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UBC Research on Monkeys in the News

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

The Province

Stop UBC Animal Research (STOP), a local campaign to end research on animals at UBC, landed a story on the front page of The Province today.

STOP uncovered a proposal by UBC researchers to conduct experiments on rhesus monkeys and is asking for the University to halt the experiment and release the monkeys to a sanctuary. The experiments are intended to study the effects of Parkinson’s disease – although the monkeys will be “injected with substances to duplicate Parkinson’s disease in humans” instead of actually having Parkinson’s disease.

This just seems like bad science.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Anne Birthistle wants to save four rhesus monkeys from UBC’s death row.

Birthistle, a researcher for Stop UBC Animal Research, wants to “adopt the monkeys” by offering to buy the research monkeys before they are killed as part of Experiment LS91.

Documents obtained by The Province show that the four monkey are to be injected with substances to duplicate Parkinson’s disease in humans, then “sacrificed” for testing to show the effects.

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“Stop UBC Animal Research will launch an “adopt a monkey” campaign where we are prepared to pay for every monkey at UBC,” said Birthistle. “We want UBC to release them to us so that we can turn them over to a primate sanctuary where they can live out their days in peace and comfort.”

Read the full article.

For more information about the campaign, visit stopubcanimalresearch.org.

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Local Organizations: ADAV

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

The Animal Defense and Anti-Vivisection Society of BC was founded almost a hundred years ago (sorry, I forget the exact date) to oppose the use of animals in scientific experiments.

They are still around and still focused on stopping the bad science of animal testing and animal experimentation, in addition to promotion of kindness towards animals in all areas.

If you are interested in working on anti-vivisection issues in the Vancouver area, you may want to get in touch with them. They are always looking for volunteers for leafleting and tabling events, especially since so much animal testing is conducted in and around Vancouver (VGH, UBC, SFU, etc).

From their website:

The problem of animal experimentation is complex, many-sided and hard to fathom. The cruel and deadly use of animals has been legalised by politicians, justified by church institutions, described as unavoidable by science and industry, accepted without criticism by too many people not interested in the sufferings of others, and defended in every way by all those who gain profit from it. — Werner Hartinger, MD, Surgeon. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION: ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE LAW, SCIENCE, INDUSTRY AND POLITICAL REALITY.

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Local Organizations: Vancouver Humane Society

Saturday, July 25th, 2009
ChickenOUT! A VHS campaign
ChickenOUT! A VHS campaign

The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is another Vancouver-based organizations working to help animals.

Unlike other “humane societies”, VHS was modelled on the Humane Society of the United States, and most of their works is advocating for animals. They do fund some animal rescue and emergency care, but they help animals by changing laws and opinions.They do not operate a shelter.

I think this is a good approach to helping animals. By changing the system that produces unwanted and mistreated animals, they can potentially help far more animals.

According to their website:

The Vancouver Humane Society is a registered charity dedicated to the humane treatment of animals. We encourage individuals, organizations, and governments to take responsibility for the welfare and rights of domestic animals and wildlife influenced by human activities.

One campaign that has been their focus for the past few years is ChickenOUT! This is a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of egg-laying chickens (90% of whom are confined in battery cages) and advocate for law and policy changes that protect them. They give people information about the different labelling systems in BC for eggs and help people choose a less harmful option.

ChickenOUT! has its own website, if you would like to find out more about that campaign.

VHS also has a close relationship with Rest.Q sanctuary. They put out a joint rescue calendar for 2009, and hopefully they’ll put out another one.

VHS also was very helpful in finding a home for Hank, our rescued broiler rooster, for which I am forever grateful.

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