- Target:
- European Parliament
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Thousands of Beagle dogs and puppies are used in laboratory experiments and tests in the U.K. and Europe each year, often being poisoned and gassed - their paws taped together and gas nozzles fitted over their muzzles - they are fully conscious and of course terrified. Organizations (e.g. SHAC) have photos showing the terrible suffering caused.
Beagle dogs are bred for research, one place is in Leicestershire, and sold on to research labs - surplus 'stock' that means DOGS can also be just killed off at the rate of 60 a day and even puppies are sold for research to clients. (BUAV website) All of these establishments can hide behind archaic legislation which allows this.
The British government Animal Procedures Committee report back in 1990 stated that replacements to animals are more accurate and more efficient yet experiments and research on dogs (and cats) still continues so we the undersigned ask for urgent new legislation to ban all experiments and testing on dogs (and cats).
We understand the Euro Parliament rule all products, including toxic substances must be tested on non rodents but dogs (cats and primates too) have feelings, intelligence and emotions which include devotion, fidelity and fear, and are a long way from being just non rodents.
We therefore ask this ruling be changed to exclude dogs, (cats and major primates) from research and that this be done without delay. The present ruling allows all manner of abuse and suffering.
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The Stop experiments on Beagle dogs petition to European Parliament was written by Suzanne Thorpe and is in the category Animal Rights at GoPetition.