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NAVS
says ‘Make this the season of Goodwill’
THE NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION Society’s new guide highlights
charity funding of animal experiments. In the coming month millions
of people will receive appeals from charities asking for support
in the spirit of Christmas. Yet, says the NAVS. despite a message
of peace on earth, some of the money raised will be used to
inflict terrible suffering on laboratory animals. Experiments
include growing painful cancers on animals' backs, and leaving
them crippled with artificially-induced arthritis.
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) has launched an
awareness drive in the lead up to Christmas concerning the charity
funding of animal experiments. NAVS supporters will be distributing
a leaflet with the stark question "Would you pay to have
this rabbit's leg broken?, and handing out our free pocket-sized
'Essential Good Charities Guide'.
NAVS Director, Jan Creamer says: "We all want medical progress
and care for people, but that doesn't mean we agree with animals
being tortured in laboratories. The NAVS 'Essential Good Charities
Guide' shows that we can support medical research and care without
contributing to animal suffering. The guide enables people to
decide for themselves whether they wish their donation to be
used for animal research or not, and to give this Christmas
with a clear conscience. We believe the Guide is very good news
for the 95 medical research and care charities who have a clear
commitment to help people without inflicting suffering on animals."
The new pocket guide was produced after the huge response to
the 160 page NAVS Good Charities Guide 2002, outlining charity
positions on animal experimentation.
The pocket Guide, which fits easily into a purse or wallet,
contains an updated list of over 150 medical research and care
charities, identifying 95 charities that do not fund animal
experiments and 64 that do.
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