanimals was highlighted and it was notedthat, in some instances, elephants are athreat to visitors.

According to media reports, aspokesperson of the Ministry said:“CZA's order is binding on all zoos.Elephants are large animals and requirea large area to move about freely. Theenvironment of a zoo can be veryrestrictive.”

The reports add that the ban will extendto circuses in India, as they have beencategorised as zoos and brought underthe jurisdiction of the CZA in 2003. Theimplementation of the circular hasalready started, although some zooshave opposed and raised concerns overits enforcement.

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It is one of the most complex and challenging rescue operations thatwe have undertaken and it follows one of our most successfulcampaigns – the ban on animal circuses in Bolivia. The past monthshave seen intense activity in the UK, USA and Bolivia to ensure thatthe animals will soon be starting new lives, free from the circus.It is vital that we show that the Bolivian ban can be effectively implemented, and we must save as many animals as we can from theterrible suffering we have exposed in South American circuses. We have built facilties to hold the animals both temporary in Bolivia,and permanent homes in California; we have addressed regulatory and veterinary issues; and we are finalising preparations to flythese lucky animals to freedom. This incredible operation has been made possible by the generosity of former US TVpresenter Bob Barker – we are extremely grateful.

We are committed, as always, to caring for these animals for the rest of their lives. We also need toprepare for other circuses closing as the ban is implemented. We must show that we cansecure bans on animal circuses and save the animals – wherever they are in the world.So we need your support as well.

The animals were handed over to us in the circus beastwagon in which they hadalways lived. When dealing with animals like lions and baboons we have to ensurepublic safety. We hired security to protect people and the animals – unbelieveably,some people turned up to throw stones at them!

ADI vet, Mel Richardson, flew to Bolivia to assess the animals and give thevaccinations required for their life-changing journey. They are monitoredregularly by local vets in consultation with Mel.

We then began the simultaneous tasks of constructing aquarantine pen, organising transport, securing homes for thelions and baboon and commencing construction on those.

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BolivianCircus Rescue:Preparing the animals to fly!

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Above: ADI vet Dr.Mel Richardsonvaccinates one of thelions. Inset: Tilin thebaboon.

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We constructed a quarantine facility andthe animals were safely moved into this.Only Tilin the baboon took his timewalking into the crate that was used totransfer him; the lions strode straightdown the ramp and into the new facility.

The facility is smaller than we hadproposed, but nevertheless it is animprovement on their beastwagon, it issafe and secure and we are countingdown to their move to real freedom.

Tilin will be coming to the UK and we areconstructing a quarantine pen andenclosure for him at the Lakeviewprimate sanctuary – also home to therescued lab monkeys (see p3). ADI willfund Tilin’s care for life.

The lions will be going to the PerformingAnimal Welfare Society (PAWS) Ark2000Sanctuary in California. Although worldrenowned for their care of elephants,PAWS also have a large number of big

cats and other animals. ADI hascampaigned alongside PAWS and weare delighted to be in partnership withthem to save these lions. ADI is fundingthe construction of a state of the arthabitat for the lions with sleepingquarters, feeding areas and a hugenatural enclosure set on a hillside to givethem views across the valley. ADI will befunding the care for these animals –feeding, veterinary, staffing – for the restof their lives which we all hope will bemany years. As PAWS founders PatDerby and Ed Stewart said to the recentSummit for Elephants, “ADI don’t just askfor help and then walk away, theyabsolutely step up.” In turn we are proudtop be to working with PAWS.

We are gearing up to the move and lookforward to reporting in the next issue thesight of these mighty animals striding outin the Californian countryside.

This is a complex and expensive rescuebut it is a very important one. This iswhere we show that circuses can bebanned and the animals saved. Again,we cannot overstate our gratitude to BobBarker for making this operationpossible. However, we urgently needyour support to ensure that we can carefor these animals for as long as they live.We also need to be ready to help otheranimals as we close down circuses. Forthe individual animals this is a wonderfulrescue and a new chance at life. Butthis is also a step towards eradicating avile and cruel industry.

Please send a donation to help withthis and other rescue operations.

Adopt Tilin the baboon and theBolivian lions. Our adoption schemeis vital for raising funds for theongoing care of our animals.

ADI Director LisaMitchinson and ADIvet Mel Richardsonprepare treatmentsfor the cats; Bambekand Daktari in theADI quarantinefacility.

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Building the ADI lionenclosure atARK2000, California.Night quarters andfeeding pens at thetop open into thehillside enclosurewith huge face.

Top right: Pat Derby,of PAWS, overseeingconstruction; EdStewart of PAWS,ADI Directors TimPhillips and JanCreamer and ADI vetDr. Mel Richardsonreview progress.

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It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death ofTarzan, our last beloved tiger in South Africa. He enjoyedthree precious years of freedom in the African bush thanks tothe kindness and generosity of ADI supporters.

When we rescued Tarzan from a rusting circus cage in Portugal hewas malnourished and in a poor condition, but his character shonethrough. During our journey to Africa he remained relaxed, rollingplayfully on his back, looking up with his big eyes whenever weapproached. Even in his big enclosure he would rush to seepassersby, rolling over with his big paws in the air.

Tarzan was much older than we had been led to believe but heenjoyed his freedom right to the end, and our vet concluded thathe simply died of old age. He flourished in the sunshine in theAfrican bush, becoming powerful and quick enough to catch wildvultures that tried to steal his food. He would prowl through thelong grass, and swim or lie in his pool. A wonderful, loveablerogue who will be sorely missed.

Although sad that his time in the sunshine could not have beenlonger, of the many animals we encounter in circuses, Tarzan wasone of the lucky ones. Every moment of freedom, of lying in thesunshine was precious. Thank you so much to those whosupported him during those years with us.

We also lost another friend from that rescue – ProfessorDavid Meltzer. We extend our condolences to the friends andfamily of the Prof who died last year.

We began working with Prof in 1996 on our rescue in Mozambiquewhen we saved every animal from the Akef Egyptian Circus – sixlions, three tigers, a python, three horses and five dogs. Heremained involved in the care of three of those lions for the rest oftheir lives. In 2005, he was the vet in charge when we moved our,elderly tigers, Mowgli and Shere Khan after the sanctuary theywere living in was lost in a land claim. Then in 2007, he was thesupervising vet during our relocation of Tarzan, Sarah, and Caesarfrom Portugal to South Africa, and he continued to care for them.

It is with great sadness that we say farewell to someone whosegood humour and professionalism made him such a pleasure towork with on these complex and testing operations. ADI and the

animals will miss him.

Freedom in sight for OrlanditoAfter an agonising wait, we have the permits andaclimatisation pen ready for Orlandito, three othercapuchins and two tamarins. They will be transferred byaircraft to the release site and live in the pen briefly before

being released wearing radio collars. The monkeys were allrescued from the illegal pet trade.

Fond Farewells: Tarzan & David

URGENT: Help care for them – adopt a rescued animalour adoption scheme is vital for the long term care of the animals we have rescued and for ensuring we cansave more animals in the future. Adopters receive a beautiful certificate with a drawing of your animal, Toto Newsour adoption newsletter, and the Big Cat Rescue or Toto Goes Home DVD! All for a monthly donation of £4. Wemake a lifetime commitment to care for these animals but we cannot do it without you.

You can choose to adopt: Sarah & Caesar our lions rescued from a Portuguese circus; Toto thechimpanzee we rescued from a Chilean circus; our three rescued laboratory monkeys (see p3); Tilin ourrescued circus baboon; orlandito and chums the pet trade monkeys on their way back to the wild; and ourBolivian lions. Please complete the adoption form with this magazine.

ADI & NAVS The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Spring/Summer 2010

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roaring success of last year’s gig, local artists in theSouthend area are once again uniting against thetouring Great British Circus to support ADI’s StopCircus Suffering campaign. Raising awareness ofcircus suffering, and featuring fourteen different bandsover the day, all proceeds raised will be donated toADI. If you’re in the area over the bank holiday, jointhem for a great day out!

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Sue Hughes, from Cambridge, held an ADI Stop Circus Suffering information stall and wasfeatured on BBC Radio Cambridge speaking about the reality of circus suffering! Well done Sue!

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Kid’s CompetitionWe are looking for budding youngwriters who love animals to enterour kids’ poetry competition!even if you’ve never written apoem, give it a go. Write aboutany animal, in as many words as

you like. The winner will feature in ournext issue, and receive the great bookof animal poems, ‘Give us a chance!’.

The competition is open to all primaryschool children. Just send yourpoem, name, age and address to: ADI, Millbank Tower, Millbank, London,SW1P 4QP, or by email: [email protected]

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Our thanks for the poems sent in by teacher Aoife HealyofRockboro School, Hillsboro, Boreenmanna Road, Cork,Eire. Here’s one from by Peter Matthews of Class J6 (Holly, Robert,James, Brian, Oscar, Thomas, Tim, Aoife, Abby, Daisey, Eamon, Zoe,Daniel, Phillip, Hayley, David, Emmit, and Peter).


In memory of Andrea WaddellThe Lord Dowding Fund (LDF)would like to thank the friends andfamily of Andrea Waddell for theirdonation towards humane research,made in her memory. Andrea wasdevoted to helping animals andhumans, and made a positivedifference to the lives of manyduring her short life.

We are honoured to know our work is so highly thought of. It is always sadwhen suffering animals have lost a dear friend, but encouraging to knowanimals in the future will be saved from the kind gestures of others. (Pictured above, left to right: Andrea’s parents, Robin and Sonia; LDF Head of Research JessamyKorotoga; Andrea’s brother, Nick.)

each year, we gather together tothank our active supporters who’vecollected, organised events, providedmany years of support and helped inspecial ways. Reward badges werepresented by Chief Executive, JanCreamer to supporters who had gone thatextra mile for animals.


NAVS & ADI

Our exposé of the horrific abuse ofelephants at the Great British Circusput wild animals in circuses back onthe political agenda, leading to aformal public consultation whichclosed in March with overwhelmingsupport for a ban on wild animals incircuses. Defra Minister Labour’sJim Fitzpatrick has indicated that hewill pursue a ban but the GeneralElection has put this in limbo.

In September, we greeted delegates tothe Labour Party with an ADI informationstand. During October and Novemberwe participated in a Defra’s RegulatoryImpact Assessment on a ban on wildanimals in circuses. We assessed theimplications of a ban, the cost of trainingan inspector, rehoming animals andanalysed the economic benefitsof a ban.

Despite the ongoingdialogue, the

Department of Culture, Media and Sports(DCMS) planned to oppose a ban on theuse of animals in circuses over claimsabout the impact on the broaderentertainment industry. We madedetailed submissions to Defra andDCMS showing such claims to beunfounded and ADI Campaigns Director,Tim Phillips addressed the matter forMPs at the Associate ParliamentaryGroup for Animal Welfare (APGAW)meeting in October.

In December, Defra launched a 3-monthpublic consultation with 20 detailedquestions on the use of non-domesticated animals in circuses.Questions included whether any speciesof wild animal should be used in circusesthrough to whether circuses should be

allowed to selfregulate.

ADI submitted a full responseto the consultation providingscientific, political and legalarguments in support of a ban.We also undertook activities toengage people in the consultation.

Online we provided a detailed analysis ofthe questions, and produced postcardswith the consultations questions. Wepromoted our cards through themedawareness stands across London.When the Chinese new year heralded“The Year of the Tiger” we were on thestreets of Chinatown handing out specialvegan fortune cookies with a special“year of the tiger, ban wild animals incircuses” message inside.

The consultation closed on March 15and we followed this with a presentationto Minister Jim Fitzpatrick of a report onthe abuse of the elephants at the GreatBritish Circus. Defra announced theresults for over 10,000 respondents tothe Consultation:

� 95.5% believe that no species of wild

animal are acceptable in circuses.

� 94.5% support a ban on the use of

wild animals in travelling circuses asthe best option to achieve betterwelfare standards.

� 84% believe that animals should be

re-homed in zoos or sanctuaries.

� 96% think that travelling circuses

should be prevented from obtainingfurther wild animals.

� 96.5% think inspectors

should undertakeunannounced inspections oftravelling circuses.

The Minister told ADI“We are minded to banwild animals fromtravelling circuses onthe back of theconsultation, given

weight of public opinion.With the evidence we have, we

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animals in UK circuses94%

Clockwise: DefraMinister JimFitzpatrick receivesthe ADI report fromAnimals inEntertainmentCampaignerAlexandra Cardenasand announcesplans for a ban.

Elephant abuse atthe Great BritishCircus;

ADI Consultationpostcard;

Supporters atTendring Councilback the ban.

One of theelephants with theGreat British Circuslast year. Theywere displayed in asmall paddock forthe public butbehind the scenesthey were chainedfor over ten hours aday and viciouslyabused.

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Stop Circus Sufferingfeel it is inappropriate for wild animalsto be performing tricks in travellingcircuses… we’re very clearly sayingas a Labour government that we willlegislate against wild animals

performing in travelling circuses …ADI have been lobbying for thissome considerable time. I hope it iswelcome news, we certainly think itis.”

ADI contacted all political parties andcandidates during the election to asktheir position. As we go to pressLabour and the LiberalDemocrats have said they will

ban wild animals in circuses. Thegreens support a ban on all animalacts. The Conservatives haveindicated they will not support a ban –despite support from individual MPs,such Mark Pritchard, MP for the Wrekin.

Our thanks to Jayne Coombs from theElephant and Castle Shopping Centre,Marion Garnett from the Ealing AnimalWelfare Bazaar, Richard Bailey from“bannerco.co.uk” and Penny Noakes andJeanie Elford.

It is vital you write to your newlyelected MP and ask that progresstowards a ban continues. Write tothem today at: House of Commons,London SW1A 0AA.

Local victories In October, Wandsworth Councilextended a ban on wild animals inshows to all the Borough’s parks andopen spaces. ADI Chief Executive,Jan Creamer, addressed theEnvironment and Leisure Committee,followed by the Great British Circuswho unsuccessfully attempted todefend their industry. TendringCouncil passed a motion byCouncillor Lawrie Payne, that noanimal circus is allowed on councilland if there is reasonable doubt thatthe animals’ needs are met.

When Ringling Brothers, Barnumand Bailey Circus embarked on theirfirst European tour ADI was thereto meet them.

Our world wide investigations of animalcircuses reveal that a huge number ofcircus workers have witnessed shockingscenes – like those we have caught onfilm. We used the Ringlings’ Europeantour, as a platform for a newwhistleblower campaign, urgingwitnesses (both circus workers andvisitors) to speak out against animalsuffering.

We stormed a high profile media trailacross Europe with new campaignmaterials and events to coincide withRinglings’ arrival in each town.

Our field officers had been to New Yorkto check out the Ringlings’ showbefore it headed to Italy –although we later confirmed thatanimals were to be rented in Italy(undermining the Ringlings’ claimthat their animal acts are special).

Next, Tom Rider, an ex circusemployee, was called in to makea special appeal for circusworkers to report cruelty. Tomhad worked with Ringling BrothersBarnum and Bailey Circus,

Carson and Barnes, and Circus Barelli.In 2000 he travelled by boat from the USto Spain with a Chipperfield Enterpriseselephant act from Ringlings. He thentravelled to Holland, Germany andFrance.

Using footage from all of these circusesand suppliers, ADI prepared a newvideo “Don’t look the other way, speakout against circus suffering”, featuringTom. Leaflets, posters and videos wereproduced in English, Spanish and Italian.

Italy: As Ringlings swept into town,thecampaign was unveiled in Milan with apress conference screening the videoand addressed by Marina Berati of AgireOra, ADI Head of Parliamentary AffairsHelder Constantino and Tom Rider. Ahuge media turnout secured national TVand print coverage. That evening we

ADI circus whistleblowercampaign hits Italy and Spain

Tom Rider and ADI’sAlexandra Cardenassurrounded by pressin Seville.

Below: MarinaBerati of AgireOra,Massimo Tettamanti(scientist whoopposes circuses)and Tom Rider andHelder Constantinoof ADI at the Milanpress conference;

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Top: The Sevillepress confernecewith Tom Rider,AlexandraCardenas of ADI,JonathanTorralba ofAnimaNaturalis,and Maria Rojoof the GreenParty.

Below:CouncillorRaquel Lopez atthe Madrid pressconference.

Below: OurSpanish leafletand Italianposter.

On the Trail of Krissy & Queenie (Boo)In the USA, we continue to push for the release of the elephants

Krissy and Queenie who we filmed being abused during our undercoverinvestigation of Bailey Brothers Circus. As we go to press, Queenie (alsoknown as Boo) has been sold by Wilbur Davenport to San Antonio Zoo. Adevastating blow since it was hoped that the USDA would seize Queenie andretire her to the PAWS ARK2000 sanctuary. The other elephants owned byWilbur Davenport, Tina and Jewel, were seized last year (see last issue).Whilst the move of Tina and Jewel was heralded as a victory, Queenie isnot so lucky. She will be in isolation at San Antonio in a very smallenclosure. Former TV presenter Bob Barker has made an impassioned pleafor Boo/Queenie to be sent to the PAWS ARK2000 sanctuary – ADI is backing this call.

Meanwhile, Krissy continues to be used by the Swain family, who live close to theDavenports in Texas, for elephant rides. An ADI team has been monitoring the activityof the Swains for several months, filming and trailing them in several states. Ourpicture above shows Krissy chained up waiting to be used at the Texas RanaissanceFair near Houston. Despite being told by the USDA that Mike Swain, who hadviciously beaten Krissy and kicked her in the face, was no longer working with theelephants, ADI has filmed Swain with the elephants at multiple locations - includingusing a bullhook on them. We have submitted a new dossier to the USDA and we areinsisting that a new investigation is launched.

There’s nothing magicalabout animal miseryAs the Fercos Brothers Magic Show opened theirChristmas season at Planet Hollywood Las Vegaswe released a new video – ‘Animal Misery isn’tMagic’.

The video evidence collected by our field officersduring the Fercos Brothers’ tour of SouthAmerica. It shows a black leopard, a lion and atiger living in tiny cages and how, when these

magnificent animals are used in the show, they are crammed into even smaller cages.The Vegas shows, “Untamed Illusions” featured exotic animals including a Bengal tiger,a white Siberian tiger, a lion, and a black leopard.

In 2008, the Fercos Brothers were blocked from taking any animals into Boliviabecause of bans on performing animals in several major cities secured by ADI. TheFercos shows went ahead without animals and the magicians showed that performinganimals weren’t needed for a successful show.

demonstratedoutside the circusand distributed ourleaflets. Since thelaunch, ADI andAgireOra havecontinued thecampaign, focussingon all circuses.

Spain: By the timeRinglings reached Spain theyhad already cancelled theGerman leg of their tour. Wegreeted their first date in Sevillewith a press conference hostedby the Seville Green Party, andaddressed by ADI Animals inEntertainment Campaigner

Alexandra Cardenas (a Spanish speaker),Jonathan Torralba AnimaNaturalis, MariaRojo from the Seville Green Party, localgroup Colectivo Andaluz contra el Maltratoanimal (CACMA) and Tom Rider.

The event was packed with journalists, andfootage of the conference was broadcastnationally all day. In the evening, ADI andAnimaNaturalis held a successfuldemonstration at the circus and handed outhundreds of leaflets.

We remained in the media whenever thecircus moved to a new location. With thetour clearly starting to crumble Ringlingscancelled the shows in Valencia – Spain’ssecond biggest city.

In Madrid, Ringlings were greeted by anADI event at the City Council hosted byCouncillor Raquel Lopez from the UnitedLeft Party. The location was selected aspart of a drive to secure a city-wide ban on

animal circuses. We achievedhuge coverage – once again theevent was screened all day onnational television – and followedthis with an ADI/AnimaNaturalisdemonstration outside Ringlings.

Even as the tour concluded wecontinued to get coverage for thecampaign, with Tom appearingon various talk shows in Spain.

our thanks to Aida Gascón,Raquel López, AdrianElliot, EduardoFuentes, María TeresaRojo, Carlos Sosa,Isabel Bermejo and ourcolleagues at AgireOra,AnimaNaturalis, andHumanity ThroughEducation.


Krissy the elephant chained up at the Texas Renaissance Fair near Houston.

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Keeping the campaign fora ban on course in Peru

A series of ADI events have highlighted the need forthe final discussion on the bill to ban animals incircuses in Peru – with our inflatable elephant evenmaking an appearance in the Congress, we certainlycaught people’s attention! Our team met with thePresident of the Congress Luis Alva Castro and theheads of the Commissions reviewng the Bill. Westaged a dramatic Stop Circus Suffering photographyexhibition in the Congress (poster pictured on the left)and launched a public petition requesting that the bill beput on the agenda. The petition was signed by cross partyparliamentarians and will be presented to the President ofthe Congress. As we go to press we are embarking on amajor push for the legislation.

Colombian Bill to ban circusesThe bill to ban the use of animals in circuses will be discussed in the

Congress in a public hearing this year and ADI will make a presentation. We held aninformation stand in Simon Bolivar Public Park and handed thousands of Stop CircusSuffering leaflets.

Brazil: Key animal circus battlegroundLast year, the bill to ban animals in travelling circuses was approved in the

Commission for Constitution, Justice and Citizenship of the Chamber of Deputies.Deputy Ricardo Tripoli defended its conformity with the Constitution. The bill will nowbe discussed in the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies. We are preparing a newBrazilian campaign video for launch in May.

Agência de Notícias de Direitos Animais (ANDA), is aBrazilian animal rights news agency which has rapidlygrown to play a major role in disseminating informationabout animal protection issues. ADI’s representative inBrazil,

Antoniana Ottoni, has been givena permanent column on theirrespected website www.anda.jor.brwhich is visited by more than180,000 users a month. ADI isdelighted with this new partnershipand warmly thanks ANDA for thisopportunity.

Another bright piece of news isthat the state of Espirito Santo hasbanned all animals in circuses.

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Portugal Victory: Two ministerialdecrees restricting the use of greatapes in circuses (Decree 211/2009), andbanning the acquisition and breeding ofCITES listed species (Decree 1226/2009)were issued in September and October.The latter will include lions, tigers, bears,seals and elephants. Effectively this phasesout wild animals in Portuguese circuses.

Austria & the eU: A challenge viathe European Ombudsman to theproportionality of the Austrian banon the use of wild animals in circuses wasrejected by the European Commissionsaying that animal protection in circusesshould be left to member states. ADI made adetailed submission highlighting examples ofMember States making unilateral lawsregarding animal welfare or other ethicalissues. The Ombudsman has criticised theCommission but says no further action isjustified as the Circus Association ischallenging the ban in the Austrian nationalcourts.

Norway: A proposal to ban the useof kangaroos, zebras, sea-lions andelephants in circuses and the timeto implement this is under consideration.

Ireland: Stop Circus Sufferingdemos with ARAN have been heldin Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway,Wexford and Dublin.

greece: ADI campaigning partner,the Greek Animal Welfare Fund(GAWF) is lobbying the Ministry ofAgriculture and Foods to introducelegislation to ban the use of animals incircuses. In March, GAWF campaignerEvgenia Mataragka met with junior ministersto discuss the initiative.

Bolivia: ADI is working with theBolivian authorities on regulations toimplement the circus ban and weare relocating animals (see p17).

Lebanon: Almost 15 years after ADI seizedall of their animals, the Egyptian Circus Akefillegally entered Lebanon en route to theMonte Carlo Circus Festival. ADI suppliedAnimals Lebanon copies of documents fromour 1996 rescue, highlighting fraudulentdocumentation and they ran an excellentcampaign which persuaded the LebaneseMinister of Agriculture to order the circus toleave the country.

ADI South America Co-ordinator JuanPablo Olmos gives a TV interview at

the Peruvian Congress - AlexandraCardenas is holding a giant campaign

postcard signed by members ofCongress; the ADI inflatable elephant

inside the Congress.

Below: We exposed how this elephantwas left chained in a noisy tent in a

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Research Without Animals


The voice of the conscientiousobjector is sadly still a component ofmany teaching laboratories in europe,where animals are still widely used foreducational purposes, disregardingthe available alternatives and thewishes of many students.

The latest EU statistics(from 2005, when therewere 25 member states) onanimal experiments statethat, for education andtraining, 198,994 animalswere used. This figurerepresents 1.6% of the totalEuropean animal use and isapproaching the percentage ofanimals used in diseasediagnosis. The statistics fail tohighlight the application divide ofthis staggering figure but detail thenumbers of each species used;

most commonly rats and mice are used,followed by fish, amphibians, rabbits,pigs, and cattle. Importantly, the EUstatistics do not include animals killedhumanely for their tissues or the re-useof animals for procedures. Both of thesemajor evasions mean the statistics, asthey stand, fail to accurately representthe extent of animal use in education.

Typically, experiments carried out inschools and university-level learningenvironments include dissections to

supplement the theoretical knowledgebeing taught. Animals are also used toteach experimental procedures i.e.learning and practising laboratory skillsor surgical techniques. In some cases itis the animals’ tissues that are used assurrogates for human tissues whenexperimental data is required.

Alternatives to the use of animals ineducation are varied and plentiful. From3D models and mechanical simulators,interactive videos, computer simulationsand virtual reality applications to in vitrostudies on cell lines. Videos takeviewers on a journey through the humanbody and dissection videos exist for ahost of different species. The lifetime ofthese applications is endless, studentscan rewind and replay; impossible withanimal dissections4, 5. Student self-experimentation is also a viablealternative for physiological experimentsand can create a memorable learningexperience. Computer assisted learning(CAL) is an application promoted by LDFdue to the successful collaboration withProfessor David Dewhurst, who says“..alternatives, in many instances,provide more effective teaching andlearning than the laboratory practicalwhich they replace”.

Such alternatives are more humane andresearch has shown they are just aseffective in meeting learning objectives.

Computer-based labs have resulted inequivalent or significantly better testscores than animal dissections1, 2. Whilstanimals can generally only be usedonce, alternatives offer an unambiguousand positive learning experience wherenegative data and unsuccessfulexperiments are not an issue.Economical arguments also favouralternatives; a one-off purchase of acomputer or simulation package is moreeconomically viable than the continualpurchase of animal specimens3.

In an age where we should bedeveloping cutting-edge and advancedscience, that is built on strong ethical

Right: A ReCALcomputer assistedlearning disectionsimulation.

Above: LDF’sannual publicationNew Science.

Far right: ProfessorDavid Dewhurst.

Below: A brain scanfrom the MRIscanner at AstonUniversity.

Below right:Professor PaulFurlong.

The well established and successfulcollaboration that LDF maintains withProfessor Paul Furlong at AstonUniversity will be extended, as fundingis granted for a further five years.Research will be supplemented by

subsidising specific scanning hours,allowing the development andimprovement of cutting-edgeneuroimaging techniques, includingMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging(FMRI), Magnetic ResonanceSpectroscopy (MRS) and DiffusionTensor Imaging (DTI).

The areas of research that LDF will befunding include epilepsy and cognitivefunction, allowing increasedunderstanding of the cognitive processesof brain function in health and disease.Traditionally, invasive animalexperiments were used for suchresearch, yielding data that is not directlyapplicable to humans as well as beingscientifically questionable.

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foundations, it is disappointingthat such a wasteful use ofanimals is still occurring despitethe pool of available alternativesready for uptake. For Europeanscience to reflect the views ofEU citizens, be economical,competitive and of a high qualitythe area of animal use ineducation needs to be, and canbe, rapidly addressed at an EU-wide level. The hurdlespreventing such a seeminglytrouble-free switch, whether dueto a lack of awareness from theteaching staff or a lack ofresources, will be identified byProfessor Dewhurst in a newLDF-funded EU survey. It isvital that the training of futurescientists about compassion,

ethics and animal replacement,benefiting both humans and animals,should be at the core of EU education. References: 1. Kinzie, M.B., et al (1993). Journal of Research in ScienceTeaching 30(8):989-1000 2. Leonard, W.H. (1992) Journal of Research inScience Teaching 29(1):93-102 3. www.eurca.org 4.http://oslovet.veths.no/NORINA/ 5. Jukes, N. (2003) From Guinea Pig toComputer Mouse, 2nd Edition, 2003. InterNICHE publication.

Another longstanding grant holder,Professor David Dewhurst at theUniversity of edinburgh, has also beenawarded a new grant for 2010. This willenable the fruition of the ReCAL projectwhich, in 2011, will have spanned a time-honoured LDF collaboration of 25 years.The grant will be used for the ReCAL 2project, to enhance the impact ofcomputer-based alternatives to animaluse in teaching biomedical sciences, andwill allow wide dissemination and uptakeof the program. Professor Dewhurst andhis team of researchers are alsoperforming an LDF-funded EU-widesurvey on animal use and alternatives inhigher education as a basis for makingtargeted changes to the future use ofanimals in education in Europe.

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