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Joanna

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) sets out the ways the public can get access to information held by the Government. This includes information held by the Home Office, Universities and other bodies about animal experimentation.

There are a number of exemptions for the FOIA including one that says if another law bans information from being given out, then the FOIA doesn’t apply to that.

Unfortunately, this applies to animal experiments. Because Section 24 of the Animal (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 stops the Home Office giving out information about experiment licences which researchers want to keep secret, we can’t use the FOIA to get this information.

Lobby your MP
Lobby your local MP.

1:25pm Thursday 12th November 2009

ENFIELD is the first council in the country to use only "cruelty-free" cleaning products.

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), which campaigns to end animal experiments, voiced delight at the decision, made at last night's council meeting.

Councillor Christopher Cole introduced the motion in support of the BUAV's "Clean Up Cruelty" campaign, which seeks to end cruel animal testing for household products and their ingredients.

Enfield is now the first council in the UK whose cleaning contractors can only use BUAV-approved products.

BUAV chief executive Michelle Thew said: “The BUAV congratulates Enfield Council and its residents in taking this important stance.

"We urge other councils throughout the UK to adopt a similar position, and support our campaign to end the cruelty and suffering inflicted on animals to test cleaning products."

The BUAV campaign received success in Parliament recently, when all major parties pledged to put a ban on animal testing for household products in their manifestos for the next election.

In 1997 the Government decided to stop granting licences for cosmetics tests on animals, but there is no such prohibition for household products.

The BUAV’s Humane "Cosmetics Standard" and "Household Products Standard" are recognisable by the Leaping Bunny logo, an internationally recognised and patented cruelty-free certification.

For a list of BUAV-approved products, visit www.gocrueltyfree.org.

Cleaning up their act: All Enfield office products must now show this logo to prove they are kind to animals

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You can send them a message:

http://www.enfield.gov.uk/forms/form/15/suggestions_form

Every person counts, these animals have no one but us - and nothing is more important than their lives.
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CALLING ALL ACTIVISTS!

Hi,

We, the National Animal Rights Association (N.A.R.A. - http://www.naracampaigns.org ) will be having protests outside both Charles River Laboratories in Co. Mayo, on Tuesday 24th November. We want to make them the biggest protests the vivisection industry in Ireland has ever seen - but we need your help!

Our first protest will be outside the Charles River Lab. in Carrentrila, Ballina, Co. Mayo. After a few hours there, we'll be heading to the second Charles River Lab., in Glenamoy, Co. Mayo - which is about an hour's drive from Ballina.

Vegan snacks will be provided throughout the day, and please feel free to bring your own megaphones, posters and banners! We are calling on everyone to make this day a success, so we would like to invite not only activists in Ireland, but campaigners from around the world to attend!



Here's the plan for the day:

MEET AT: 8am sharp, Tues. 24th November, outside the Hugh Lane Art Gallery (Parnell Square, Dublin 1) for pick-up.


8.30am, bus packed and passengers onboard, departing Dublin

11.30am/12noon, estimated arrival at Charles River Laboratory in Carrentrila, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

2.30pm, departing Carrentrila, Ballina, Co. Mayo

3.30pm/4pm, estimated arrival at Charles River Laboratory in Glenamoy, Co. Mayo (it's beside the second Corrib Gas terminal)

6pm/6.30pm, departing Glenamoy

9.30pm/10pm, estimated arrival in Dublin, to be dropped off at Hugh Lane Art Gallery on Parnell Square, Dublin 1.



***CHARLES RIVER - THE FACTS:***

Charles River Laboratories, which is one of the biggest animal testing companies in the world, has two research facilities in Ireland. They are located in: Carrentrila, Ballina, Co. Mayo and Glenamoy, Co. Mayo.

They conduct painful, live experiments on animals for the Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Medical Device, Biotechnology and Food Industries in this country.

They are a contract testing business, which means they will test anything, on any animal, for a price. Thousands of animals are experimented on in these labs every year.

Their torturous lives are full of pain, fear, suffering and misery. Any animal that manages to survive an experiment, is killed shortly afterwards.

Animals are bred on site, both for their own use and to sell to universities and other commercial laboratories, and we have been informed by sympathisers that the species used include mice, rats, dogs, cats and horses. Over the years we have also received claims of animal bodies and toxic waste being dumped in the nearby lake, as well as reports of dogs being heard barking and howling for hours on end in breeding sheds.

How could anyone do that to an animal? These people are barbaric animal abusers, and are an absolute disgrace to humanity. Hidden behind closed doors, they have gotten away with this for far to long. But we will not stop until we expose this disgusting industry, and finally put a stop to it.

Animals are sentient beings who deserve the freedom to live a full life in their natural environment. There is absolutely no moral or ethical justification whatsoever for using any animal in this way.

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The animals need you - please be there!


For the animals,

Laura Broxson - +353 (0)86 8729 444

National Animal Rights Association
http://www.naracampaigns.org