EUROPEAN LAB ANIMAL DIRECTIVE WILL EFFECT 12 MILLION ANIMALS A YEAR

Don't let the vivisectors and industry lobby groups get their own way

At the moment, animal experiments in Europe are governed by a law known as Directive 86/609/EEC (a “Directive” sets provisions that EU countries must include in their own laws.

After 20 years, the EU law that governs animal testing across Europe and the UK is being revised. In November 2008, the European Commission published a proposed new law intended to control animal experiments across the 27 countries of the European Union. The proposal will now spend many months being considered by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU governments before being finalised. The politicians can change the proposal for better or worse so we need your help urgently to get the best possible outcome for animals before it becomes law.

12 million non-human animals are used and killed in laboratories across Europe each year and this law will be partly critical in deciding what can and will happen to tens of millions of animals in the years after it is introduced.

ACTION

Please write to one or all of your MEPs in your area to urge them to support the amendments to help animals. A letter is much more powerful to write in your own words, telling your representative(s) about your own beliefs and experiences and has less chance of being blocked or ignored.

Find your MEP and write to them: http://www.writetothem.com/
Details about MEPs: http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/membersmain.htm

Time is short - the first key vote will take place within six weeks.