Post by Tosh on Feb 5, 2005 12:19:45 GMT -5
Campaign Against Vivisection Animal Transport Launched
On Sunday, at the Animal Rights Coalition meeting in Nottingham, the
Gateway To Hell campaign was launched.
The aim of this campaign is to bring about an end to the transport of
animals to vivisection laboratories from the airports and ferry ports of
Britain. Whether guinea pigs from Newchurch being flown out to labs around
the world from Manchester to the primates coming through Dover and
Heathrow, this vicious trade will be stopped.
This is not yet another vivisection campaign. It is a campaign which
supports and compliments all existing campaigns - whether against HLS,
Oxford University, Sequani or Covance. It will also affect the many other
labs currently not been targeted. All these labs and universities need
animals brought in from abroad, in particular primates. It is our
intention to break this trade and thus knock out a major strut supporting
the entire vivisection industry. After all they are going to find it very
hard to experiment on animals if they cant get their hands on them in the
first place.
The vivisectors are going to be forced to look at alternatives as we
remove their access to primates and other animals. This in intended as a
blow against vivisection itself. Given the nature of this trade we
anticipate that this campaign will be beneficial to other non-vivisection
campaigns where the importing of animals in horrific conditions is an
issue, such as in the exotic pet trade. Information passed to us has shown
that the demand for animals by UK labs is not being met as it is, and
prices have risen as a result. Every victory will push those prices
higher, and out of reach of many vivisectors, especially in the
Universities. The profits of labs such as HLS and Wickham will also be
further chiselled away.
The first targets are the airport owners who facilitate this trade taking
place on their property. They are BAA who own Heathrow, Stansted,
Southampton, Gatwick, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, and
Manchester Airport. We will also be looking at other places.
We are calling on all animal rights protestors who want to stop this evil
trade to campaign against these companies until they give a statement that
they will no longer allow primates, dogs, cats and other animals destined
for the vivisection laboratories to come through their airports. It is
very simple - get some free merchandise from us (see below for our
details; leaflets, posters, etc available), jump in a car and get down to
the airports and get your message across. There is plenty of scope and
opportunity to be very effective here.
If you cant make it, then check out the emails, telephone numbers, faxes
and addresses which can be found on our website at www.gatewaytohell.net
Gateway To Hell is a coalition of grassroots activists with the support of
the grassroot anti-vivisection groups and other campaigns. World Day in
the UK this year will also be held under the Gateway To Hell banner. It is
the first step in what is hoped will develop into a global campaign aimed
at ending the entire trade in primate and other laboratory animals.
If you wish to be on our mailing list and join our action alert email
list, please send us your details to info@gatewaytohell.net
Gateway To Hell
BM 8231, London, WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0845 458 3528
Email: info@gatewaytohell.net
Web: www.gatewaytohell.net
On Sunday, at the Animal Rights Coalition meeting in Nottingham, the
Gateway To Hell campaign was launched.
The aim of this campaign is to bring about an end to the transport of
animals to vivisection laboratories from the airports and ferry ports of
Britain. Whether guinea pigs from Newchurch being flown out to labs around
the world from Manchester to the primates coming through Dover and
Heathrow, this vicious trade will be stopped.
This is not yet another vivisection campaign. It is a campaign which
supports and compliments all existing campaigns - whether against HLS,
Oxford University, Sequani or Covance. It will also affect the many other
labs currently not been targeted. All these labs and universities need
animals brought in from abroad, in particular primates. It is our
intention to break this trade and thus knock out a major strut supporting
the entire vivisection industry. After all they are going to find it very
hard to experiment on animals if they cant get their hands on them in the
first place.
The vivisectors are going to be forced to look at alternatives as we
remove their access to primates and other animals. This in intended as a
blow against vivisection itself. Given the nature of this trade we
anticipate that this campaign will be beneficial to other non-vivisection
campaigns where the importing of animals in horrific conditions is an
issue, such as in the exotic pet trade. Information passed to us has shown
that the demand for animals by UK labs is not being met as it is, and
prices have risen as a result. Every victory will push those prices
higher, and out of reach of many vivisectors, especially in the
Universities. The profits of labs such as HLS and Wickham will also be
further chiselled away.
The first targets are the airport owners who facilitate this trade taking
place on their property. They are BAA who own Heathrow, Stansted,
Southampton, Gatwick, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, and
Manchester Airport. We will also be looking at other places.
We are calling on all animal rights protestors who want to stop this evil
trade to campaign against these companies until they give a statement that
they will no longer allow primates, dogs, cats and other animals destined
for the vivisection laboratories to come through their airports. It is
very simple - get some free merchandise from us (see below for our
details; leaflets, posters, etc available), jump in a car and get down to
the airports and get your message across. There is plenty of scope and
opportunity to be very effective here.
If you cant make it, then check out the emails, telephone numbers, faxes
and addresses which can be found on our website at www.gatewaytohell.net
Gateway To Hell is a coalition of grassroots activists with the support of
the grassroot anti-vivisection groups and other campaigns. World Day in
the UK this year will also be held under the Gateway To Hell banner. It is
the first step in what is hoped will develop into a global campaign aimed
at ending the entire trade in primate and other laboratory animals.
If you wish to be on our mailing list and join our action alert email
list, please send us your details to info@gatewaytohell.net
Gateway To Hell
BM 8231, London, WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0845 458 3528
Email: info@gatewaytohell.net
Web: www.gatewaytohell.net