CAMPAIGNS
CAMPAIGNS
STOP HUNTINGDON ANIMAL
CRUELTY (SHAC)
Tel: 0845 458 0630
Tel: 0845 458 0630
Huntindon Life Sciences ( HLS)is one of the largest international contract testing
companies. They test weedkillers,
pesticides, drugs & household products on animals to enable big businesses
to get their products on the market quickly & cheaply. {
NB MOST VIVISECTION IS CONDUCTED FOR
‘ NEW & IMPROVED’ HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS,PAINT DETERGENTS, COSMETICS
& OTHER TRITE LIFE-WASTING CONSUMABLES} HLS has been exposed 5 times in the
last 10 years for cruelty and incompetence. They torture and kill thousands of
animals every year for profit.
By targeting shareholders, stockbrokers & bankers, SHAC has caused
a collapse in HLS’s shares, setting an historical precedent for the AV
movement.
Diaries of Despair campaign
Uncaged Campaigns
Imutran Ltd-
Calling for an independent inquiry to investigate the conduct &
regulation of pig-to-primate organ transplant research performed by Imutran Ltd at HLS, as reported in the Daily Express &
in the Diaries of Despair report published on
The Covance Campaign
http://www.covancecampaign.com/
Covance Laboratories Ltd (ex-Hazelton)
Campaign to close one of the biggest vivisection
labs in
Monkeys, mice, rays, hamsters, pigs, chickens, cows, birds, cats, fish,
gerbils, rabbits, guinea pigs and dogs are all used here.
Covance also breeds animals to sell
to other labs. Novartis’s Imutran
(see www. xenodiaries.org ) are a customer of Covance where Brian Cass worked before HLS.
Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs campaign
(SNGP)
David Hall & partners of Darley Oak farm,
Newchurch,
Sequani Vivisection Lab
(formerly SQAT -Stop Quintiles’ Animal Tests)
Campaigning for an end to animal experiments at Quintiles (formerly Toxicol) vivisection
labs in Ledbury and Edinburgh
Harlan-Sera
Campaign against Harlan UK which breeds
beagle dogs for vivisection and
sends GM “transgenic”pigs (belonging
to Imutran, subsidiary of Novartis,
biotech giant) to form breeding herds in Japan, US, Canada and Spain.
http://www.free.freespeech.org/chuk/
Loughborough Animal Concern
Loughborough LE11 1ZQ
B & K Universal (Bantin & Kingman)
Based in
Breed and import animals for vivisection. Also train and supply
technicians for viv. companies;
make Bee-Kay animal feeds, bedding and equipment for the industry.
B& K have companies worldwide , e.g. US,
Hull HU1 1AA
NIMR (National Institute of
Medical Research)
In NW
1988-90, undercover investigation centering around
Prof. W. Feldberg’s experiments on cats and rabbits, who lost his licence as a result.
Campaign being stepped up to expose what really goes on there - cruelty
paid for out of
taxpayers’ money.
Mill Hill AV Action
c/o LAA, BCM 2248
John Radcliffe
& other Hospitals, and the University of Oxford
Recent published Clinical papers expose these ‘hidden crimes’ paid for
by the tax payer and certain charities to be of NO BENEFIT TO THE HUMAN
patient, & only the cause of immense SUFFERING to animals.
Prof Colin Blakemore (who sews up cat’s eyes) admitted “If I had to
justify my work in terms of clinical benefit before I started
, I would never have been given a licence.”
“AT FIRST PEOPLE REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT A NEW THING CAN BE DONE, THEN
THEY BEGIN TO HOPE IT CAN’T BE DONE, THEN THEY SEE IT CAN BE DONE, AND ALL THE
WORLD WONDERS WHY IT WAS NOT DONE CENTURIES AGO.” From F.H. Burnett: “The
The Judicial Inquiry Campaign
Demand for an independent judicial inquiry into vivisection and airtime
from the BBC for an
open real-time debate on vivisection
To be kept updated on forthcoming events contact:
July 2002
BOYCOTTS
The following companies are either currently the subject of boycotts or have been in the past because of their animal testing/experiments;_
Procter & Gamble: (Always, Ariel, Attends, Bold, Boss, Bounce,
Camay, Clearasil, Crest, Daz, Delph,
Denclen, Dreft, Fairy
Liquid, Fairy Snow, Flash, Head & Shoulders, Insignia, Lenor,
Mandate, Max Factor, Milton, Napisan, Oil of Ulay, Old Spice, Pampers, Pantene Pro-V Shampoo, Rapport, Sinex, Tide, Vaporub, Vidal
Sassoon, Vicks, Vortex, Zest, Pringles, Tampax, Mary
Quant, Pepto-Bismol Iams
& Eukanuba)
Nestle: (Gold Blend, Dairy Crunch, Carnation , Slender, Go Cat, Go Dog, Chambourcy, Crosse & Blackwell, Findus, Lean Cuisine, Libby’s , Rowntree’s, Shredded Wheat, L’Oreal brands )
Monsanto
Bausch and Lomb: (Ray-Ban sunglasses, Chromax sunglasses, Bushnell binoculars and telescopes, Leica cameras and accessories, contact lenses and cleaning solutions, Electroplac electric toothbrushes) They own companies which breed and sell animals for experiments.
Kraft Foods: (Maxwell House, Café Hag, Kenco,
Mellow Birds, Master Blend coffees, Vitalite, Golden
Crown and Kraft margarines, Dairylea and
Boots Company (
*Gillette Products was until recently the subject of an international boycott but have announced that they no longer test on animals. It is not yet clear if this is a permanent ban. (Contour, Double Edge, Foamy, Blue 11, Braun, Oral-B, Right Guard, ZR, Natrel Plus, Silkience, White Rain, Herbelle, The Dry Look, Toni, Papermate and Parker pens, Liquid Paper, Mistake Out, Flair, Pen & Ink stationery products)
Companies that manufacture products which are tested on animals:
Reckitt and Colman
Johnson and Johnson
Vidal Sassoon
Unilever
Scott Paper
Pfizer
Max Factor
Maybelline
Calvin Klein
Alberto Culver
Carter Wallace
Clairol
Colgate Palmolive
Coty
Schering Plough
Sally Hanson
Shiseido Co
Lever Bros
Kimberley Clark
S. C. Johnson
Helene Curtis
Fendi
Cover Girl
Elizabeth Arden
Erno Laszio
Faberge
Flame Glow
There are many companies and brands which do not fund animal experiments, eg. Ark, Beauty Without Cruelty, Ecover, Astonish, Acdo & Glo-white, Uncaged, Honesty, Barry M, Daniel Field, Dolma, Weleda (UK) Ltd, Bio-d Company Ltd, Seven Seas, Izal, etc.