Magazine Winter 2012

ISSN: 2041-3653

Autumn/Winter 2012 Magazine of Animal Defenders International and the National Anti-Vivisection Society

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● New UK law on vivisection ● Great British Circus exposed ● Lab monkey capture blocked ● Rescue news

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Never was the saying ‘actions speak louder than words’ more true than in the case of the UK Government’s promise to ban wild animals in circuses. Almost a year on and, at a cost of over a quarter of a million pounds, Defra has pushed through a complex and unenforcible regulatory regime that no one but the circuses want. There is still no timetable for introduction of the ban, making the public deception clear.

Where there’s a WILL there’s a WAY to help suffering animals

Promises from the UK vivisection industry that they plan greater openness might have rung a little truer too, had they not come just weeks after the Home Office announced it would retain (for now) the secrecy clause in the current law, section 24, together with the blocking of proposals to monitor animal welfare with the use of CCTV.

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The Home Office ambition for the new law on animal experiments is predictably low. Powers to avoid an open debate are being used to limit animal protection to the letter of the Directive.

We’ll need to work hard and press for more.

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But there is good news from Colombia where the capture of owl monkeys for malaria experiments has been halted – we hope this will be permanently blocked. The harrowing images captured by our field officers who infiltrated the hunt were some of the saddest we have filmed.

Through the Lord Dowding Fund, we fund non-animal scientific research.

Make a bequest today to the NAVS.

The legislation to ban animal circuses in Colombia is moving forward, despite fierce opposition from their brutal circus industry. When the previous UK Government promised to ban wild animals in circuses, our South American circus investigation was under way, but a year from launch.

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HELP ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL (ADI) Toto the chimpanzee was imprisoned in a circus for 25 years, forced to smoke and perform tricks for human entertainment.

ADI rescued Toto, returning him to Africa where he now lives with his chimp family.

We investigate, expose, produce scientific reports, rescue and secure laws.

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Millions of animals suffer and die each year, in experiments that cannot be trusted. Imagine a life imprisoned in a cramped cage – a lifetime of suffering and fear. It doesn’t need to be like this.

The NAVS works to end the use of animals in research and replace them with sophisticated techniques, more relevant to people. We investigate, produce scientific reports, educational materials and videos.

Transparency to the rest of the world means an opportunity to see and judge for ourselves what is licensed in our name. For the vivisection community it means more press releases supporting their animal experiments!

Since then, bans have been secured in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Paraguay and legislation is more advanced in Brazil and Colombia than here.

Four other bans have been secured in Europe.

The special hold that the tiny animal circus industry has over the Governent in the UK is peculiar.

We recently staged our first major US fundraiser, a spectacular celebrity gala in a private home in the Hollywood Hills.

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Editorial

I was delighted to present awards to two of our great supporters in the US, celebrity philanthropist Bob Barker and CSI actress Jorja Fox. Two people who have been invaluable to establishing our US campaigns.

Jan Creamer, Chief Executive

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ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL: Founded 1990. To educate, create awareness, and promote the interest of humanity in the cause of justice, and the suppression of all forms of cruelty to animals; wherever possible, to alleviate suffering, and to conserve and protect animals and their environment.

NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: Founded 1875; the world’s premier anti-vivisection group. The NAVS advocates the total prohibition of all animal experiments, and, pending the achievement of this aim, we may support partial measures which would provide steps towards reform.

LORD DOWDING FUND: Founded 1974; a department of the NAVS; sponsors non-animal scientific and medical research.

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Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) has announced it will make 6% of its workforce redundant – nearly 100 staff – mainly at their Huntingdon laboratory in Cambridgeshire. Find out about our undercover investigation of HLS, visit: www.savetheprimates.org/primateban/ news

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In Colombia, the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca has revoked permits to capture wild owl monkeys for malaria experiments ruling that research by Manuel Elkin Patarroyo breached Colombia’s commitment to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The permits, planned to run until 2015, would have allowed Patarroyo to trap 4,000 primates for experiments related to malaria vaccine at the Institute of Immunology Foundation of Colombia (FIDIC).

At great risk, ADI field officers infiltrated the trapping operation along the Amazon, filming trappers searching the forests by night for owl monkeys; the trees netted and the tiny monkeys, unable to escape, torn from their homes. Terrified and screaming, the monkeys were pushed into sacks for the journey up river to the laboratory. Our team also filmed inside FIDIC where the monkeys are kept inside tiny barren, metal cages, a shocking contrast to their native forest homes. Our footage was screened in the Colombian and European Parliaments as we raised local and international awareness.

In the ruling, the Tribunal criticised the Ministry of Environment for failing to exercise controls concerning the hunting, and experiments on primates. Further, that because import permits for owl monkeys of the species Aotus nancymae were not required, this fuelled trade in the monkeys, in contravention of CITES regulations. There had also been anomalies in permissions granted to Patarroyo dating back to 1984, which included irregularities in permit procedures.

As a result, disciplinary action against officials at the Ministry of Environment is being initiated. FIDIC and the Corporation for Sustainable Development of Southern Amazonia (Corpoamazonia) were also sanctioned.

Researcher Angela Maldonado of Fundacion Entropika (who was funded by ADI to research the trapping of the owl monkeys) and lawyer Gabriel Vanegas brought the case.

We are urgently seeking funds to ensure that our field officers continue to expose abuses like this.

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Congratulations to Carol oliver who raised £500 for LDF breast cancer research by reaching the Cullin Peaks! A phenomenal achievement which included navigating the notoriously difficult Cullen Ridge. Sincere thanks to Carol’s generous sponsors!

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4,000 owl monkeys spared.

green Hill beagle breeders, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of dogs for experiments, may close after an Italian court ordered a temporary shutdown following allegations of mistreatment of the dogs. Animal groups were given responsibility for the care of the 2,500 beagles.

It was announced on 23rd october that the scheduled badger cull would be postponed. ADI submitted evidence to the consultation. Hopefully the government will now see sense and halt it completely.

Herbal remedies and massage oils containing ground tiger claws have been seized by border officials at Felixstowe, Suffolk. It is the first time ground tiger claws have been found by British Customs.

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Lab monkey hunt STOPPED!

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Animal Aid's annual Christmas Fayre will be on Sunday 2nd December 2012 at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, London, 10am 5pm. We will be there. Please come, say hello and stock up on goodies!

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Campaign News The trial of Moira & Bobby Roberts set for November 19th. A hearing in June set the trial of the owners of the Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus, for failing in their duty of care to Anne, under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The trial is based on video evidence collected by ADI at the circus winter quarters.

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opposition to bullfighting movie: ADI united with European partners CAS International, La Tortura no es Cultura and PiepVandaag to oppose Spanish movie ‘Blancanieves’, a bullfighting version of Snow White.

Several bulls have been abused and killed for the movie, which has been entered for the 2013 Oscars under the Foreign Language Film category.

Please sign the online petition to members of the Award committee http://chn.ge/Qa1S40.

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Anne was removed from the circus following the ADI exposé

Cosmetics companies resume animal testing

to meet demands by China

Following a complaint to the European ombudsman, the EC working group responsible were criticised for their method of selecting experts to assess evidence on replacing primates in research. None of the selected “experts” specialised in primate research; only one had experience in alternatives to primate use.

Several major cosmetics companies which previously claimed non-animal testing policies, have been stripped of their cruelty-free status due to expanding their sales into China. Although cosmetics testing has been banned in the UK since 1998 and laws in Europe have banned the testing of cosmetic ingredients since 2009, animal experiments for cosmetics are required by law in China.

ADI is collaborating on a campaign to persuade Fortnum & Mason to stop selling foie gras. Illegal to produce in the UK, ducks and geese are force-fed huge amounts of grain several times a day, causing their livers to swell up to 10 times their normal size. Birds experience difficulty breathing, walking, grooming and even drinking.

Info: http://bit.ly/Pq49vj Urge Fortnum & Mason to pull this grotesque “delicacy” from their shelves: http://bit.ly/Vo4VFQ

Other companies maintaining strong no animal testing policies include Beauty Without Cruelty, Daniel Field, Lush, Neal’s Yard and a number of supermarket brands such as Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Waitrose and Superdrug. Some of these also mark their products as suitable for vegetarians or vegans, for added clarity. A list of cruelty free companies is available on the NAVS website at navs.org.uk/shopping.

These disturbing developments show it is vital that we maintain the pressure to keep to the EU phase out deadlines and also expand our campaigns globally. We have reiterated to the European Commission our objections to relaxing the marketing deadline for cosmetics tested on animals. Allowing the deadline to slide would commercially disadvantage companies that have committed to the ban. Maintaining the ban would only affect new products until a non-animal method is developed. Also with the huge Chinese market being denied to companies not testing on animals, it is more vital than ever that the EU blocks animal tested products from sale.

Daciana Sârbu MEP commented at the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals that they are “extremely alarmed that the Commission is still considering whether to allow derogations under the Cosmetics Directive to allow continued animal testing. There are more than enough ingredients available that have already been tested and approved today without allowing further animal suffering to develop more.”

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Dproducts Previously cruelty-free companies which have decided to sell their in China include L’occitane, Yves Rocher, Caudalie, Mary Kay. Cpolicy Urban Decay took the decision to stick with their non-animal testing after considering selling to China, stating “ultimately we did not feel we could comply with current regulations in China and remain true to our core principles”.

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Vision Express ends use of wild animals in advertising

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Examples of pointless use of performing animals we have highlighted over recent months

Vision Express has agreed with ADI to introduce an ethical policy on animal use and will no longer feature wild or exotic animals in their advertising.

The decision follows discussions with ADI about the use of performing wild animals, after Vision Express featured a monkey, owned by performing animal supplier Amazing Animals, in a TV advertising campaign. Evidence presented to Vision Express included undercover video evidence collected by ADI investigators at Amazing Animals.

Tim Phillips, ADI Campaigns Director, who met with the Animal Practice Vision Express team said: “We are delighted with this Cancelled: NBC show responsible decision by Vision Express after listening to the Animal Practice, which concerns of ADI and our supporters. Companies can be featured a performing persuaded that the use of performing wild animals is capuchin monkey from harmless fun, but it is no fun for the animals. Our Hollywood Animals, investigations and video evidence reveal how the living was cancelled in conditions and behind-the-scenes suffering during training November as viewing are the issues that companies need to consider. figures declined.

ADI is urging other companies to follow Vision Express and Crystal was dressed make a commitment not to use exotic animals in advertising. up in human clothes Since animals are rarely integral to these products, it is risky and used extensively to alienate potential customers concerned about animals. to promote the show.

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Over 100 farm animals supplied by 1st Choice Animals were used in the olympics opening ceremony, despite opposition from ADI and other animal protection groups. In what was generally regarded as a spectacular opening ceremony, the presence of animals went virtually unnoticed as people celebrated human endeavour.

Perhaps the most unnecessary and indulgent use of animals of this year.

Rock of Ages starring Tom Cruise and Russell Brand features a baboon.

Organisers of the Ski and Snowboard Show, VOS Media, booked five penguins to appear at their show in London at the end of October.

Statement from Vision Express: Animals in advertising Vision Express has reviewed its policy regarding the use of animals in advertising after Animal Defenders International (ADI) and others raised concerns over the use of a monkey in a recent television advertisement.

Like many companies, Vision Express was directed by and put their trust in a creative advertising agency on this matter. Clearly the wider ethical concerns were not comprehensively addressed by the agency.

Whilst Vision Express took all reasonable steps to ensure that the monkey in question was not mistreated in any way during the filming of the advert, they understand it is not possible to state with certainty how such animals have been trained over their lifetime or, importantly, the long-term experiences and care of such animals in captivity.

Vision Express includes customer feedback as part of their review process and have applied the insight provided by ADI in regard to this matter. As a result Vision Express has made the decision to no longer feature any wild or exotic animals in advertising.

Bench clothing used a lion from Hollywood Animals in an advertising campaign with Hunger Games actor Liam Hemsworth.

Charles goode London featured a lemur, snake and owl supplied by Amazing Animals in its promotional trailer.

Dazed & Confused magazine featured a squirrel monkey from Amazing Animals on its front cover. graff used a fox from Amazing Animals in a photo shoot to promote its jewellery.

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Jonathan Ross used a rhesus monkey on his show. george Michael, in his latest video “White Light” featured a zebra, as well as birds, from Amazing Animals.

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University of Leicester is opening a £16 million animal laboratory housing over 2,000 animals including mice, rats and toads. Mice, which are bred on site, will be subjected to stroke and bowel cancer research.

Bullfighting banned in Bogotá, Colombia In June, the Mayor of Bogotá announced that bullfighting will no longer be allowed in Colombia’s capital city, following a campaign by ADI and local groups.

Bullfight organisers Taurine Corporation had refused to make a commitment to the mayor that animals would not be killed during the fights if the events were to continue.

Taurine Corporation has threatened legal action.

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The good Charities guide now boasts 166 charities, 91 of which are “good” and don’t fund vivisection. Don’t forget to keep your copy with you when giving to charities this festive season. Call us on 020 7630 3340 to order.

A big ‘Thank You’ to Bill & Sue Lees who are organising a fundraising evening for ADI on 13 April 2013!!

With entertainer Jimmy Cricket and friends, it is sure to be a fun filled evening, with proceeds going towards our work to protect animals. For more information about the event, email info@ad-international.org or call 020 7630 3340.

A bill prohibiting the sale of fur in Israel, with exemptions for religious purposes and scientific study, has been introduced in the Knesset.

Export of wild caught monkeys for vivisection blocked A number of female monkeys trapped in the wild and shipped to Israel cannot be exported for medical research, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein said in June.

“Since [the monkeys] have been trapped and brought to Israel to live in captivity on [Mazor] Farm for breeding, they should be allowed to end their lives in dignity and not in experimentation, nor in the suffering caused by another shipment as well as the experiments themselves,” Weinstein said.

The Mazor Farm claimed there is no choice but to use the wild caught primates, all aged around 15 years, as there are no captive-bred animals available; the experiments concern osteoarthritis. Our partners at the Israeli group Behind Closed Doors are maintaining the pressure on Israeli lab suppliers.

The NAVS and ADI continue to fight to end the trapping of wild monkeys by breeding establishments. For decades dealers have used wild capture as a way of topping up their stocks, while claiming not to sell wild-caught monkeys. After years of their babies being taken for vivisection, these wild-caught monkeys would then be sold for research, too.

Thankfully the measures secured by NAVS and ADI under the new European Directive on animal experiments will start a phase out of this wicked trade – at least for the supply of European laboratories.

With a coalition of animal protection groups, ADI has asked the Namibian government to stop the capture and export of 148 wild animals, including rhinos and elephants, to the National Zoo in Havana, Cuba. The first group of animals has already been captured and is awaiting final veterinary checks before shipment.

A judge ruled that federal investigators were within their powers to recommend that trainers performing with killer whales at Seaworld must be protected by a physical barrier or something else providing the same level of safety.

This effectively ends the in-water performances with these animals.

Seaworld was also in the news recently when one of its orca suffered an horrific injury to his jaw.

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International Primate Day This year’s International Primate Day highlighted the suffering of primates in laboratories around the world.

USA: Unborn baby monkeys were given doses of the drug ketamine, exposed in the womb, killed, and their brains analysed at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. The researchers did not even mention the trauma of the mothers.

UK: At British government lab Porton Down, the lungs of marmoset monkeys bled after they were forced to inhale a deadly pathogen for ten minutes. They were then dosed with a drug to try and counteract the effects with animals either dying from the disease or being killed.

Colombia: Owl monkeys were dragged screaming from the jungle, placed in sacks and taken to a laboratory. In one experiment 18 were injected with malaria infected blood and used to test an experimental vaccine. (Capture of monkeys has been suspended see p3).

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After a decade long battle in Europe to secure progress AND to prevent existing protection being dismantled, we are now close to seeing EU Directive 2010/63 adopted into UK law.

The first overhaul of this legislation in 26 years.

The draft legislation to amend and update the current Animals in Scientific Procedures Act (ASPA) 1986 has been published. The Government is using its powers under the European Communities Act to introduce legislation via a ministerial ‘statutory instrument’, which means no public or parliamentary debate – just a simple yes/no vote.

It also means that the new law cannot go beyond what is outlined in the EU Directive – Article 2 of the Directive enables member states to introduce stricter measures but the Government would require separate legislation for this. Unfortunately, the Directive inevitably lacks detail, leaving this up to individual member states. The Directive clearly intends to drive forward the implementation of alternatives but there is little detail on how this will be achieved, which weakens the intent.

Thematic review (where specific animal experiments are reviewed and either abandoned or replaced with new techniques) is called for, but it is not outlined how this would work. So this new legislation will consist of just the basics of the new Directive.

NAVS has kept up the pressure in meetings with the minister and Home Office officials; submitting reports in response to expert and public consultations; briefing MPs. The new regulations were laid on 29th October and will pass through committees and both the House of Lords and the Commons, before being signed off in early December.

The Guidance document, detailing the day to day application of the law, will continue to be worked on until early next year.

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NAVS will continue to push for our key demands, such as alternative methods to animal use and ensuring that UK standards and controls are not actually eroded.

Disappointingly, the Home Office indicated that the “secrecy clause”, Section 24 of ASPA will remain but promises this will be addressed in 2013.

NAVS has campaigned for two decades to have this secrecy section repealed.

The House of Lords and the Animal Procedures Committee have also spoken out against Section 24, described as “obsolete” in the presence of the current Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The annual reports on the use of genetically modified animals will apparently be separate from the statistics on genetically “normal” animals.

This may provide more clarity on the use of these animals, which now account for over half of the animals used in scientific procedures, but it remains to be seen how this will, in practice, affect the overall reporting on animal use.

We were also told that, in January 2013, a meeting of European Union Member State representatives will discuss the standards of laboratory animal suppliers outside the EU. Although some Member States are proposing EU legislation which would set standards for foreign suppliers, the Home Office has indicated

that suppliers to the UK would welcome us keeping our current system.

The NAVS investigation of Vietnamese monkey supplier Nafovanny showed the failure of current Home Office guidelines to protect animals from the most atrocious conditions. Home Office officials were, apparently, misled over which cages of animals they needed to inspect.

Home Office consultations NAVS has sent in detailed submissions to each Government consultation and pressed hard for animals at each stage.

Codes of Practice covering animal care and accommodation: We showed how the current UK cage sizes (which are larger than those allowed in the new Directive), are still not sufficient to allow normal behaviour in the animals. The Home Office subsequently agreed that the UK will not reduce minimum cage sizes.

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Campaign News Veterinary Surgeon and the Named Animal Care and Welfare Officer do not have a financial or other interest in the establishment in which they work.

Lab promises to increase openness have a hollow ring

Cumulative severity: For primates used in long term experiments, we argued that the entire life experience and suffering should be taken into consideration – from the removal of the individual from its family group, handling, confinement, procedures, through to death.

Non-human primates (NHPs) For the proposed restrictions on primate use, we advised on defining the phrase “debilitating or potentially life-threatening clinical conditions in human beings”; species differences; use of endangered species and great apes.

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European Commission We also contributed to public and expert consultatons from the European Commission:

The horror of animal experimentation is compounded by the secrecy that surrounds it. However, recent statements from the animal research community about developing more open policies have a hollow ring, given their decision to reject CCTV monitoring of experiments and allowing the retention of Section 24 of the Animals Scientific Procedures Act (ASPA) 1986 – the secrecy clause.

Manchester University announced “alongside other research-intensive universities, funding bodies and other organisations – has committed itself to a process for moving towards a Concordat to develop principles of openness in animal research.”

The university explained how the life sciences sector has developed “ground breaking treatments and cures which transform the lives of humans and animals,” but insisted that “research may involve animals”. The declaration continues “Confidence in our research rests on the scientific community embracing an open approach and taking part in an ongoing conversation about why and how animals are used in research and the benefits of this.”

We have heard this before, with the animal experimenters’ spin on openness being more about justifying what they do than actually unlocking the labs. This is public relations and not transparency. It cannot replace independent scrutiny and open assessment of experiments before they take place.

The incorporation of EU Directive 2010/63 into UK law should be an opportunity to increase transparency on vivisection. Yet, where were the cries for openness from the laboratories as the Home Office announced Section 24 would be retained and dealt with later? S.24 makes release of information from labs an offence and has stifled public debate and scrutiny for 25 years. It flies in the face of the UK's Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the thrust of the European Directive.

In an attempt to encourage greater independent scrutiny in animal laboratories, NAVS and Animal Aid requested that CCTV be installed. We cited specific cases from NAVS investigations showing how this could have helped the Home Office inspectorate identify abuses. In September this year, the Home Office rejected the proposals saying they “do not have the legal powers to require the placing of CCTV cameras in animal research establishments at the present time and…do not consider it likely that such powers would be granted”. Agreement on CCTV would need to be reached with industry, and it is disappointing that the Home Office has not put more effort into persuading them of the necessity of ongoing monitoring. Pressure needs to be applied at ministerial level and we will continue to press for CCTV coverage.

It seems, despite their latest claims of “openness”, the laboratories are not about to support such proposals either. This contrasts the supermarkets who insisted on introducing CCTV in slaughterhouses after abuses were exposed by Animal Aid. For now, vivisection in Britain is as secret as ever.

Retrospective severity Reviews of the severity of procedures carried out to produce genetically modified animals –we highlighted the suffering caused by genetic modification; huge numbers of ‘surplus’ animals killed; harm caused to animals by the removal of tissue used for DNA analysis.

Education and training Proposals were made on the training of those working with animals in laboratories.

published by the Home Office. We proposed more information for members of the public and other interested parties.

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Non-technical summaries (key to public access to information) These summaries are required under article 43 of the EU Directive to promote transparency on the use of animals in research. We highlighted the problems with the current voluntary “abstracts”,

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Join us for World Lab Animal Day 2013

Please support our Winter raffle 1st PRIZE £3,000 Enclosed are tickets for our prize draw. This is an important fundraising effort and all the money raised goes towards our investigations. You have lots of chances to win so please help by buying or selling the tickets.

2012 Spring raffle winners: The lucky winners from our last draw were: 1st Prize: Mrs Gourley – Prize £3,000 2nd Prize: Mrs Prescott – Prize £250 3rd Prize / Runners up – Prize £25 each Miss Herring, Mr Finn, Mrs Upton, Miss Batchelor, Ms Barnard, Mrs Banham, Ms Knight, Mrs Olaman, Mrs Noon, J Reygan & T McDonald, Mrs Sanford, Mrs Neville, Mr Hoy, Mrs Jones, Mrs Elmslie, Miss Houston, Mrs Lewis, Mrs Cave, Mrs V Maynard, Mrs Weerakone.

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We are the voice of the animals – their only voice.

If you think you might be available to take part in a local street collection, please give us a call on 020 7630 3340 or email us at info@navs.org.uk. We will arrange any permits required and give you everything you need for a successful collection.

Lab Animal Week is more important than ever. Can you help raise vital donations and awareness to end animal experiments?

● Take 25 Lab Animal Week leaflets to

give to friends, family and colleagues. ● Don’t buy products tested on animals – check out the cruelty-free alternatives online at navs.org.uk/shopping ● Don’t give to charities that fund animal research – visit navs.org.uk/charities or contact us for a FREE handy pocket guide. ● Promote Lab Animal Week on social networking sites. ● Wear an NAVS Unlock the Labs padlock badge, only £1, or a NAVS recycled fleece or scarf, all available from our online store.

To take part, call 020 7630 3340 or email info@navs.org.uk

Left: Southend Animal Aid hit the streets during Lab Animal Week 2012

Help raise funds for animals by donating unwanted banknotes!

Donate ANY unwanted bank notes from ANY country, including old currency such as pre Euro Irish Punts, Deutsche Marks, Guilders, French Francs, Pesetas! We can turn obsolete, worthless notes into cash for animals!

Also, it’s not too late to send in gold, silver, costume jewellery and watches, even broken and incomplete items.

Just send your banknotes and jewellery in the enclosed FREEPOST envelope, or alternatively pop them into your own envelope and address it to: Animal Defenders International, c/o FREEPOST FUNDRAISING, LICENCE RSKJ-AJAB-GSYA, Sutton Coldfield, B75 5BH. The Animal Defender & Campaigner

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April 24th is World Lab Animal Day, a day when across the world we highlight the suffering of laboratory animals with one voice. We need you to be part of it. Can you help us raise much needed funds and awareness for animals in laboratories?

Animals are burnt, blinded, mutilated, poisoned and given cancer in an industry shrouded in secrecy, protected by governments, and the propaganda of a multibillion pound industry.

Here are some ways you can help: ● Take part in an NAVS street collection.

We need collectors across the country. ● Send a donation to help animals.

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Jorja Fox: 2012 Animal Champion

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Lion Ark Night: ADI Celebrity fundraising gala in Hollywood Over 250 people attended ADI’s star studded fundraiser in the Hollywood Hills.

Themed around Operation Lion Ark, the night included speeches from ADI’s Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips, Shannon Keith of ARME, and our award winners Jorja Fox and Bob Barker. Bob Barker’s rousing speech had the audience moved to tears one moment then roaring with laughter the next. There were also cheers, tears, and gasps as short scenes were played from the forthcoming film Lion Ark. The film about our rescue of every animal from Bolivia’s circuses is due for completion later this year.

Attendees included: Bob Barker, Jorja Fox (CSI), Cas Anvar (Lost, Diana), Dr. Jenn Berman (Host Couples Therapy), Julie Brown (Comedienne, Earth Girls Are Easy), Sharna Burgess & Elisabetta Canalis (Dancing with the Stars), Jessica Conseco, Mayte Garcia, Daphne Wayans (Hollywood Exes), Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), Corey Feldman (Stand By Me, The Lost Boys), Tanna Frederick (Just 45 Minutes from Broadway), Aaron Fresh (TeenNick), Jamie Gray Hyder (True Blood), Nicholas Guest (Sons of Anarchy), Michelle Harris (Host Alive & Well), Anne-Marie Johnson (Host The Daily Schmooze), Kerri Kasem (Co-Host Sixx Sense), Tonya Kay (Bold Native), Kat Kramer (singer), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless), Kim Matula (The Bold and the Beautiful), Lu Parker (KTLA News), Alexandra Paul (Baywatch), Elizabeth De Razzo (Eastbound and Down), James Reynolds (Days of Our Lives), Karen Sharpe-Kramer (Golden Globe-Winning actress/producer), Mindy Sterling (Austin Powers, Ant Farm), Lynne Marie Stewart (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Mariana Tosca (actress The Doors), Damon Whitaker (Bird).

Jorja Fox is known to 73 million viewers worldwide for her role as Sara Sidle in TV’s CSI; she is also a steadfast campaigner for animals and supporter of ADI. She was at our side as we first launched Stop Circus Suffering USA in 2008 with our undercover investigation of nine US circuses. She was there when the first Bolivian lions arrived in California; then the landing of the Lion Ark in Denver; she spoke at the launch of the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act in Congress. She has appeared regularly in the media on behalf of ADI and animals and earlier this year ADI released a PSA (public service announcement) with Jorja condemning the abuse of elephants in circuses. She is a passionate and committed advocate for animals, a friend and fellow campaigner and we are very proud that Jorja is the ADI 2012 Animal Champion.

Bob Barker presented with the Lord Houghton Award for lifetime services to animals The highlight of our Lion Ark Night was the presentation by Jan Creamer of the Lord Houghton Award to celebrity philanthropist and campaigner Bob Barker.

Only one Lord Houghton Award is given per year. The honour of nominating the recipient is shared between four of Europe’s largest animal protection groups, each nominating in rotation. We therefore only present this award once every four years.

The award is in recognition of Mr Barker’s lifetime achievements for animals, his generosity, but most importantly his campaigning leadership – from ending every episode of the ‘The Price is Right’ with a plea for owners to neuter their pets, to presenting evidence to Congress, Bob Barker is an articulate voice for animals in America.

Less known is that the impact of his philanthropy has stretched across the globe saving millions of animals worldwide. Mr Barker enabled ADI’s Operation Lion Ark to empty a whole country, Bolivia, of its suffering circus animals and build those animals homes in the US. He has been a steadfast and vital supporter of our US campaigns and investigations. When Sea Shepherd goes headto-head with whalers in the oceans, it is in a ship named the Bob Barker. When elephants head out into their enclosures at the PAWS ARK2000 Sanctuary, it is thanks to Bob Barker. And it is thanks to his endowment that students at the nation’s top law schools study animal rights law and protection issues.

This award is a significant acknowledgement of Barker’s tireless campaigning for animals, which for thirty years has seen him publicising the plight of animals across America.

Jan Creamer said, “Bob Barker’s philanthropic contributions to animal protection have been vital to the success of Animal Defenders International and others like us. But, importantly, this award recognises Mr Barker as a leading and articulate voice for suffering animals in the world.

“Last year, I sat alongside him at Congress as ADI launched HR 3359, the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act, to end the use of wild animals in circuses. Members of Congress, their staff and hardened political correspondents were enthralled as Mr Barker spoke with reason and passion.

From calling for pets to be neutered at the end of the Price is Right, to backing measures to protect them, animals could not have a finer voice.”

Stop Circus Suffering UK Nine months after the Coalition Government announced its intention to ban wild animals in circuses ADI’s scepticism over the announcement has proved disappointingly well-founded.

Promises, Promises: Britain’s “ban” on wild animal acts – a tale of betrayal

animal acts. But another year is ticking to a close and, instead, an unenforcible licensing scheme has been introduced.

No measureable progress nor timetable for a ban has been made.

Wanted by no one except a few discredited animal circuses and Defra, plans for licensing and inspections – far more complex than a prohibition – are now in place.

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Despite heated committee debates, the House of Commons and Lords passed the new regulations in early November.

The Government has jumped through hoops to accommodate an industry it has consistently failed to control.

As the owners of Anne the elephant go to court this month, the question is; would the abuses have been identified and stopped by the new regime? The simple answer is “no”.

The Government’s guidance for circus operators has gaping holes in key welfare areas. It does not even cover some species currently touring with circuses and there is no restriction on breeding, so the number of animals in circuses could increase.

Despite political and public support for a ban, the Government has continued to waste taxpayers’ money and parliamentary time by pressing ahead with regulation.

From July 2011 to October 2012, Defra has spent £261,000 and we are no closer to a ban.

Whether the Government will support MP Thomas Docherty’s efforts to introduce a Bill on Wild Animals in Circuses, due to receive its Second Reading on Friday 18th January, will be revealing.

Regulations are unworkable, ineffective and will not safeguard the welfare of wild animals in circuses – this has been proven time and time again by our undercover investigations.

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prevented the terrible violence inflicted on Anne the elephant at the winter quarters of Bobby Roberts Super Circus in 2011, nor the suffering of the three elephants that toured with the Great British Circus in 2009. With the latter, the ADI hidden camera revealed how the circus covered its tracks during inspections, even concealing the evidence of the use of chains.

The UK prides itself on being a world leader in animal welfare but has now fallen behind over 20 countries on this issue.

You can help animals in UK circuses: ● Contact Lord de Mauley, the Minister responsible, asking him when the ban will be introduced. Write to him at Defra, Noble House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR or email demauley@parliament.uk ● Ask your MP to push for the ban to be implemented ASAP. You can find out who your MP is and email them at www.theyworkforyou.com ● Speak out when an animal circus comes to town; organise a demo, leaflet or write to your local paper.

Politely ask businesses displaying their posters to remove them. Email campaigns@ad-international.org or call 020 7630 3340 to order campaign materials.

GBC animal sale?

The largest wild animal circus in the UK recently announced it was selling off its animals. Martin Lacey, owner of the Great British Circus told Horse and Hound magazine that he planned to go animal free. He later retracted this saying that the circus will continue with animal performances. It may be that Lacey is waiting to see if Government plans for a ban are serious, or simply a cynical publicity stunt.

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© K. Hill / Animal Defenders International

Six years ago the British Government said it would ban wild animals from circuses. Four years later, the promise was repeated. The Government changed, and last year MPs even voted for a ban. Early this year the Government confirmed confirmed they will ban wild

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one of the elephants, Delhi, was “chronically and obviously lame”, but the seriousness of her health issues were not picked up during early inspections and, contrary to advice, the circus continued to make her perform, despite a verbal assurance that they would not do so.

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Who can forget the images captured during the ADI exposé of the abuse inflicted on the three elephants touring with the gBC? We can now reveal how a chronically lame elephant was forced to perform; drinking water was denied to the big cats; and an unhealthy donkey continued to tour. © Animal Defenders International

In May 2009, ADI exposed the shocking abuse inflicted on the three elephants that were touring with the Great British Circus. As reported in the last Animal Defender, following a Freedom of Information Act request, two 2008 inspection reports for the circus were released. Then, as a result of a parliamentary question from Mike Hancock MP, it came to light that Defra had not admitted to the existence of two reports from 2009. After requests to the Information Commissioner’s Office, these additional reports were released to us….and the full extent of the elephants’ suffering was finally revealed.

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Elephant suffering exposed in newly released inspection reports

This is not the first time that the Great British Circus has not been true to its word – at a presentation in the House of Commons earlier in 2009 the circus’ spokesman told MPs that there were “no chains in our elephant tent”. Although no evidence of chaining was subsequently found when local authority officials, police and RSPCA inspected the tent, our investigation provided the proof.

Other welfare issues highlighted by the inspection reports included a donkey that was considered to be “highly susceptible to hyperlipaemia – a condition which is

difficult to treat and frequently results in death” and that free access to drinking water should be given to the big cats, apparently the circus explained they felt this was “not advisable”.

At least two of the elephants, Sonja and Vanna, are now with Circus Benneweis. Earlier this year, they escaped their trainer in rush-hour traffic in Copenhagen. They were returned to the circus site with the help of a police road block.

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The ADI team also took City Hall by storm with a posse of animals (above) knocking on doors and delivering our information packs to every member of Council. At each stage as this moves forward we will be pushing for the strongest possible measures.

Lawsuit filed over circus export permits

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Jan with actress Lily Tomlin who is backing the ADI campaign for a ban.

Jan and Tim outside LA City Hall

ADI and PETA have filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Los Angeles against the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The suit alleges that FWS illegally issued permits to Feld Entertainment, Inc., parent company of Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus, to export nine endangered Asian elephants and 17 endangered tigers, to countries including Mexico, where the animals—some of them ailing—are being forced to perform.

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During November, Los Angeles City Council will consider a range of proposals on animals in travelling circuses. The strongest of these bans wild animal acts from the city, other measures include a species specific ban on elephants.

Over 30 municipalities across the US have brought in measures restricting animal circuses. The majority are wild animal bans. If successful, LA would be the largest US city to date to implement a ban.

ADI has been campaigning for months with leaflets, petitions and helping Angelenos to email Council members.

The ADI team has met most Council members or their senior staff, addressed Committee meetings and submitted evidence.

Celebrity supporters include actress Lily Tomlin, Bob Barker, Alexandra Paul and Jorja Fox who have contacted the Council calling for the ban.

© T. Phillips / Animal Defenders International

Battle Los Angeles

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) forbids the export of elephants and tigers, except under narrowly defined conditions—none of which, the plaintiffs believe, Ringling could have met. The ESA also requires that the public be provided with full information showing why an exception should be granted before a permit is issued. This was never done.

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moved again or the countries where the animals might go during the time period covered by the permits — up to three years. For four permit applications, the FWS failed to provide the plaintiffs with any information despite the clear ESA requirement to do so.

FWS appears to be rubberstamping blanket animal export applications and violating the very laws it should be enforcing.

Most of the nine elephants covered by the permits have serious health problems. They include Sarah, who has tested positive for the human strain of TB and who collapsed last year in Anaheim after the US Department of Agriculture cited Ringling for failing to adequately treat her for a chronic infection; Aussan, who suffers from painful arthritis; and Siam, whom the Washington, DC, Department of Health recently reported was limping.

In 2011, Ringling paid the largest fine in US history ($270,000) for multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act. NAVS & ADI

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The American highway is no place for elephants

© M. Rossell / Animal Defenders International

ADI stepped up calls for support for federal legislation to ban wild animals in circuses after a semi-truck pulling a trailer containing four circus elephants, belonging to Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars, ran off Interstate Highway 10 in southern Mississippi.

Local media reported that three elephants were unloaded while the trailer was unhooked from the damaged truck and pulled back to the interstate, but the fourth was too angry to unload.

Neither animals nor people appear to have been seriously injured. Although injuries to a huge, heavy animal like an elephant being thrown around during an accident may not be immediately apparent.

No other exotic wildlife is transported on a weekly basis as they are in circuses.

It’s a serious welfare issue and if these animals get loose because of an accident it is a public safety issue too.

HR3359, the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act, launched in Congress by ADI last year, would eliminate the use wild and exotic animals in travelling circuses.

ADI is asking that the Cole Brothers elephants be retired to the PAWS ARK2000 Sanctuary in California which specialises in rehabilitating ex-circus elephants.

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Left: ARAN‘s demo outside Courtney Brothers Circus.

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Ireland ADI and our Irish partner ARAN have collaborated to secure circus bans on council land; motions to ban wild animal acts have been passed by Monaghan, Drogheda Borough, Waterford City and Wicklow Town Councils.

Our thanks to Councillors Sean Conlon, Kevin Callan, Sean Reinhardt, John Hearne and Pat Kavanagh for introducing these motions. ARAN’s demo outside Courtney Brothers Circus in Drogheda (whose elephant trainer was crushed days after one of their five elephants escaped in Cork) prompted the Mayor to support the campaign.

Efforts to bring in circus bans in Leitrum and Galway City are underway. Sadly Councillors voted against a ban in Kilkenny, but Councillor Malcolm Noonan hopes to reintroduce the motion.

Northern Ireland In the Northern Ireland parliament, Green Party leader Steven Agnew tabled a ‘no named day motion’ – a debate any day – calling for wild animals in circuses to be banned. ADI is urging members of the Assembly and the Minister to introduce a ban at the first opportunity.

Scotland Following a motion by Councillor Irene Oldfather, North Ayrshire Council adopted a policy banning the letting of council-owned sites to travelling circuses. Following this, Zippo’s Circus displayed a poster stating that “This is the last traditional circus in Kilmarnock. Circuses with horses have been banned!” In the Scottish Parliament, Christine Grahame (MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) has tabled a motion calling for Government to make a commitment to end the use of wild animals in circuses.

Malta ADI has been providing assistance to WEEAC Malta and International Animal Rescue to support their campaign against animal circuses in Malta. 3,500 have signed a petition calling for an end to the use of animals in circuses and residents in Naxxar protested the arrival of Circo Fantasy on the island.

Public opposition is steadily growing, with 68% of those polled in Malta saying that “animal circuses should be banned”.

Netherlands The new Dutch government has announced plans to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. ADI welcomes this decision and congratulates Wilde Dieren de Tent Uit (No Wild Animals in Circuses) for their efforts in campaigning on this issue.

Above: Jan addresses Anaheim City Council over the use of animals in circuses. A proposal to ban wild animals was withdrawn to give the Council more time to consider evidence.

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Italy Our friends at AgireOra have launched a nationwide billboard and leaflet campaign to raise awareness of the suffering of animals in circuses.

In September an adult giraffe from Italian circus Rinaldo Orfei had spent several hours on the run in the northern town of Imola. He was then shot with a tranquilliser and tragically died, apparently of cardiac arrest.

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ADI attended the annual “International day to end cruelty against animals” and gave a talk about our Stop Circus Suffering campaign. We continue to work on the campaign to ensure the ban on wild animals in circuses passes its final stages.

ADI steps up activity as Bill to ban animal circuses progresses in Colombia

Chile Screenings of ‘Unnatural Acts’ were shown in several regions, with the collaboration of groups including GeoAnimal and La Revolución de la Cuchara.

Colombia Following the announcement that the capital Bogota was to ban animal circuses, our team has been busy gaining support for a nationwide ban. Bill 244 to ban animal circuses was approved unamimously during debates in the Colombian House of Representatives. It now moves to the Senate where greater opposition is expected. In November, ADI is staging an event at the Colombian Congress with a presentation of the evidence of abuse and confinement, new images from ADI investigations of circuses in Colombia, a human only circus performance and more.

Earlier this year, the ‘Latin Convention of Circus, where the only animal is the man’ in Bogota, organised by Muro de Espuma, was enjoyed by 2,000 people and included a screening of ADI’s ‘Unnatural Acts’ (pictured middle). ADI also attended the ‘Rock al Parque’ music festival and the ‘International event for peace and universal love’ and ECOYOGA, both organised by La Revolución de la Cuchara.

ADI has also backed a manifesto signed by 22 Bogotan councillors which will hopefully result in greater support by the Council of animal protection and welfare measures.

Venezuela

© Claudia Marisel Corbalan

© Claudia Marisel Corbalan

‘Unnatural Acts’ was screened during demonstrations against animal circuses in Valencia City. Copies of our Science on Suffering report were also distributed.

URGENT: Peru Rescue Fund Appeal

Paraguay ADI is urging the Paraguayan authorities to hand over a group of lions and tigers (above) to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. TWAS, the home of the ADI Lion Ark lions, has offered to relocate and provide a permanent home for the animals. Following the ban on wild animal acts being passed in Paraguay, the Osvaldo Terry Circus abandoned the animals near the border and returned to Argentina. The animals are currently in the care of the local zoo.

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Securing the ban on wild animals in circuses in Peru is a huge victory. Now we need to enforce it.

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© F. Carva Jarl / ADI

© F. Carva Jarl / ADI

Mexico ‘Unnatural Acts’ was shown to the media as well as in schools, universities and during meetings with officials in a number of Provinces, with the assistance of AnimaNaturalis.

Research Without Animals

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References: 1. Gala, S. G et al (2012) “Use of Animals by NATO Countries in Military Medical Training Exercises: An International Survey” Military Medicine, vol. 177, no.8, pp:907 – 910: 2. Hall, A. B (2011) “Randomized Objective Comparison of Live Tissue Training versus Simulators for Emergency Procedures” The American Surgeon, Vol. 77, No. 5, pp:561 – 565: 3. Pandya A, Ali J (2009) “The role of TraumaMan model in the Advanced Trauma Life Support course”. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 52: S3–19: 4. Block, E.F.J et al “Use of a Human Patient Simulator for the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course” http://www.simulab.com/sites/default/files/userfiles/Use_of_a_Human_Patient_Simulator_for_ATLS.pdf - Accessed 26/10/12: 5.

Parliamentary question, 23rd March 2010, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmhansrd/cm100323/text/100323w0002.htm: 6. U.S. Department of Defense: Final Report of the Use of Live Animals in Medical Education and Training Joint Analysis Team.

Unclassified publication. Washington, DC, July 12, 2009. http://www.mediapeta.com/ulamet/ulamet_jat.pdf - Accessed 26/10/12

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The European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has published a search guide for those seeking information on alternatives to animal use.

The guide aims to offer a solution to searching the ever-expanding scientific publications concerning methods for the replacement, refinement and reduction of animals in research, facilitating the location of the required information.

Aimed at untrained database users, the guide is based on the “Seven Golden Steps to Successful Searching”.

These include: clear definition of the information needed; identification of the fundamental components of the scientific approach; selecting the most appropriate information resources for the search; compiling the specific search terms; beginning with a simple search term which can be built upon; limiting the search of broad coverage databases; broadening the search horizon when little information is found.

Both the e-version and paper copies of the search guidance are free of charge from the EU Bookshop at bookshop.europa.eu

© T. Phillips / Lord Dowding Fund

The results of a survey on the use of animals in Military Medical Training (MMT) has shown that the UK and the US are among only six North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries which still use animals for military training.1 The study, published in Military Medicine journal, describes how 78.6% of NATO countries confirmed that they do not use animals in MMT exercises for reasons including the availability of alternative methods. Such methods include computer simulations, mannequins, human patient simulators, virtual reality and human cadavers.1 The fact that so many countries avoid the use of animals for this type of training demonstrates that animal use is not essential and in fact, in a number of instances, alternative methods have been shown to be equal2, 3 if not better than using live animals.4 Although figures for animals used for military research are not published in the yearly statistics on the use of animal for scientific procedures, a parliamentary question in 2010 revealed that the use of animals has been in steady decline in the UK, dropping from 21,118 in 2005 to 8,168 in 2009. These numbers, which involve all research, not just training, involved guinea pigs, rabbits and primates, among other species.5 In the US, a Department of Defense (DoD) 2009 report recorded the use of 7,500 animals of eight different species including pigs and goats. It is extraordinary that the DoD reports amputation and the placement of a chest seal as being un-teachable with methods other than animals.6

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The majority of NATO countries abandon animal use in military medical training.... but not UK and USA

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Percy was a tiny cub when he was rescued by ADI, with his sister Nancy and brother Bob – the last animals to ever appear in a Bolivian circus. For three weeks the circus eluded ADI in a remote mountainous region before we swooped in to seize Percy and family in the searing heat in Monteagudo.

The circus would frighten his mother into the corner of the cage with a metal bar and then drag the cubs out through the feeding hatch. People in local parks would be charged for photos with them.

Today, Percy, Nancy, Bob, mum Kiara, dad Hercules, and older sisters Panchula and Fida roam in almost 20 acres at The Wild Animal Sanctuary. In summer it is like African savannah and later it becomes a winter wonderland for the lions as they run and play in the crisp Colorado snow.

When the lions first arrived, a special heated biosphere was built to help them acclimatise. Today, they are stronger, fitter and their coats full and luxurious.

Just look at Percy now (left), strong and powerful, his mane starting to grow.

With a proper diet and exercise he is even bigger than dad Hercules.

For some of the lions we saved from Bolivia, the circus had already stolen the best years of their lives so we can just give them the longest, happiest retirement possible. For Percy, Bob and Nancy, and indeed the other young lions like Fida, Panchula, Rosa, Rosita, Rosario, Campeon, Marta and Maria, almost their entire lives are ahead of them – they could have 20 years of freedom in our care. Their life in the circus becoming an ever distant memory.

This is a major long term commitment for their future.

Please help us care for them for life by adopting Percy for £24 or, all three cubs for £36.

Get well soon Dactari!

Dactari, one of the first lions ADI saved in Bolivia, is unwell and our thoughts are with him. Concerns were raised when he was seen struggling to breathe and so the decision was made by the ARK2000 team to anesthetise him, x-ray his chest, and perform a full physical examination.

The exam revealed that dear Dactari has heart disease and is much older than previously estimated – at least 15 years old.

The good news is that he is undergoing treatment and so far he is responding well. He is comfortable, in good spirits and whilst his appetite is improving, he remains fairly active and continues to snuggle up with Bambek in the Californian sunshine. It is heartening to see that, despite his difficulties, Dactari is still very much part of the daily afternoon roaring chorus – joining in with his recognisable strong and deep calls.

Many of the animals we save are damaged from years of neglect and suffering. Raised on inadequate diets and deprived of appropriate exercise, it’s easy to see how life in the circus takes its toll on the animals. Please help us fund Dactari’s ongoing care – consider adopting this courageous lion for just £24 a year.

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Tim Rescued from a circus in Bolivia, and Rosita, a companion for Tim, both now safe in a sanctuary in Trinidad, Bolivia.

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Thoughtful Tilin We rescued Tilin the baboon from a Bolivian circus.

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Baloo’s Opinion Saved from a laboratory, this was Baloo’s first moment in his outdoor enclosure.

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Kenya Saved from a circus in Bolivia and now safe in the USA, Kenya is free to stalk in the long grass.

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Camba Taking a break in the shade, Camba has a life of freedom ahead to look forward to.

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A Snuggle of beagles Rescued from vivisection, beagle puppies cuddle up together.

SAF011 £60