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Monkeys around Nottingham

Beth | 16.03.2006 22:14 | Animal Liberation | Education | Health

A troop of Robin Hood and Maid Marian monkeys, were monkeying around the Nottingham Castle and Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, to draw the public’s attention to the plight of primates in laboratories, in Nottingham and other cities throughout the UK and EU.












On Thursday 18th March, a troop of Robin Hood and Maid Marian monkeys , were monkeying around the Nottingham Castle and Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, to draw the public’s attention to the plight of primates in laboratories, in Nottingham and other cities throughout the UK and EU. The stunt is part of a campaign which calls for a ban on primate testing.

Monkeys are used at the University of Nottingham and experiments using primates continue to this day throughout the country, which the BUAV (British Union or the Abolition of Vivisection) believe are ethically unjustifiable and scientifically flawed.

Next of Kin, organised by the BUAV, was launched at the start of August with a petition of 163,000 signatures calling for a total ban on primate testing in the UK handed to 10 Downing Street. It has the support of celebrities Heather Small, Alexei Sayle, sports presenter Helen Chamberlain, actress Jenny Seagrove, and world famous primatologist Jane Goodall.

At the last official count, over 3,000 non-human primates were used in the UK (a rise of 20% on the previous year) with the UK one of the largest users in Europe2. All those procedures are liable to have caused “pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm” and are against the wishes of the general public3. Alternatives are available though, and, contrary to what those in favour of animal testing would lead the public to believe, less than 20% of primate use in laboratories is for medical research, 70% being for the profit of pharmaceutical companies. Ethical concerns and scientific doubts mean neither is justifiable.

After decades, scientists have failed to make significant breakthroughs in treating HIV or AIDS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's disease, or cancer - all human conditions which have been thoroughly, though pointlessly, explored through research on primates An over-reliance on animal experiments has actually hindered medical progress in many areas.

The Next of Kin campaign will raise awareness of the scientific and ethical concerns over experimenting on primates. For more information or to receive the Next of Kin campaign brochure, please contact the BUAV press office on 020 7619 6978 or email  press@buav.org

Statements from scientists:

“What good does it do you to test something in a monkey? You find five or six years from now that it works in the monkeys, anfd then you test it in humans and realise that humans behave totally differently from monkeys, so you’ve wasted fiver years.” Dr Mark Feinberg, leading AIDS researcher

“…the testing of vaccines and drugs in more animals will not be helpful if in the end these animals do not closely resemble humans. Even a vaccine that has 100% efficacy in [non-human primates]… might still be ineffective in humans. Conversely, a proficient vaccine developed in humans might never show benefit in the animal models.” Nath BM et al at the University of Pennsylvania:

Beth

Additions

Primate experimentation at Cambridge University

17.03.2006 22:42

The use of primates in experiments at Cambridge University is controversial, first coming to widespread public attention in the UK following undercover investigations lasting ten months in 1998 by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the results of which were published in 2002.

The investigation showed that marmosets were having parts of their brains sucked or cut out for three research programs. Some of the research was theoretical, aimed at advancing knowledge of the brain, while some of it was applied research, where researchers sought to develop animal models of human illnesses such as Parkinson's disease.

BUAV's investigation revealed incidents regarded by BUAV as examples of animal abuse, which BUAV said indicates that animals are inadequately protected by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. After a review by the government's Chief Inspector of Animals dismissed many of the allegations, BUAV applied to the High Court for judicial review. One of the issues the court will be asked to examine are the rules and guidance on restricting food and water for laboratory animals in order to make them comply with tests. A decision is expected in the summer of 2006.

ref:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_experimentation_at_Cambridge_University

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  1. Front — Sarah
  2. So we shouldn't bother protesting elsewhere then? — Mr. Humph
  3. A R Campaigning - any time any place — A R Campaigner
  4. I disagree with your stance on animal testing — big s
  5. BUAV-PHONEYS — Tim
  6. Sarah has a point — Shaquila
  7. Troll Shit — Oswald Robert Jameson Jr
  8. Shaquila, what is your point? — Christian
  9. Infiltration of the AV movement — Chris
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