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He's been on hunger strike from yesterday, drinks only water but the worst is that the last night was very cold, it rained all night.

The strike is against a builder of a new Leicester Animal Lab: Willmott Dixon

"ACTIVIST BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE PROTEST

An activist has today begun a hunger strike outside the office of Willmott Dixon in Coleshill in protest at the involvement in the construction of a new animal lab at the University of Leicester.

A local campaigner commented "Midlands Animal Rights activists want to mount the pressure on the company, and a 3 - 5 days hunger strike will start as of Monday 7th June 2010 at 12 noon outside of their site. We are hoping to publicise this in the local press as much as possible in order to expose Willmott Dixon to the public and thus further the pressure on them to pull out of their contract in helping to build the new vivisection laboratory for Leicester University."

Please lend your support by attending, or contacting Willmott Dixon in disgust at their involvement in the new lab:
Chantry House,
High Street,
Coleshill,
Birmingham,
West Midlands
B46 3BP
Tel: 01675 467 666"

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Visit the site for more info and take action to stop the LAB!!!

http://www.noleicesterlab.co.uk

Contact Willmott Dixon on the details below to ask them to stop building the new lab - sample letter below

To Whom It May Concern,

    I write to you to express my concern about the role Willmott Dixon are playing in the construction of Leicester University's new animal laboratory. If Willmott Dixon continue in their role as main Contractor on the project then they will be responsible for the deaths of thousands of animals in the future.
    It is known that Wllmott Dixon management have sent an internal email in which they state the new lab will only be using rodents, this is a blatant lie as Leicester staff have confirmed to protesters that mice, rats, guinea pigs and rabbits will be used initially and then there are plans to use dogs in the future. Willmott Dixon cannot know what the building will be used for in the future and should not risk having anything on their conscience, the only way to do this is to stop your contract with Leicester University immediately.
    The scientific community has expressed large concerns about the reliability of drugs tested on animals as the genetic make up between species is so hugely different and in one study 80% of GP's expressed concerns about the reliability of animal testing, these are the people who will witness the side effects and are in one of the best positions to judge.
    Please Do all you can to get your company to pull out of construction at Leicester University.

Regards,

[insert name]

Block Emails:
JPBlog@forumforthefuture.org.uk,andrew.telfer@inspace.co.uk, john.frankiewicz@willmottdixon.co.uk, rick.willmott@willmottdixon.co.uk, colin.enticknap@inspace.co.uk,andrew.geldard@willmottdixon.co.uk, Andrew.Geldard@willmottdixongroup.co.uk, Wendy.mcwilliams@willmottdixon.co.uk, matthew.pullen@willmottdixon.co.uk, Duncan.canney@willmottdixon.co.uk, Karen.bear@willmottdixon.co.uk, Philippa.lloyd-harris@willmottdixon.co.uk, Lynne.wellington@willmottdixon.co.uk, Phil.green@willmottdixon.co.uk, Norma.sutherland@willmottdixon.co.uk, Heidi.hodgson@willmottdixon.co.uk, Sue.gresswell@willmottdixon.co.uk, Grant.swan@willmottdixon.co.uk

THANK YOU

Hilary Benn (the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) will be taking a decision on the ‘culling’ of badgers in England within the next few weeks.

PLEASE E MAIL HILARY BENN TODAY-EVEN IF YOU HAVE DONE SO BEFORE- AND PLEASE GET AS MANY CONTACTS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO ALSO E MAIL HILARY BENN STATING THEY ARE AGAINST ANY CULL.PLEASE DO THIS NOW!

PLEASE HELP THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO SHOW THAT PUBLIC OPINION IS TOTALLY AGAINST ANY CULL-YOUR E-MAIL WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!

E MAIL: bennh@parliament.uk

PLEASE ALSO COPY TO: PS.Hilary.Benn@defra.gsi.gov.uk S.Hilary.Benn@defra.gsi.gov.uk>

IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEND TO BOTH ADDRESSES.
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IN ADDITION: If you are UK citizen PLEASE ALSO WRITE TO/E MAIL YOUR MP AND ASK THEM TO WRITE TO HILARY BENN EXPRESSING YOUR OPPOSITION TO ANY CULL.

YOU CAN FIND AND CONTACT YOUR MP HERE:

http://www.writetothem.com

THANK YOU!

3.
Please check if you have signed the petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/16/help-save-the-british-badgers

The plan flies in the face of the conclusions of the official Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB headed by Professor John Bourne, which concluded that killing badgers "cannot meaningfully contribute" to controlling the disease, and might even increase its spread. Culling badgers only makes things worse, as infected animals flee the killing fields and thereby infect new areas. It is also more effective to control the cattle trade and erect electric fences to keep badgers out of barns. Most of the TB cases in the cattle, as much as 70 %, are caught from other cattle, not from badgers. This killing is therefore senseless, cruel and needless. Please sign to save the British badgers!

1pm outside the Welsh Assembly Building (Debating Rooms)

(followed by talk, stalls and teas and coffee from 2pm to 4pm at the nearby Future Inn Cardiff Bay Hotel (Holder & Dunraven rooms - note: we have switched to bigger rooms in the same hotel)). Directions below.

Join us! This isn’t just a Welsh problem – this mass slaughter of wildlife must be fought by us all.