Anim lDefenDer

Plus: EU animal experiments rules update l FurStop campaignStop Circus Suffering – more circuses exposed

Research without animals l Space experiments on monkeys

ISSN: 2043-992X

Home Free!Home Free!IncredibleIncrediblejourney forjourney for

Bolivian lionsBolivian lionsends inends in

paradise.paradise.

Plus: MonkeyPlus: Monkeyand baboon and baboon

rescuesrescues

Autumn/Winter 2010

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI2

ANIMAL DEFENDERISSN: 2043-992Xpublished by Animal Defenders Internationalincorporating The Campaigner, published by theNational Anti-Vivisection Society

UK: Millbank Tower, Millbank, LoNDoN, SW1P 4QP, U.K.Tel: +44 (0)20 7630 3340Fax: +44 (0)20 7828 2179e-mail: info@ad-international.orgweb: www.ad-international.org

USA: 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1150,LoS ANgeLeS, CA 90048, USATel: +1 323-935-2234Fax: +1 323-935-9234e-mail: usa@ad-international.orgweb: www.adiusa.org

South America: Apartado Postal 359888BogoTÁ, Colombia.e-mail: info@ad-international.orgweb: www.ad-international.org

editors: Creamer/PhillipsDesign: Creamer/Phillips/ElsonCartoons: Paul TaylorContributors: Jan Creamer; Tim Phillips; HelderConstantino; Alexandra Cardenas; Christina Dodkin;Jessamy Korotoga; Lisa Mitchinson; Juan PablosOlmos; Thomas England; Rob Brooks; RicardoFajardo.

©2010 ADI. All rights reserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced for commercial purposes by any meanswhatsoever without the written permission of ADI/NAVS.

ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL:Founded 1990. To educate, create awareness, andpromote 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 conserveand protect animals and their environment.

NATIONAL ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY:Founded 1875; the world’s premier anti-vivisection group.Millions of animals suffer and die in cruel, unscientific, and futile experiments. The NAVS advocates the totalprohibition of all animal experiments, and, pending theachievement of this aim, we may support partial measureswhich would provide steps towards reform.

LORD DOWDING FUND: Founded 1974; a departmentof the NAVS; sponsors non-animal scientific and medicalresearch.

For a free guide to making a Will and helping animals, call us today on 020 7630 3340 www.ad-international.org www.navs.org.uk www.ldf.org.uk

If you knew animals were being abused,could you rest in peace?

Sadly, throughout their lives, the last thingmany animals experience is peace. Toto thechimpanzee, for example, was imprisoned in acircus for 25 years and forced to perform tricksand smoke cigarettes for people’sentertainment.

He was one of the lucky ones because he wasrescued by Animal Defenders International(ADI) and returned home to Africa where he

now lives with his own kind. ADI is amajor international force in animal

protection.

Please help us to help otheranimals like Toto to live in

peace by making abequest today toAnimal DefendersInternational.

If you believe in reincarnation there aresome animals you wouldn’t want to be.

Imagine a life imprisoned in a cramped cage,subjected to constant experimentation; alifetime of suffering followed by a painful death.That’s the cruel, futile fate suffered by millionsof laboratory animals in the name of research.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society is theworld’s premier and leading group working toend the suffering of animals in laboratories.

We lobby Parliament; produce scientificreports, educational materials andvideos; conduct undercoverinvestigations and exposelaw breaking. We fund non-animal scientific research.

Please help us to helplaboratory animals by makinga bequest to the NationalAnti-Vivisection Society.

Help finance an evolution.

Will you leave a lasting legacy of compassion,and help scientific advancement? The LordDowding Fund finances scientific and medicalresearch without the use of animals. Webelieve that cruel animal techniques have noplace in 21st century science.

We have supported major advances in manyfields, including neuroscience, cancer researchand safety testing – we developed a humaneBritish Standard Test for the toxicity of dentalfillings. Your legacy could help save the livesof animals and advance

scientific research.

Help finance an evolutionin medical science and

leave a lasting legacy witha bequest today to the

Lord Dowding Fund.

Welcome to the autumn issue of

‘Animal Defender’ our combined

magazine for NAVS, the Lord

Dowding Fund, and Animal

Defenders International. 2010 has

been an intense year for campaigns

on animal experiments and animals in entertainment. And bigger challenges

lie ahead.

With hard work, we can light the way to a new era in the campaign to end the

use of animals in research – where wider scientific and public scrutiny helps to

replace the animal research industry with modern, sophisticated non-animal

scientific research techniques.

Once the new European directive on animal experiments has passed in the

European Parliament, the government will decide how to implement this in the

UK. It will be time for action. When we need you, please be there for

laboratory animals in 2011.

It is good to hold on to the positive stories in our work, and in this issue we

have the uplifting tale of the rescue of the Bolivian lions and baboon from the

first circus in Bolivia to go animal-free, following a ban on animal circuses.

The lions – Bambek, Dactari, Simba and Camba, will live out their lives in the

paradise that is the PAWS ARK2000 sanctuary in California, funded by ADI.

We are also funding buildings, enclosures and lifetime care for the baboon,

Tilin, to come to the Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary in the UK where, eventually,

he will live with other baboons for the first time since being torn from his

mother. Soon, our three ex-laboratory monkeys, Baloo, Bacil, and Bacillusk

(the 3Bs) will leave quarantine at Lakeview and move into the fabulous new

enclosure being built for them.

Enclosed in this issue you with find our Christmas Catalogue, full of

gifts for both human and furry friends – please help our campaigns

by buying from our catalogue!

With all good wishes.

Jan Creamer, Chief Executive.

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Late at night in San FranciscoAirport; two transport truckswaiting; film and camera crews atthe ready; ADI Ambassador JorjaFox and the ADI Rescue Team onhand with supplies of water; one ofthe runways was about to play hostto a contingent of lions flying infrom Bolivia.

As the aircraft touched down, thelevel of excitement hit fever pitch:after months of negotiations, thefour lions had finally made it:Camba, Simba, Bambek and Dactariwere going to a new home. It hadbeen a hard, hard week withchallenges every step of the way.

It had been our most ambitious andcomplicated rescue mission ever, but itwas the culmination of five years ofinvestigative and campaign work, leadingup to this amazing moment. Our fieldofficers had infiltrated Bolivian circusesand caught the brutality on camera; thecampaign was launched and Boliviagave us the world’s first national ban onall animals in circuses. Now we hadrescued the first animals from Bolivia'scircuses and brought them to freedom.

Actress and campaigner Jorja Fox andthe ADI team had barely slept for daysand would not sleep that night.However, as the aircraft rumbled to ahalt and the cargo doors opened toreveal the precious cargo of lion crates,

it was all worth it. Here was everythingwe fight for, representing the undercoverinvestigations, the campaigning andlobbying to secure new laws, overcomingthe logistical difficulties, and givinganimals a new life.

When the lions were on the tarmac andthe crates opened, they began to roar –first Bambek and then everyone. Thistime they were roaring freedom.

Handed over

In the last issue of Animal Defender, wereported on the campaign for the ban onanimal circuses in Bolivia and the fivelions and baboon being handed to ADIas the first Bolivian circus went animal-free.

© L

ela

h F

ost

er

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Above: CSI actressand ADIAmbassador JorjaFox, with ADI vetMel Richardson,gives the lions adrink of water onarrival at SanFrancisco airport.

Below: Sitting prettythe following day inthe ADI enclosure atthe PAWS ARK2000Sanctuary.

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

welcome to paradise:Bolivian Circus Rescue

A whisker away fromfreedom: Maiza passesawayAs the long negotiations to get the Bolivian export permitswere reaching their conclusion, the team in Cochabambareported that Maiza, the oldest lioness of the group andbelieved to be the mother of our Bolivian Pride, had fallenill.

The animal carers noticed a sudden drop in Maiza’scondition, so the local veterinary surgeon, NathalieQuintin, was called in to attend her. Video andphotographs were quickly sent to Dr Mel Richardson inthe US, while arrangements were made for Dr Fernandezof La Paz Zoo to fly to Cochabamba immediately toexamine Maiza and discuss his findings with DrRichardson and Dr Quintin. Various drugs were given toalleviate the symptoms and fight infection, pending furthertests and examination.

The veterinary surgeons agreed that further investigationwith specialised equipment was necessary, andarrangements were made for Dr Fernandez to bring theequipment to Cochabamba and for Dr Richardson and Dr Quintin to join him there.Sadly, the results of the tests and the examination were not good news for Maiza,and the three veterinary surgeons agreed that the most humane course of actionwould be to put Maiza out of her suffering.

Maiza’s death so close to her relocation was heartbreaking. We had pushed sohard to get her to freedom. However, our veterinary team advised that she hadperitonitis and a condition such as this can arise so suddenly and with such severity,that they could not be sure that it would not have happened anyway. Clearly, heradvanced age had not helped.

Our veterinary teams are often faced with animals whose health and background isvague or unknown. Circus animals frequently endure years without proper nutritionand as a result, have poor immunity. Severe confinement and lack of exercise, poormuscle and intestinal condition, and physical abuse, all contribute tomaking ex-circus animals vulnerable to sickness. For example itwas only when Tarzan thetiger from the Portuguesecircus arrived at therescue center in SouthAfrica, we discovered hewas considerably older thanclaimed. The sad fact is thatwe are rescuing animalswhose lives have not beenconducive to good health.

It is a comfort to know that poorMaiza was treated with loveand respect at the end of herdays, and when her time came,it was carried out with kindness.

However, this tragedy pushed usto work even harder, to ensure therest of her family got to theparadise that is the PAWSsanctuary in California.

4

As we go to print,preparations are beingmade to relocate Tilin thebaboon to the LakeviewPrimate Sanctuary in theUK – but for the lions,the road from Bolivia to

California was quite a journey.

We took charge of the animals inCochabamba, a fairly remote city inBolivia, where the authorities requestedwe keep the lions until they could bepermanently relocated. This meantbuilding a temporary quarantine facilityand involved protracted negotiations withvarious levels of local and nationalgovernment. In both logistical andpolitical terms, this was a difficultlocation.

The animals came into our hands,skinny, with shaggy hair andmalnourished from a poor diet. Our firsttask was nutrition, health tests, and theanimals were treated for internalparasites. In fact, since arriving in theUS one of the lions has been found tobe suffering from a shellfish parasite;

this is very unusual, and somethingthat is not killed by the normal

anti-parasite treatments.He is, however, now

recovering well.

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© L

ela

h F

ost

er

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

airport reported that they were not ableto lift the lions onto the aircraft, and itwould take over a week to get otherequipment. We went into the weekendutterly dejected.

A feverish search ensued for alternativeaircraft, or airports. A senior TechnicalEngineer from Boeing advised the ADIUS team which of their aircraft couldtake the crates, supplying diagrams andspecifications for us to review as weassessed flight options.

The ‘other airport’ option was not good.It would take about 18-24 hours to drivethe lions through the mountains; therewas potential for rockslides and strikeprotestors were blocking many roads.New permits to leave Bolivia would needto be issued; these had already takenmonths to obtain.

In San Francisco, there was a differentheadache: US President Barack Obamawas due to visit the city. San FranciscoAirport – which proved to be the mosthelpful and co-operative airport we have

ADI & NAVS

The lions were put on a high-quality foodregime, with nutritional supplements.The local veterinary surgeon coordinatedand monitored on the ground, under thedirection of veterinary surgeon Dr MelRichardson.

At first, the animals remained in theirbeast wagon (their cage on a truck), inwhich they had lived all their lives, whilepermissions were obtained and thetemporary facility built. This had to be aquarantine unit, to satisfy the local healthauthorities. Unfortunately due to threatsfrom locals, including so-called “animallovers” who threw stones at the animals,a perimeter fence had to be erected andsecurity guards employed.

Meanwhile, several thousand miles awayat the Performing Animal Welfare Societysanctuary in California, work began onconstruction of a state of the art ADI-funded habitat – a home for life.

The logistical and bureaucratic difficultiesmounted – delays in getting permits,which had to be re-issued several times;airline strikes prevented vital documentsgetting to their destination on time;delays in personnel reaching theanimals; a volcanic eruption in Icelandclosing down airspace around the world;strikes and riots across Bolivia, withmountain roads blocked. Then duringthe final few days, technical difficulties atthe local airport meant that the animalscould not be loaded into the aircraft; afterseveral days another aircraft was found,but that developed a hydraulics failurebefore finally, we secured an aircraft totake us on our journey.

The journey begins

As the rescue unfolded, we deployed two

teams to ensure everything wentsmoothly, a rescue team in Bolivia and areception team in San Francisco.

ADI Chief Executive Jan Creamer,Supporter Relations Director LisaMitchinson and vet Dr Mel Richardson,flew down to work with the ADI Boliviateam in Cochabamba.

Campaigns Director Tim Phillips travelledfrom Los Angeles with the US team tooversee operations in San Francisco.CSI actress and ADI Ambassador JorjaFox, who had written personally toBolivia’s President Morales when the banwas passed, joined the ADI SanFrancisco Team.

Daily video diaries kept everyoneupdated with events; these were put onour rescue blog, YouTube, Facebook andTwitter. Jorja Fox provided videoupdates of the status of the USpreparations. The diary is now availableon DVD and online.

In Bolivia, the team hit the groundrunning. The animals were checked byDr Richardsonand given the allclear to fly; travelcrates wereconstructed andtested; it was allsystems go, forloading on theSunday and aflight to SanFrancisco viaMedellin,Colombia.

Then on theFriday afternoon,the technical staffat Cochabamba

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© J

an C

ream

er

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© J

an C

ream

er

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Top Row: The boysin the ADIquarantine facility inBolivia; ADI’s Dr MelRichardson and JanCreamer appear liveon Bolivian TV; Onelast look around andthen into the travelcrate; Travel cratesare closed ready tobe loaded ontotrucks; ADI’s Teamin Bolivia outsideour quarantinefacility.

Bottom Row: Maiza;Jorja, Damion andTim working on therescue video diariesin San Francisco;our lion convoy enroute toCochabambaairport; the first lionis loaded atCochabambaairport.

Below: Jorja Foxwith Camba at SanFrancisco Airport.

and then settle down for a few hours.Members of the crew, unused to flying inan aircraft with four lions roaring aroundthe empty cabin, anxiously checked backeach time to be reassured that the lionswere definitely still in their crates! Duringrefuelling in Panama the San Franciscoteam got news that everything was goingwell and mobile phone pictures of thejourney poured in.

Touchdown

9pm at San Francisco Airport, the gantrythat had been set up for the Presidentwas bristling with TV cameras andphotographers and Jorja and Tim werebriefing the media. It was a magicalmoment for the team waiting as theywatched the aircraft approach.

Finally, the aircraft rumbled into placeand the huge cargo door opened: thehatch opened, the ADI team waved andthere were the lions in their crates. Theyhad finally arrived safe and sound.

Each crate was gently lowered from the©

Lela

h F

ost

er

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Above: Somewhere35,000 feet overCentral America,Mel and Jan checkthe lions; The lionsare unloaded in SanFrancisco and Jandirects the forkliftinto position; TheADI team heavesthe crates intoposition at PAWS

Below: The lions areunloaded at SanFrancisco Airportand everyone iswell!

on Bolivian TV.

Take Off

In the early hours of the morning, thelions were loaded into their individualtravel crates. Camba first, followed bythe three brothers. They were then liftedby crane onto trucks. The Cochabambapolice were wonderful, closing roads andproviding the convoy with an escort allthe way to the airport.

Camba was nervous and was shifting inher crate but settled when she heardBambek, Dactari and Simba calling outtheir locations. After a long wait on thetarmac, before being loaded, all of thelions talked to each other, first one, thenanother, until finally all four joined in themorning roaring – farewell Bolivia.

This was a cargo aircraft so the teamhad access to the animals throughoutthe flight, giving them their first drink ofwater at 35,000 feet, heading north.Periodically the lions would call to eachother, checking each other’s location,

ever worked with – understandably didnot want a bunch of lions beingdisembarked at the same time as thePresident!

On day six, the team in Bolivia secured anew flight with Bolivia’s TAB airlines fromCochabamba via Panama, to arrive onthe Thursday, two days after thePresident. The excellent team at theairport then generously allowed the lionsto use the same unloading spot as thePresidential aircraft ‘Air Force One’!

With less than 12 hours to go andeverything for the move in place, wewere notified that our aircraft hadsuffered a hydraulic failure and had beenturned back. After several heart-stopping hours a replacement wassecured, although the six-hour delaywould push our arrival into the night.

It was always important that this rescuepublicised the suffering of animals intravelling circuses. By now the operationwas attracting massive media attentionin South America, with regular updates

aircraft and opened up so that they couldbe checked and watered. Bambekbegan bellowing to announce his arrival,and everyone else joined in. Jorja gaveeach of them a good drink of water, thecrates were closed and loaded onto thetrucks to take them to PAWS, and wedrove into the night.

The extended convoy finally arrived at4am at the PAWS ARK2000 sanctuary.The sun rose over Calaveras County aswe unloaded the animals, with PAWSDirector Ed Stewart skillfully organisingeveryone to move the crates into place,and moving the lions into their nightdens.

As the morning light shone through thetrees surrounding their new home,Camba, Dactari, Bambek and Simbawere then released into the two nightenclosures. They ran around, playingwith the shrubs and logs, Cambachasing along the fence as the threebrothers chased each other in sheer joyat their freedom – more space than theyhave ever had in their lives. It was 6amand although the release into their mainenclosure would be later in the day, itwas utterly exhilarating. A family unitedand at play.

This is freedom

The PAWS ARK2000, sanctuary is oneof the finest wild animal sanctuaries inthe world and specialises in animalsrescued from circuses. Camba, Simba,Bambek and Dactari could not havecome to a better place. A year earlierthey had been in a stinking cage on theback of a truck; now they are inparadise.

Following a brief press conference, Jorja

had run more than a few steps; and thefirst time they could play togetherproperly, in a natural environment. Theycharged up and down the hillside,Camba running alongside them. Theystalked each other through theundergrowth, playfully leaping out frombehind bushes. Eventually they worethemselves out and settled down in thesunshine together.

Today their coats are lush and glossy;they have the space to run and play;they can build muscle so that they canwalk properly; they have specialised careand a healthy diet; and they live in a

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 7

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Above: Jorja andJan with PAWSfounder Pet Derby –all smiles – the lionsare free! Camba isdelighted to see theboys in the nextenclosure; the boysplay after beingreleased from theirtravel crates.

Main picture: Tilinthe baboon will beon his way to a UKsanctuary soon.

Above: Constructionof Tilin’s quarantineunit – everyone fromthe ADI Londonoffice has lent ahand with thebuilding work.

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Tilin’s TaleTilin is a magnificentHamadryas baboon handedover to ADI by Circo Abuhabda,along with the lions, followingthe Bolivian circus ban. Tilinhad been filmed with the circusby our undercover field officersfive years earlier. He lived in a cage on a truckand was chained by the neck. It was a specialday during the relocation of the Bolivian lionswhen Dr Mel Richardson sedated Tilin and cutthe chain from his neck.

As we go to press we are preparing to movehim to Lakeview monkey sanctuary here in theUK, where our rescued laboratory monkeys arehoused. ADI has funded new facilities for Tilinat Lakeview where he will initially be kept for sixmonths in quarantine; however this quarantinehas more indoor and outdoor space than he hasever known. After quarantine, he will move intoa new enclosure designed for baboons, and it ishoped to eventually give him some babooncompanions. ADI is therefore looking for other

tugged open the doors to the largerdaytime enclosures (Camba is separatedfrom the males until they can all beneutered). Camba appeared to be thesmartest, heading out down the hillsideand into the bush first, while the threebrothers watched her, baffled as to howshe had got into the outer enclosure.Eventually, they worked it out, with a littlehelp from Ed Stewart and Pat Derby ofPAWS!

It was the first time they had walked ongrass. It was the first time they hadlooked up into the sky overhead, with nosolid ceiling or bars; the first time they

© C

. D

odki

n /

AD

I

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI8

natural and safe environment. Thesefour lucky lions have been on the journeyof their lives – one which has taken themfrom a small cage on the back of a truck,being forced to perform demeaningtricks, to an expansive natural enclosuresurrounded by stunning hillsides.

Each morning they roar together and itechoes across the valley. Ed says aneighbour recently remarked how muchthey enjoy hearing their morning song.

Help support Tilin the baboon, andCamba, Bambek, Dactari and Simba.ADI funded this entire operation, with thekind and generous support of ADIAmbassador Bob Barker; this includedconstruction of the quarantine units inBolivia, veterinary care, food, legal fees

in preparation for travel; crates, groundand air transport; construction of thefacilities at PAWS. We have made thecommitment to fund the care of theseanimals for the rest of their lives,including staff, feeding and veterinarycare.

It was necessary to move Tilin thebaboon to a secure location in Bolivia,and we continue to care for him in hisquarantine unit. We are funding Tilin’srelocation to the Lakeview MonkeySanctuary in the UK, where a newquarantine unit and permanent enclosureare being prepared for him. Tilin will bein the presence of other primates andeventually, for the first time in his adultlife, he will have the company of otherbaboons. We will be funding Tilin’s care

for the rest of his life.

There will be ongoing costs forthese animals for many years, sowe urgently need the help ofsupporters to adopt Tilin,Camba, Bambek, Dactari andSimba; a regular donation willhelp them for years to come.See the form enclosed with thismagazine. Adopters receive acertificate, DVD, regular updateson the animals in ournewsletters and other offers.Please get in touch today –Call 020 7630 3340 or email

© L

isa M

itchin

son /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

im P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

This is the life! Thelion’s enjoying thiernew home.

Bob Barker: a true Animal DefenderThis rescue mission was made possible thanks to the incredible generosity of AmericanTV personality and ADI Ambassador Bob Barker, whose support for our campaigns andinvestigations are making a difference all over the world.

Having supported our campaign for the ban on animal circuses, the support from theformer ‘Price is Right’ star enabled ADI to undertake this important rescue. Thisincluded the negotiations to get the animals out of Bolivia; construction of quarantinefacilities; veterinary and animal care; ground and air transport; building the state of theart ADI lion enclosure at PAWS.

This was a rescue that was in the spotlight because we had secured the ban on animalcircuses in Bolivia. The support of Bob Barker helped us show governments that circusanimal bans can be effectively implemented: we are immeasurably grateful.

During the rescue Bob Barker said, “I am delighted to have helped ADI give theseanimals a wonderful new life after they have endured so much misery. Circuses are noplace for animals, and lions and tigers should not be forced to live in small cages on thebacks of trucks, or elephants forced to live in chains in the name of entertainment.Circuses with animals are cruel and archaic. I commend the Bolivian Government fortaking this progressive step and hope that other South American countries, and indeedthe USA, will follow suit. Next week these animals will start a new life in California and anew era will begin in Bolivia, one without circus suffering.”

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 9

Apes demonstratemore intelligence.Orangutans havebeen reported to actout mimes, in orderto share information,for example

memories, with carers.

eDM calls for study into reliabilityof animal testing. EDM475 tabled byBob Russel MP highlights seriousdrug side effects and “calls on theGovernment to initiate a comparisonof currently required animal tests witha set of human biology-based tests,as proposed in the Safety ofMedicines (Evaluation) Bill 2009, tosee which is the most effective meansto predict the safety of medicines forpatients.” The NAVS is urging MPs tosign the EDM.

Thomas Hartungawarded forhumane toxicityresearch. Thescientist who wasinterviewed in our New Sciencemagazine this year has received anAgilent Thought Leader Award.

The Fercos Brothers, who weinvestigated as they toured, haveapplied for import and export permitsfor “four captive-born tigers and onecaptive-born African leopard toworldwide locations for the purpose ofenhancement of the species throughconservation education”.

California hasupheld a ban onimporting livefrogs and turtlesfor use as food,despite pressure

from vested interests and statelegislators. ADI investigated the tradelast year and urged the Commissionto keep the ban in place.

World Farm Animals Day, october2nd: To commemorate the billions ofanimals killed annually for food. Forinformation on what you can do tomark the day, visit www.wfad.org

The NAVS Kick Animal Testing out of the House campaign madea major breakthrough this summer, as the Home officeannounced the government’s commitment to ‘ending the testing

of household products on animals’.

In a statement applauded by the NAVS, Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State at the Home Office said ‘Work is underway to define the range ofproducts affected and to determine how this can best be achieved. I am not yet in aposition to confirm when such testing will be finally brought to an end, but hope to beable to do so shortly.’

Back in 1998, the NAVS fought vigorously and hailed a UK ban on cosmetics testingas a massive victory. This was followed by EU legislation introduced in 2004 and2009, resulting in the beginning of a phase-out of all animals testing for cosmetics –both the finished products, and any of the ingredients. And though a small number ofexemptions apply to the sales ban, these will finally also be completely banned by2013, whether or not they say suitable alternatives have been found.

This statement was not only the culmination of a 25 year campaign: it alsodemonstrates that a phased approach to banning animal testing is possible, andachieves real results. The NAVS has written to every MP urging them to ensure thiscommitment becomes a reality.

Consumer pressure from NAVS supporters, too, has led to the abandoning of mosttesting of household products on animals: recent Home Office statistics showed thatthere were no animals used in 2009 to test household products – unlike the 132 usedin 2008. So a big thank you to all our supporters who have been instrumental in thisstep forward!

I’m sure glad those lions are in

cages – they’re making a fearsome noise....

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© P

. Taylo

r / AD

I

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI10

FurStop:

World awaits

Israel’s decisionADI’s shocking report ‘Bloody Harvest: TheReal Cost of Fur’ was circulated to theMembers of the Knesset, Israel’sParliament, in March 2010 and was a keypiece of evidence in support of a Billbanning not only fur farming, but the salesof all fur products in Israel.

Working alongside the International Anti-Fur Coalition (IAFC), Animal DefendersInternational presented the report and theHebrew version of our ‘Bloody Harvest’

investigation video. Although a decision is awaited, the debate itself sent waves ofhope around the world: if passed, the bill would be the first of its kind and this initiativecould be followed in many other countries.

The bill has, however, come under fire from Hassidic Orthodox Jews who occasionallyuse a traditional hat called Shtreimels, which is worn by married men on Shabbat andsome religious holidays. Although the bill includes an exemption for religious use, thefur industry has attempted to mislead the Hassidic Jewish community into believingthat the proposed law would be discriminatory. Assertions which are completelyunsubstantiated and misleading.

Moreover, the Government of Denmark – one of the world’s main producers of fur -has been putting strong pressure on the Israeli Ministry of Trade to stop the ban, onthe grounds that it would go against World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. TheUnited States and Canada have also expressed their opposition to the initiative.These challenges under WTO rules are familiar to animal protection campaigners, asthere have been similar challenges to the European Union’s desire to ban fur productsfrom leg-hold traps, and other animal protection measures.

While such pro-commerce scaremongering is not unusual from companies with vestedinterests, it is especially shameful in this case considering the plight of the animalsconcerned.

It is expected that the Knesset will meet again later this year to take a decision on thebill. Animal Defenders International will continue to support IAFC’s campaign to get thisbill passed and will work towards achieving similar legislation in Europe.

Adolfo Dominguez says no to fur.Spanish design house AdolfoDominguez has pledged to go fur-freein the wake of increasing awarenessof the cruelty of fur farming. Thedesigner stated “There are plenty ofsynthetic alternatives.”

Amex removes foiegras from advertafter ADI supporters,Carol and PeterTracey, wrote andcomplained.

Lab monkey breakout. Twelvemonkeys escaped from KyotoUniversity’s lab over a 5.3-metre high-voltage wire fence. Japan Todayreported that the monkeys firstclimbed up trees and then used thebranches as slingshots to propelthemselves over the fence,researchers said. The trees are abouttwo metres high and about threemetres from the fence. “Their jumpingpower was greater than we thought,”said Hirohisa Hirai, deputy head of theinstitute. The following day two of themonkeys returned to the center, fiveothers were lured back with peanuts,while five remained unaccounted for.

Baboons trappedfor vivisection.Vivisectors in SouthAfrica are takingadvantage of acheap supply ofbaboons beingtrapped in the wild after it is claimedthey cause problems on farms.

Whaling banupheld. Attempts toreintroducecommercial whalingfailed to pass musterat the InternationalWhaling

Commission conference, leaving the1986 ban in place. This encouragingshow of strength from the Commissionfollowed a recent demonstration,organised by Sea Shepherd, outsidethe Japanese embassy, adressed byADI’s Alexandra Cardenas (pictured).

Please help us:

l Please send a polite letter toIsrael’s Minister of Industry,Trade and Labour to ask him tosupport the ban: M. Binyamin“Fuad” Ben-eliezer, Minister ofIndustry, Trade and Labour,Ministry of Industry, Trade andLabour, 5 Bank Israel Street,Jerusalem, ISRAeL.

l order our leaflets and get activeonline at www.furstop.com

l Please send us a donation tosupport our investigations andcampaigns.

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 11

We have a new coalition Government which in the coming year will be makingdecisions on animal issues that will affect millions of animals. The new Europeanlegislation on animal experiments is expected to be approved by the EuropeanParliament in September (see p14) and then it must be implemented in the UK. Wehave the unfinished business of the promise from the previous Defra Minister to banwild animals in circuses. We hope that the new Government will move forward withthe ban, after the public consultation showed overwhelming support for it (94.5%).

ADI and NAVS will be lobbying at the 2010 party conferences to generate awarenessof issues such animals in entertainment, animal experiments, fur and primates as pets,to ensure that UK parliamentarians have all the information related to the increasingcalls for animal protection. We have information stands at the LibDem PartyConference in Liverpool, (18-22 September), Labour in Manchester (27-30 September)and at the Conservatives in Birmingham (2-6 October). A special party conferencereport, ‘Political Animals 2010’ will be available alongside our in-depth briefings andreports. We will also screen our DVDs.

A dolphin at okinawa ChuraumiAquarium, Japan jumped out of itstank onto the floor during a show. Theother dolphins in the tank appeared tobe distressed and gathered aroundthe side where the animal leapt out.

Fight repeal of theHunting Act. Weare urging MPs tooppose any repealof the Hunting Act,and call onsupporters to contact their MPs andask them to protect Britain’s wildlifefrom these cruel practices.

Liberian bushmeat and wildlife ban.Liberian President Ellen JohnsonSirleaf has by proclamation bannedthe exportation of wild animals andbush meat pending the passage ofproposed legislation.

Police officer Andy McWilliam, ofthe National Wildlife Crime Unit, hasbeen awarded the 2010 Clark R.Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awardfor services to fighting wildlife crime.The award recognised a distinguishedcareer investigating and breaking upthe illegal trade of reptiles, ivory, birdsof prey, Chinese medicines and caviar.

A TV commercialfor the europcarrental agency thatwas shot in SouthAfrica using a trainedchimpanzee imported

from the United States has beendiscontinued, following protests byJGI-Chimpanzee Eden and otherprimate care organisations.

Convention on International Tradein endangered Species. The 15thmeeting of the Conference of theParties to CITES in Doha proved adisappointment for the protection ofmarine species. Among manyfailures, a bid to ban the export of thethreatened Atlantic bluefin tuna wassunk, by pressure from importersJapan and China. Some species didbenefit – notably resumption of theivory trade was blocked.

Political Animals:

New look Government

Victory:

July saw the Catalonian Parliament approve a Popular Legislative Initiative (PLI)banning bullfighting in Catalonia as of 1 January 2012. The ban was approved with 68votes in favour, and 55 against. Under Catalonian law, a PLI is debated only once50,000 signatures are collected in the local community. Spanish animal protectiongroup Prou! (Catalonian for “enough”) secured more than 180,000 signatures!

Since the 1991 decision to ban bullfighting by the Autonomous Community of theCanaries, several Catalonian municipalities passed motions against this bloodsport.The Catalonian Parliament decision has strengthened campaigns across Spain, withreports of other PLIs being started. An online site in Navarra and a group in Madrid areworking to emulate the Catalonian success.

Although some of the members of the right-wing parties at the Catalonian Parliamentsaid that this decision has been a reflection of the political differences between theAutonomous Community and the rest of the country, a large number of artists,journalists, actors and other public figures have supported the initiative.

The decision has sent shockwaves across countries where bullfighting is still practiced,with debates about the legitimacy of its alleged cultural significance. For example, theConstitutional Court in Colombia is now to decide on the legality of bullfighting.

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

Pub: The Book guildLtd (UK, 2010)Price: £16.99 Author:Joy Leney

For many, anaffinity with animalsis something youare born with, andnever leaves you.For PrincessElisabeth de Croÿ,this was the case.Added to this was aburning desire tohelp others, toprovide sanctuary

for those in need, and to rail againstinjustice.

Such a Nuisance to Die tells the lifestory of a remarkable woman and agreat friend to animals. Whethercharming the Chilean President intohalting an upcoming bullfight, or hertireless work at the Refuge de Thiernay– the shelter she founded forabandoned dogs – this dazzlingaccount never fails to surprise, amuseand absorb.

After her early years of society life,during which time she rubbedshoulders with celebrities such asOrson Wells and Salvador Dali,Princess Elisabeth put her privilegedposition to good use, generatingpublicity and support for animals inneed. She also made many closefriends within the animal protectionworld – including ADI CampaignsDirector Tim Phillips, who contributes amemorable chapter.

Writing in his account of his manybrushes with the Princess, Tim recalls‘Although Elisabeth would sweep intoour London offices or to receptions andpublicity events, glamorous and lookingevery bit the princess, it is among thechasing, happy dogs of the Refuge thatshe would shine. Here she wouldalways be surrounded most closely bythe outcasts – the damaged, the oddlittle dogs that would not find homes’.And it is indeed in the account of theRefuge de Thiernay, which became thecentrepiece in her work for animals,that Elisabeth’s character really glows.

Not only does Elisabeth’s dedication toanimals shine through, but so does herwitty, often eccentric and above all,generous, nature.

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI12

Slight decrease in UK

animal experimentsThe Home Office annual statistics, ‘Statistics of ScientificProcedures on Living Animals 2009’ were publishedrecently, reporting that an appalling 3,541,252 animals wereused in the UK in 2009.

This was a slight decrease of 41,971 animals, on the figurefor 2008. Of these animals, 3,111,587 were used for non-toxicological research and 429,665 for toxicology tests(poison/safety tests). No animals were used for testinghousehold products, a fall of 132 animals since 2008. NAVSand ADI have campaigned to ‘Kick Animal Testing out of theHouse’ and we therefore welcome this as a step in the rightdirection. We hope to see the new Coalition Government takeaction on household product testing in the near future.

The statistics reveal that the most frequently used animals were mice(2,618,674), followed by rats, of which 323,054 were used. Other animalswere used, such as rabbits (11,643) dogs (4,129, of which 4,089 werebeagles and 40 were “others including cross bred animals”) and cats (172).Thousands of other animals suffered and died in UK laboratories, including 791ferrets, 199 horses or “other equids”, 8,015 sheep, 114,301 “domestic fowl” andalmost 400,000 fish.

2,815 primates were also used, and although this was a slight reduction on the numberused in 2008 (3354), the number of marmosets and tamarins used increased from 262the previous year to 498 in 2009, almost double the previous year’s figure. Marmosetsand tamarins were used for “fundamental biological research” and “applied studies –human medicine or dentistry”. The macaques that were used for the same researchareas totalled 162 and 1,866 animals respectively. In addition, 289 macaques wereused for “Protection of man, animals or environment”.

A sickening first was also achieved when it was reported that more procedures wereperformed on geneticallymodified animals than “normal”animals. “For the first time therewas a higher total of proceduresusing GM and HM [harmfulmutant] animals than usinggenetically ‘normal’ animals”.This increase was reported asbeing due largely to an increasein the use of GM mice inbreeding procedures.

At the same time, the HomeOffice also published the annualreport of the Animals Scientific Procedures Inspectorate Division (ASPD) andInspectorate (ASPI). In a stunning admission of irresponsibility, this boasted how, “Ofthe personal licences granted in 2009, 134 (5% of the total) were processed under“fast-track” procedures, taking an average of just five working days”. In addition to thisspeedier approval of licences, the overall number of visits and the time actually spentat the establishments had decreased from the previous year.

The report also outlined 3 infringements, which were deemed to be in the most seriouscategory. One case involved “unnecessary avoidable suffering in a marmoset”. Thisoccurred when the animal was under deep non-recovery anaesthesia and was to bebled to death. The report states that the animal began to recover consciousness sowas killed with an anaesthetic overdose. As a result, “The personal licensee wasplaced under close supervision, and the certificate holder introduced a number of

© T

. P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© A

DI

Theexceptionis thechapter ontoxicokinetics. Thisworking group, insteadof taking the simplistic viewthat one-to-one replacement ofanimal tests is the only option, concludedthat “A whole array of in vitro/in silico

methods at various levels of

development is available for most of

the steps and mechanisms which

govern the toxicokinetics of cosmetic

substances”.

The report also discusses thatconventional validation processes mightnot be the most efficient way to proceedwhere in vitro/in silico methods arealready available, “an expert consensusprocedure of collecting methods,assessing them according to test qualitycriteria and ranking them could be anacceptable approach”.

ADI & NAVS

The Cosmetics Directive 76/768/eeCaims to protect “public health”, and

lay “down rules on the composition,

labelling and packaging of cosmetic

products”. It also introduced a ban onanimal testing and on the marketingof products tested on animals.

Although the ban on cosmeticingredients tested on animals has beenin place since 2009, the deadline forreplacement of certain animal tests wasextended to March 2013.

The European Commission hasproduced a draft technical report ondevelopment of alternatives for theseremaining tests, and opened a publicconsultation on their proposals.

Once finalised, this report will besubmitted to the European Council ofMinisters and Parliament.

Five expert working groups werecommissioned to find “a broad andobjective picture of thescientific/technical issues involved inestablishing alternative test methods forthe five human health-(related) effectsfalling under the 2013 deadline for themarketing ban of the EU cosmeticsdirective”. The tests studied are:

l Repeat dose toxicity – effects of long-term exposure to a chemical.

l Skin sensitisation – toxicology ofchemicals which may cause allergy.

l Carcinogenicity – potential for causingtumours, or increase their incidence ormalignancy.

Some of the alternative methodshighlighted as potential replacements foranimals include complex computerprogrammes which predict the toxicity ofa chemical based on its structure; bloodbrain barrier models; reconstructedhuman skin models.

These alternatives will replace cruel andunnecessary animal experiments suchas repeatedly dosing pregnant rats withchemicals and killing them just beforethey give birth in order to study thebabies; long-term dosing tests lasting upto 1 year; use of transgenic mice.However, despite the known problem ofspecies differences, some of the“alternatives” suggested include growingof animal embryos (e.g. rat and frog) inculture, to test reproductive toxicity.

Many of the working groups emphasisedthat current in vitro methods do notreplicate results gained from animaltests. However, there is little mention ofthe known unreliability of animal modelsfor predicting adverse effects in humans.Although one working group concludedthat there is “a need to change themindset from trying to mimic animal dataand one-to-one replacement for eachtarget organ”. This same group alsoconcluded, “toxicity testing in animalsmodels cannot reveal all potential toxicityin humans”.

Some acknowledgement of thelimitations of animal models are made:on repeat dose toxicity, “the dose

range…used it is generallyhigher than human

13

l Toxicokinetics – the bioavailability of asubstance, its movement, metabolism,and then excretion from the body.

l Reproductive toxicity – poisonouseffects on fertility, sexual behaviourthrough to offspring growth and sexualmaturity.

Four of the working groups take apessimistic view of the ability to, evenpartially, replace animal tests that areused to evaluate the safety of cosmeticingredients.

© L

DF

© A

DI

exposures. High doses may causetoxicity which is irrelevant to humans”.In addition the report concludes thatsome in vitro models using 3D humanreconstructed skin for carcinogenicitytesting, were “closer to the humansituation than animal testing”.

Time estimates for full replacement ofanimals ranged widely, from five toseven years for some tests. One group

found “it is not currently possible topredict when full replacement of animalsmight be achieved” and anotherconcluded they “were unable to suggesta timeline”. Another comment was that“the ban of in vivo tests will have anegative impact on the development ofnew cosmetic ingredients”.

This is not a good reason to continue

using animals in experiments. There isalready a wealth of ingredients availablefor cosmetics and most combinations ofingredients have already been used formany years; thus, their effects are well-known.

We are urging the europeanCommission not to extend thedeadline for the animal test ban.

europe’s revision of the 25-year-oldeU Directive on animal experiments isreaching its conclusion. The Councilof Ministers stage was difficult, butthe new draft directive had its secondreading in July at the AgricultureCommittee of the europeanParliament. Next step is final vote atthe main Plenary later this year.

Despite our lobbying efforts for theAgriculture meeting, the amendments tothe Council's agreed text tabled by BrianSimpson MEP (Labour) and MartinHausling MEP (Greens), were rejected.These reasonable amendments wereaimed at: (a) allowing Member States’laws to go further than the directive; (b)additional restrictions on the use ofprimates; (c) adoption of non-animalmethods. Although these areas arealready covered by the new directive, wefelt they required both clarification andstrengthening.

These amendments would haveimproved the text, and perhaps moreimportantly, ensured it was in line withthe promises being made to the publicabout the new directive. Whilst theGreens and the GUE/NGL groupsadvocated taking the opportunity toensure the best possible text movedforward, the other political groups (EPP,S&D and ALDE) had already agreed toreject all amendments in order to avoid aprobable reopening of negotiations withthe Commission and the Council.

It is expected that the new directive willbe debated and adopted in earlySeptember at the Plenary session of theParliament. We do not expect there tobe any appetite for amendments at thatdebate, as it would be unusual for thetext agreed by the lead committee onthis issue (Agriculture) to be changed.

However, the final vote marks thestarting point of the transpositionprocess, as the Member States of theEuropean Union introduce the newdirective into their national legislation.

ADI and NAVS have already set upmeetings with ministers and Home Officeofficials to lobby for replacement ofanimals with non-animal methods,phasing out of primate use, widerimplementation of alternatives and othermeasures.

The final text of the new directive isexpected towards the end of 2010. Thiswill be the most important UK campaignon animal experiments since theintroduction of the Animals (ScientificProcedures) Act 1986, as theGovernment takes steps to bring the newEU directive into law, and it will beimportant for us to campaign hard togain as much ground as possible to saveanimals.

We will advocate for the UK to set ahigher standard on animal protectionthan that included in the new directive.This would set an example and

encourage other Member States to riseabove the shortcomings of the Europeantext.

Our core demands will include:

l Primates: No exemptions to the banon the use of wild caught monkeys;rapid implementation of ban on F1primates; targets to phase-outprimate use.

l Thematic Review: Every two years,to review specific animal tests andwhole areas of animal research andset timetables for replacements

l An effective UK National Centre forthe Replacement of Animals inExperiments

l Prohibition of animal experimentsin: Areas such as higher education;household product testing; forensicstudies; preservation of species.

l Wider scientific, independent andpublic scrutiny of proposed animalexperiments.

l Stringent regulations to implementnon-animal methods

l Increased Transparency and publicaccess to information

l Compulsorary data sharing toprevent duplication.

How to Help:

We will need YOUR help – please bethere for laboratory animals in 2011 –watch out for our action alerts!

© A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 15

Into the WILD,freedom at last!Orlandito and the other capuchin

monkeys were torn from their forest

homes by pet dealers. They were

confiscated but, like so many animals,

ended up in limbo in a holding centre.

After years of determined work, this

summer their cage door was opened

and they returned to the Colombian

forest, free again, at last.

Orlandito was illegally trafficked, thenrescued by Colombia’s environmentalpolice and placed in the Unity Rescueand Rehabilitation of Wild AnimalsCentre (URRAS) in Bogotá. HereOrlandito was placed with two femalecapuchins, Meekú and Cibroa, and ayoung male, Jivi, to form a release groupwhen a suitable site was found. The firstsite chosen seemed perfect butcomplications with permits preventedtheir release – a devastating blow.

After negotiations with local authorities asite was identified in a remote locationnear Yopal, in north east Colombia. Witha warm climate, a forest abundant withprimates and a variety of tree speciesincluding mango, guava, blackberry andjobo trees the location was perfect.

ADI paid for the construction of a mobileacclimatisation enclosure, which wouldenable the monkeys to experience thesights, sounds and smells of the forest insafety. In this our monkeys wouldexperience the forest environment andinteract with other animals.

As their relocation date approached,small transmitter collars, designed tostay on for up to six months, wereattached to each of the four monkeys.Tracking them during their initial releaseis vital, to monitor movements, identifysocial changes and interactions, and toverify their survival. Once their collarsdrop, these monkeys will simplydisappear into the forest forever.

In April the monkeys were loaded ontoan aircraft in Bogotá, the destinationYopal; freedom is in sight. Throughoutthe short flight the monkeys remainedcalm. They could not have imaginedwhat would await them. Upontouchdown the ADI team drove to the

1. The ADI team carry the acclimatisation pen intothe Colombian forest. 2. The pen is constructedat the heart of what will be the monkeys’ home.3. The monkeys are loaded into travel crates andflown from Bogotá. 4. Arriving at night themonkeys are carried into the forest. 5. The firstmonkey peers out of a travel crate as they arereleased into the pen. 6. Don’t look so glum, thisis first step to freedom! Monkeys after releaseinto the acclimatisation pen. 7. The monkeys arefitted with radio collars so that they can betracked during the initial phase of freedom. 8. Out they go! Having just been released, amonkey stands on the roof of the pen; they arefree. 9. Back amongst the trees. A wrong putright: The monkeys are back in their natural habitfrom which they were snatched .

21

3 4

65

7 8

9

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

16

release area, then trekked through the forestto the acclimatisation enclosure. Althoughfree to leave, Orlandito and chums remainedin the security of their travel crates beforefinally, in the early hours, taking their firsttentative steps into their new enclosure –home for the next 21 days.

Over the following days, Orlandito, Meekú,Cibroa and Jivi began to relax. With a dietof fruit rich in water to keep them hydrated,they settled into forest life. Their diet offamiliar fruits expanded to include local wildforest fruits, coconuts, wild guavas, mangosand bananas. Some of the more unfamiliarvarieties needed encouragement, so theywere shown how to open and consume thefruit; they learned fast. They also gorged onan abundance of insects; Jivi proved to beparticularly quick in snatching anyopportunity to vary his diet.

The ADI team monitored them each day, andit was clear that the Orlandito family were alldoing well; their fur was looking better thenever and they had gained a little weight.

On Saturday 8th May, the cage door wasopened. Cibroa was the first out, darting intoa nearby tree, followed by Meekù. Jivi hungback as if to try to entice Orlandito out, butsoon the temptation grew too much and, likethe females, he bolted for freedom. It was tobe 8 long minutes before Orlandito musteredthe courage to join them, but soon he, too,was out in the forest. They were free at last.

Staying close to the enclosure, the groupexplored the surrounding area, excitedlydarting from tree to tree. The ADI teamstayed for some time to keep watch beforeleaving; it was a poignant moment when wehad to leave them to fend for themselves.

Over the following days the group wasmonitored from a distance using the trackingdevice. Initially our team left food in trees,but it wasn’t long before the monkeys werefeeding themselves and thriving in their newworld, a truly glorious sight. However, onday 6 the signal for Orlandito was lost. For14 days the team searched the forest, to noavail. The rest of the group was located, butno Orlandito; the team started to fear theworst. Thankfully, on day 21 Orlandito’ssignal was picked up, much to everyone’srelief. But still no sighting. Finally on day 23he was spotted near the enclosure with thegroup, he was alive and well.

Subsequent visits have found that themonkeys are thriving, and are staying closeto a group of 6 howler monkeys, possibly forsecurity. We are delighted with theirprogress, and will continue to monitor themover the next few months. Thank you to

Toto is an incredible animal; as anyone who has heard his story andseen the Toto Goes Home video can attest, he is not a personalityeasily forgotten. The magnificence of this handsome, intelligent andgentle chimpanzee shines through the first time you meet him.

We rescued Toto in 2003 from a circus in Chile. He had been snatchedfrom the wild as a two-year-old. By that time, he had been alone for over20 years. His home was a packing crate; his only comfort a small blanket.

Toto was seized by authorities and we took him home to Africa, to the ChimfunshiWildlife Orphanage in Zambia. His home is several acres of bush, with trees to climb,lemons to pick, long grass to play in and most importantly – other chimpanzees. Dueto his gentle nature, Chimfunshi has been able to put Toto with very youngchimpanzees and over the past 7 years, his family has steadily grown, and grown up.

Toto is still close to Fred Sims, whom Toto took under his wing when Fred first joinedthe group as a baby, and also Madonna – the first chimp that Toto had contact withafter over two decades alone. (Those who have seen the video of their first meetingwill never forget it). Also in the group are some ex-pets, and a few younger animals,including 5-year-old Dominic who appears to have replaced Fred as Toto’s protectee.Chimfunshi staff noticed that Toto allows Dominic to take his food! As this led to Totogoing without his lunch each day, porridge has been added to his twice-daily bottles ofmilk. And cheeky Dominic can continue his game.

Toto has friends to play with, room to roam and enough space to be alone, if hechooses. He is safe and happy for the rest ofhis life. He is cared for by those who not onlyunderstand the needs of chimpanzees, they alsounderstand the animals are all individuals.

ADI rescued Toto and we have committed toprovide for him for the rest of his life. Toto willcontinue to be a symbol of the courage andresilience of animals. Despite all he hassuffered he is gentle, calm and still interacts withhumans, but now it is on his terms – as it shouldbe.

Adopt Toto and recieve the Toto Goes Home

DVD plus a short video update from 2010(don’t worry if you already adopt Toto, thiswill be on the way soon!). Call 020 76303340 or email info@ad-international.org

NeVeR AGAIN:

Toto: Seven years on

Older, wiser, free......

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010

© J

. K

oro

toga /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© J

. K

oro

toga /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© A

DI

ADI & NAVS 17

Preparations for Lab Monkey ReleaseThere’s been a rumble in the jungle at Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary during the intense preparations for the arrival of Tilin,the Hamadryas baboon from Bolivia (see p7) and the release from quarantine of the ‘3Bs’, our rescued lab monkeys. Aswell as building new facilities at this wonderful sanctuary ADI and NAVS are committed to funding the care of the 3Bs andTilin for life. our HQ team has devoted spare time, and cajoled friends and family into becoming labourers, to helpLakeview with the construction; this includes a brand new quarantine facility for Tilin; a new outdoor enclosure for the 3Bs.After building the nighthouse for the monkeys, the ADI team slept inside it so that they could get an early start on thebuilding work the next day – so it’s been tested on humans! Although Lakeview is not open to the public, there are plansfor special visits by adopters of Tilin and the 3Bs at some time in the future. Please join our adoption scheme.

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010

© R

ob H

ill /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© R

. H

ill /

AD

I

© R

. H

ill /

AD

I

© R

. H

ill /

AD

I

© R

. H

ill /

AD

I

© R

. H

ill /

AD

I

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI18

A new undercover investigationby our field officers in SouthAmerica has exposed morehorrific abuse in circuses. As wereleased the horrific footage ofthe great British Circus elephantsin the UK, our South Americateam were filming horrifyingabuse of tigers during training ina circus in Chile. The teammoved on to Colombia and Brazil,where we filmed more scenes ofsuffering and deprivation. The UK, Europe, USA and SouthAmerica: animal abuse in circuses isendemic. It is part of the working culturein circuses, worldwide. The circuses aremaking it harder to get behind thescenes, but we continue to get the facts.Only a ban will stop the cruelty.

Our latest evidence became the core ofa new ADI film called ‘Unnatural Acts’.

This also utilised evidence from ourprevious South American investigations,making is the most comprehensivedocumentary about the South Americancircus industry ever made.

We caught on film:

l Tigers beaten repeatedly and havingstage props hurled at them duringtraining.

l Elephants chained, punched, beaten.

l Tigers and monkeys living in trucks, indeplorable conditions.

l Disturbed, stereotypical behaviour inhorses, camels, and a poor babooncalled Maika pacing on a short chain.

Our previous investigations andcampaigns led to a ban in Bolivia andbans are being tabled in Brazil, Peru,Colombia and Chile. We hope that‘Unnatural Acts’ will drive forward thesebans. We have staged screenings of thenew video in the Congresses of Peru,Brazil and Colombia. The video and

evidence specific to the circuses in Chileis being presented to the ChileanGovernment as we go to press.

Peru ban within reach…

‘Unnatural Acts’ was launched in thePeruvian Congress in May in support ofBill No.1917 and 2382 to ban animalcircuses. The screening was followed bya press conference led by ADI’s SouthAmerica Campaigns Coordinator, JuanPablo Olmos, and addressed bymembers of Congress Alejandro RebazaMartell (APRA party), José UrquizoMaggia (Nacionalista) and Luis FernandoGalarreta (UN). The event receivedwidespread TV, radio and print coverage.

By popular demand, two days later, itwas shown again in the Congressattended by local Peruvian Groups.Following the screening, the Peruviangroups Amazon Shelter, UPA, and ORCAjoined ADI in lobbying members ofCongress asking them to support the Bill.

unnatural acts: another shattering circus investigation

brazil Peru Colombia

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 19

We stepped up our lobbying efforts againwith new campaign materials including anew Spanish website in support of thebill (www.peruanimalista.com) designedto keep members of Congress up to datewith any developments, leaflets, briefingsand campaign materials.

As a result, the leaders of the mainpolitical parties signed a request urgingthe Plenary of the Congress to discussthe Bill as a priority. However, becausethe session of Congress was coming toa close, the Bill was passed to thePermanent Commission (which replacesthe Plenary during the recess). Ourteam therefore met with the majority ofmembers of the Commission, and thePresident of the Congress, Luis Alva

Castro, presenting him with a giantpostcard with over 3,000 signatures frommembers of the public. Although there iscross-party commitment to discuss theBill, there was not time for the debatebefore the Commission closed forrecess.

However, we have the public supportand there is cross party support for aban; we therefore need to battle on tokeep this issue in the public eye and onthe political agenda. As we go to press,we are preparing for a demonstration inLima in support of the Bill and producinga new video featuring Peruviancelebrities and their views on animals intravelling circuses.

Colombia: Legislation falters....

In March a new animal protection Billincluding an article to ban animalcircuses was discussed in Congress andin late April, the Fifth Commission of theSenate held a public hearing on this.We seized the moment to launch theColombian version of ‘Unnatural Acts’.

At the hearing, ADI’s Juan Pablo Olmosgave a presentation on animals inColombian circuses and the viability of aban, concluding with the new video.

Despite widespread cross-party supportin Congress, the Bill was subsequentlyshelved. However, ADI continuesworking together with Congressmembers to introduce legislation in the

unnatural acts: another shattering circus investigation

actos antinaturales: Unnatural Acts begins with a series of scratchy sepia toned images, as if the viewer were watching scenes

from days gone by. There is then the shocking revealation that these are all current day circuses - with some footage filmed duringour investigation just weeks before the launches. The video goes on to contrast the lives of animals in the wild with sumptiouswildlife footage set against the confinement and brutality fo the circus. To date three Spanish versions have been produced for Peru,Colombia, and Chile and a Portuguese version for Brazil – each version refers specifically to legislative moves in that country. Wehope to produce an English language version in the near future. You can watch the videos on our YouTube sitehttp://www.youtube.com/animaldefenders

Scenes fromour latestinvestigation:elephantsbeaten duringtraining;elephantschained to theground withbare chains;tigers beatenrepeatedlyduring training;an elephant hitacross thetrunk with astick.©

AD

I

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI20

next months. During thePresidential elections wemet the newly electedPresident, Juan ManuelSantos, and presented ourreport ‘Animals in TravellingCircuses: the science on suffering’, andour ‘Stop Circus Suffering’ DVD.

Brazil: Legislation moves forward

In May, ‘Unnatural Acts’ was screened inthe Chamber of Deputies of the BrazilianCongress, in support of BillNo.7291/2006 to ban animal circuses.Congressman Ricardo Trípoli,representatives of the environmentalauthorities of the Brazilian Government,renowned Brazilian actress and activistLuisa Mel, and ADI’s Head of LegislativeAffairs, Helder Constantino, and ADIBrazil Campaigner, Antoniana Ottoni,

addressed a pressconference. The eventachieved considerablepublicity and was followedby the launch of a newrange of Brazilian campaign

materials.

Following approval of the Bill in theCommission for Constitution, Justice andCitizenship of the Chamber of Deputies,ADI has been meeting the leaders of themain political parties urging them to signan emergency request, in order to havethe Bill discussed in the Plenary. It ishoped that the Bill will move forward foradoption in Plenary, later this year. Fromthere, it would move to the Senate.

If this legislation is passed into law,Brazil would be the largest country interms of both landmass and populationto ban animal circuses.

global Round-upIreland: ADI andARAN’s campaign inIreland has a newleaflet – our thanksto the MarchigAnimal WelfareTrust whosponsored this.

Bolivia: ADI took part in the People'sWorld Conference on Climate Changeand the Rights of Mother Earthorganised by President Evo Morales.We gave presentations on the circusban, deforestation & animal trafficking.

greece: Post election, our partners,GAWF, and others, met MinisterKarchimakis. The Minister expressedan interest in the circus bill. Moreinformation has been provided. ADIsupplied our Big Cat Rescue and TotoGoes Home DVDs as prizes forGAWF’s schools writing competition,which attracted over 5,500 entries.

Spain: After reviewing evidence fromADI and AnimaNaturalis the City HallPlenary of San Fernando de Henaresin Madrid unanimously approved aban of animal circuses. This isimportant progress for the Madridregion following a series of bans inCatalonia (including Barcelona, Iledia,Tarragona, Girona, Sant Adria delBesós, amongst others).

USA: Our leafletshave been updated.In July, RinglingBros. and Barnum &Bailey Circus arrivedin Los Angeles, andwere met by ADIprotests at every performance.Leaflets were also given out beforeshows in Annaheim. In Austin, Texas,Stop Circus Suffering was screened atCounter Culture restaurant by Actionfor Animals Austin who also distributedour leaflets outside the circus.Sacramento City Council hasempowered animal care officers toinspect travelling circuses. ADIcontacted council members, urgingsupport.

Many supporters will be familiar with the stories of the poor circus chimpanzees,Karla and Panchito. Our field officers filmed savage violence to these animals.Karla was punched in the face and beaten with a chain by her trainer, andPanchito was beaten in public by his trainer. Our video caused a storm of outrageacross Colombia and the animals were quickly donated to zoos.

Our efforts to save them, which included countless meetings with the relevantministries, freedom of information requests, and a high profile publicity campaign,appeared to run into one dead end after another; but we kept going.

Recently, the authorities announced sanctions against the owner of Circo Gasca,Martin Fuentes Gasca, and the representative of the company PROTEQUEM,Pedro Alfonso Villaraga, for not complying with environmental legislation relating tothe transfer of the chimps to the zoos. A fine of nearly £6500 was imposed.

The circus appealed the decision, based on an alleged breach of due process andclaiming that the chimps had been handed over “in good faith.” However thedecision was upheld, which means that sanctions will be executed promptly.Should the circus want to challenge the ministry’s decision, a long and expensiveprocess in the administrative courts awaits.

The latest decision provides a glimmer of hope for Karla and Panchito and ADI willcontinue to press for them to be handed over for us to rehome.

Hope

for

Karla

and

ADI’s Juan Pablo olmos isinterviewed during a publicscreening of Unnatural Acts inthe Botanical gardens, Bogotá,attended by over 100 people inAugust.

© A

DI

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 21

A promise of a ban from thegovernment in March; a Coalitiongovernment in May; where doesthat leave circus animals?More than a year ago, ADI released videoof the horrific abuse of elephants with theGreat British Circus. It was business asusual – beatings, chaining and frightenedanimals. The abuse prompted the thengovernment to launch a publicconsultation on the use of wild animals incircuses.

In March, Defra announced the initialresults of the consultation, with astaggering 94.5% of respondents backinga ban on wild animal acts. Defra Minister,Jim Fitzpatrick, announced that Labourwould introduce a ban. An election wasthen called and by May, theConservatives and Liberal Democrats hadformed a new Coalition Government.

During the General Election campaign,we contacted the political parties andevery candidate, seeking their views on aban on animal circuses. Labour, LiberalDemocrats, and Greens strongly

supported a ban, with the Conservativesneither supporting, nor opposing.

Nick Herbert, then Shadow Secretary forEnvironment, Food & Rural Affairs andnow a Minister at the Home Office, said,"We recognise the public concern aboutthe use of wild animals in circuses andthe issues involved. We would certainlywant to address these issues if elected.…We are willing to consider the case fora complete ban and I certainly do not rulethis out. At the very least, we would wantto ensure a robust regulatory regime sothat we can be confident that wild animalsare being treated properly."

Nick Clegg, for the Liberal Democrats,now Deputy Prime Minister, was moreforthright: “Keeping animals in circuseshas been known to lead to poorer welfaredue to the travelling and harsh trainingregimes. The barren trailers andtemporary enclosures do not and cannotprovide wild animals with their needs. TheAll Party Parliamentary Group for AnimalWelfare concluded that “circus animals doexperience compromised welfare” andthat “animals do show psychological,physical and physiological signs of stress.…“Liberal Democrats are thereforecommitted to prohibiting the use of allanimals in circuses except domestic dogsand horses.”

Former Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, hastabled Early Day Motion 403, urging “..theGovernment to use its powers undersection 12 of the Animal Welfare Act tomake a regulation banning the use of allwild animals in circuses,” and notes“…the only thing stopping this ban fromcoming in place is a decision byMinisters.”

Supporters can send the ADI postcard totheir MP, asking them to sign this EDM.Please get supplies of our postcards forfriends, family, school, college or workcolleagues to the same.

In July, ADI and other animal groups metwith Defra’s new Parliamentary Under

Secretary of State, LordHenley. The groupsreiterated the need for a banand that regulation could notprotect animals in circuses.ADI resubmitted anindependent legal opinionconfirming that this legalavenue is possible andpointed out that the Defralegal team had concludedlast year, that a ban is legalunder the Animal Welfare Act2006.

Lord Henley expressed thatany action required would bebased on the scientificevidence. ADI advised that awealth of scientific evidencehas already been submittedby the groups; also the flawsof the Defra Circus WorkingGroup, which set bizarre parametersleading to the exclusion of muchevidence, including that on training. Itwas further remarked that public opinion,ethical considerations, and empiricalevidence had been the basis of muchanimal protection legislation.

The elephants at the Great British Circuswere abused by two individuals and werechained, barely able to move one stepforward or backward, for 11 hours a day.While this may not have appeared in ascience journal, the evidence of sufferingis unequivocal and is one of manyexamples.

Four years on from a promise of a banmade to public and parliament, the newCoalition Government has an opportunityto end this suffering and take decisiveaction, with massive public support.

I wish he’d jump – he’s been up there for

years and it’s getting boring

UK wild

animal ban

still under

Take Action!

l Please write to: The Lord Henley,Parliamentary Under Secretary ofState Defra, Nobel House, 17 SmithSquare, London SW1P 3JR. Ask himto ban the use of non-domesticatedanimals in circuses.

l Write to your MP (House ofCommons, London, SW1A 0AA), andask them to support a ban on the useof non-domesticated animals incircuses; ask them to write to LordHenley urging them to take action.

l Contact us today and order ourFREE campaign postcards, posters

Photos from left:Despite chronicarthritis Annie theelephant continuesto tour with BobbyRoberts’ SuperCircus; a zebra,needs a coat to tourthe UK with CircusMondao; “Nophotography orvideo” at the GreatBritish Circus – hardto imagine why!

Order leaflets

Order postcards

© P

. Taylo

r / AD

I

© A

DI

© A

DI

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI22

Shopping that

saves lives!

Please buy cardsand gifts from ourcatalogue. Takeorders from friends,family and

colleagues – perhaps someone wouldjust like to try a pack of cards.Multiple orders save postage. Shoponline at www.ad-international.org orrequest a catalogue (let us send acopy to a friend), call 020 7630 3340.

ADI Book Worm

For your chance to WIN a copy ofthese books looking at our relationshipwith dogs, enter our competition!Good luck andhappy reading!

Rescuing Sprite

A compelling story ofhow the Levin familyadopted a dog calledSprite, and the effecthe had on their lives.Even through poor health, Spritecontinued to inspire the family and thelocal community in a way they couldnever have imagined.

For info contact: www.simonsays.co.uk.

To win one of two copies answer thisquestion: Can youname two of ourBolivian pride ofrescued lions?

Dog Days inAndalucía, Tailsfrom Spain

A heart-warmingstory of a British couple who’s holidaywas transformed by fostering dogs inthe sleepy village of Andalucía, andwent on to make a mighty impressionon the village, its people and animalsalong the way.

Info: www.mainstreampublishing.com.To win a copy answer this question;What EDM do we want MPs to signon Wild Animals in Circuses?

For all entries please state the booktitle, your answer and your full contactdetails, (name, address, telephonenumber and email). Post: ADI,Millbank Tower, Millbank, London,SW1P 4QP, or by email:

A lasting legacy for animalsDid you know that over half of our annualincome comes from gifts left by oursupporters in their wills?

Making a Will is the single mostimportant thing you can do to helpanimals by investing in the issues thatmatter to you, after you’re gone. Legacyincome from those who have sothoughtfully remembered animals in theirplans has benefited our campaignsenormously, together we have:

l Rescued animals in distress

l Exposed animal cruelty throughundercover investigations

l Achieved the first national ban on theuse of both domestic andnondomesticated animals in circusesin Bolivia

l National bans in Costa Rica,Singapore, Austria and several othercountries

l Won hundreds of town and city bansin the UK and several other Europeancountries, as well as the USA andmany countries in South America

l Pioneered the largest campaign torevise European rules on animals inexperiments

l Funded over £3 million in cutting-edgenon-animal scientific and medicalresearch

l Helped to protect animals, and savelives

The vital campaigns of ADI, NAVS andthe Lord Dowding Fund for HumaneResearch are bringing us closer to theend of animal suffering. Legacies are avery important part of our future planningand expansion of our work.

If you would like information on making aWill, or how to amend your Will to benefitanimals, contact tel. 020 7630 3340 orinfo@ad-international.org.

How you can help animals this autumnNew eU rules on animal experiments: The UK Government is to decidehow to implement the EU lab rules (see p14), create awareness about animalexperiments now – distribute our Huntindon Life Sciences Exposed leaflets.

Stop the space experiments: Write to the US and Russian Embassies (p24)

Help kick animal testing out of the house: Give out our leaflets and write toyour MP asking that the promised test ban be implemented immediately (p9).

Stop Circus Suffering: Write to Lord Henley urging him toback a ban on wild animals in circuses; write to your MPasking them to sign EDM 403; ask friends to send in our EDM 403postcards; distribute our leaflets – order them free. (see p21)

Help an animal rescue: Hand our adoption leaflets tofriends, family and colleagues, ask them to adopt an animalor send a donation; ask your local vets, pet food shops andrestaurants if they will take a few copies. Order free copies.

Don’t let the fur trade back this winter – order our leaflets

For orders or more information call 020 7630 3340 or info@ad-international.org

Life after death: Animals, like our

rescued laboratory monkeys, are

given a future by the kindness and

forethought of supporters

who include us

in their Will.

Life after death: Animals, like our

rescued laboratory monkeys, are

given a future by the kindness and

forethought of supporters

who include us

in their Will.

© R

ob H

ill /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 23

Decisions by NASA and the Russian spaceagency to perform experiments on monkeysas part of plans for manned missions to Marshave brought a global response from ADI.Consequently, several high profile voicesfrom the industry have now been raisedagainst the cruel experiments.

l Umberto guidoni, former eSA and NASAastronaut and member of the europeanParliament, has condemned the tests.

l The european Space Agency (eSA) hastold ADI that it considers monkey testsunnecessary.

l April evans, an awarded NASA aerospaceengineer, has resigned from her role onthe International Space Station (ISS)program as a result of NASA’s primateirradiation experiments, citing the needfor radiation shielding technology, ratherthan animal experiments. Read herexclusive interview in this issue andwatch our new video online.

l Celebrated Russian cosmonaut and worldrecord holder for time spent in space,Valentin Lebedev, has added his voice inprotest.

l even President Barack obama hasstressed the need for NASA to focus ondeveloping appropriate shielding.

So why on earth are NASA and the Russianspressing on with these experiments?

See how can YoU help stop them.In the last issue, we exposed the NASA (National

Aeronautics and Space Administration)plans for radiation experiments on thirtysquirrel monkeys. The monkeys willendure a massive dose of radiation andthen, isolated, their ability to performtasks will be studied for 3-4 years – ata cost of $1.75 million (approx £1.1million) of public money. Yet the test isscientifically flawed.

Squirrel monkeys were chosenbecause of their large brains. Theirhigh intelligence means they will certainly comprehend theirtorment as, sick with radiation poisoning, they are strapped intorestraint chairs and made to perform tasks. However, the resultscannot be extrapolated to humans with any degree of confidence,due to problems with the experimental design, as well as speciesdifferences.

There is already an enormous amount of human data available onthe effects of radiation: fallout from atomic bombs; nuclear power;X-rays; radiotherapy. There may be differences in the radiationsources, but these remain a more viable source of data fromwhich to extrapolate to humans, rather than another species. Asone science paper noted recently, “Some animal studies suggestradiation increases longevity” but that “there is virtually no supportfor a life expanding hypothesis for A-bomb survivors and otherexposed subjects”.

The experimental design is also fundamentally flawed. Theobjective is to examine the impact of three years of cumulativeradiation exposure during a return mission to Mars. Yet themonkeys will receive one massive dose.

After exposure to the radiation the monkeys will be individuallycaged for 3 to 4 years, during which time they will be periodicallyrestrained and forced to perform tasks to test incapacitation oftheir cognitive skills. The social isolation of these animals willcause immense suffering, which will in turn, further distort the dataobtained.

NASA has not yet developed the shielding technologies that willbe required for such a mission, making these experiments bothpremature and scientifically flawed.

The tests are being conducted by the Brookhaven NationalLaboratory (BNL), New York, in collaboration with McLeanHospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.

Space experiments on animals:

A giant leap backwardsSpace experiments on animals:

A giant leap backwards

Jane Velez Mitchellinterviews ADIPresident JanCreamer on CNNIssues about theNASA monkeyexperiments.

© T

. P

hill

ips

/ A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI24

Astronauts back campaign

In 2008 Russia announced a series ofradiation experiments on monkeys inpreparation for a mission to Mars. Ayear later NASA followed suit. ADIlaunched a campaign in 2008, opposingthe Russian Mars500 experiments onmacaque monkeys. Umberto Guidoni, aformer ESA and NASA astronaut andthen a Member of the EuropeanParliament, wrote to the Russian FederalSpace Agency, saying that he “fullysupport[s] the position of organizationssuch as ADI that are asking to developeffective alternative[s] to experimentswith animals,” and stressed “any effortshould be made to use technologies thatcan replace experiments on animals and,therefore, avoiding their cruel sacrifice”.

ADI and Belgium’s Anti DierproevenCoalitie (ADC) demonstrated, andlobbied the headquarters of Mars500partners, the European Space Agency(ESA) in Holland. In April 2010, DirectorJean-Jacques Dordain, wrote to ADIstating that the European Space Agency“declines any interest in monkeyresearch and does not consider anyneed or use for such research results.”

In August, Valentin Lebedev, one of themostly highly awarded Cosmonauts inRussia, added his voice to the campaign.Lebedev twice received the Hero of theSoviet Union medal for his service tospace exploration; a planet has beennamed in his honor, and he is currentlyDirector of the Scientific GeoinformationCenter in Russia. The Cosmonautdescribes the experiments on monkeysas “inadmissible for humane reasons”adding that “the existing knowledgereceived from past experience of long-time space flights is quite enough rightnow to predict their influence on peopleeven regarding radiation issues.”

ADI and our supporters have written toNASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden,Jr. and US Secretary of State HillaryClinton urging them to stop the tests.Mr. Bolden has defended them as “verystrongly peer-reviewed” and “veryhumane.” Neither claim appearscredible.

We have also written to PresidentObama, referring to his Presidential mapfor NASA, outlined earlier this year,which does not include primate testing.This urges that the focus should be oncreating new technologies, includingradiation shielding to enable deep-spaceexploration.

A NASA engineer has now broken ranksto oppose the experiments, believing thatdeveloping effective shielding is the wayforward.

This spring, NASA aerospace engineerApril Evans contacted ADI saying thatshe had resigned as a space architecton the International Space Station as aresult of NASA’s decision experiment onmonkeys. Ms. Evans is anaccomplished nine-year veteran of theHuman Spaceflight Program, and arecipient of the NASA Space FlightAwareness Honoree award. In a letter toSamuel Aronson, director of theBrookhaven National Laboratory, Ms.Evans explained, “after muchdeliberation, I resigned from NASAbecause I could not support the scientificjustification for this monkey radiobiologyexperiment.” April has since appeared inthe media with ADI calling for an end tothe experiments and appears in a newcampaign video.

Record breaking cosmonaut ValentinLebedev has condemned the tests.

Action Alert:l Watch our new video and get involvedat www.ad-international.org/NASA

l Please write to the US Ambassador:Mr Louis B. Susman, US embassy, 24grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1Ae.

l Please write to the RussianAmbassador: Mr Yury Fedotov,Ambassador of the Russian Federation,13 Kensington gardens, London W8 4QX.

l We are sending a copy of our DVD toevery member of the US Congress, andwe will continue to try and attract moresupport from the aerospace community –please send a donation to help thiscampaign.

Harrowing scenes from the RussianMars500 experiments.

Former eSA & NASA astronautUmberto guidoni opposes the tests.

© V

. Lebedev

© U

. G

uid

oni

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 25

In an exclusive interview with ADI,April evans explains why she gave upa dream career at NASA in order tooppose the monkey experiments.

Working for NASA

I worked at NASA for nine years, on theInternational Space Station (ISS), and onISS assembly. That consisted of over 50missions to the ISS; we assembled itpiece by piece. We worked withinternational partners all over the world,including Japan and Canada, Russia,and 18 countries from the EuropeanSpace Agency.

So I have extensive experience with theon-orbit operational aspects of workingwith the safety and health of astronauts.

I resigned from NASA because of thedecision to begin testing on primates. Itwas the first time that we have done thisin approximately 30 years. That’s alsoabout my age, so primate testing hasnever been a part of my memory ofNASA. I had seen some archival photosof monkeys being used in experimentsbut I really believed that chapter ofNASA was in the past. I worked veryhard to try to convince NASA to re-evaluate that decision while I was there,and unfortunately, we weren’t able tocome to an agreement.

The NASA monkey experiment

The approach of primate testing is todevelop countermeasures in spacemedicine to help the astronauts combatthe space radiations sickness, and sothe approach with the primate testing is

really treating the symptoms instead ofgoing directly to the source of theproblem, which is the space radiationexposure.

Once they are irradiated, they’ll bebrought back into individual cages andbe restrained into a chair mechanismwhere they’ll be forced to do taskperformance tests on touch screencomputers for a period of three to fouryears.

Safety without suffering

When I was at NASA I worked in thesame building as the astronauts, so thesafety and health of the astronauts isextremely important to me.

As an aerospace engineer, I felt that itwas very important to focus on enablingtechnologies, which include spaceradiation shielding. I think it’s a muchbetter approach engineering-wise to notallow this space radiation to enter intothe vehicle and to prevent exposure ofthe astronauts to space radiation. Spaceradiation comes from two primarysources: the first, our own star, the sun,and those are typically relatively lowerenergyradiationsunless youhave a solarflare; thesecondsource isfrom outsideof our solarsystem, andthose are theextremelyhigh energyradiationscoming fromsupernovas and black holes – these arethe energy levels that we currently donot have the technology to shieldagainst. This is where we need to focuson the enabling technologies for spaceradiation shielding.

Developing safer space travel

I think that it says a lot that two-thirds ofthe international space communityinvolved in the space station has saidthat they don’t see a need for primatetesting.

President Kennedy gave our nationunder a decade to send a man to theMoon and return him safely to Earth and

NASA aerospaceengineer April Evansis interviewed in thenew ADI spaceexperiments DVDwhich is availablefree to supporters tosend to members ofCongress.

The NASAEngineerwhoresignedover themonkeytests

Actually we’re secretly trying to mutate them into

superheroes capable of flying to Mars – we’ve

already made the cape.

They try to dress it up as science....

© P

. Taylo

r / AD

I

© A

. E

vans

© A

DI

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010 NAVS & ADI26

at the time that decision was madeengineers had very little idea of howwe were actually going to accomplishthat great task. I really believe that mygeneration should be allowed thesame opportunities for interplanetaryspace travel.

Currently the only technology that wehave is material shielding, which canonly shield the astronauts from thelower energy radiation environments.So it is important to develop theenabling technologies to shield theastronauts from the radiationenvironment, not only for theastronauts themselves, but also for thespace vehicle hardware that theyoperate. I also believe that if weaccomplish space radiation shieldingthere would be spin-off technologiesand applications that would benefitmankind.

ADI & the european Space Agency

I was very excited when I heard aboutAnimal Defenders International’s workwith the European Space Agency(ESA) who said that they did notsupport experiments on monkeys andthey didn't see the use in the science. Ihad already resigned, but ADI reallyhelped me because I went from feelingone person, to understanding that Ihad 18 countries from the EuropeanSpace Agency that felt the same waythat I did.

What NASA must do

We are supposed to be buildingenabling technologies for spaceexploration. I believe that saying thatspace radiation shielding is somethingthat engineers cannot accomplish, andso we have to work on helping theastronauts with medication to helpthem with their radiation sickness, isnot the right approach.

I would ask NASA to re-evaluatewhether primate testing is the rightdirection for NASA in the long termgiven our direction for spaceexploration and the fact that ourinternational partners no longer thinkthis is the right direction to go.

Watch more of this interview at

www.ad-international.org/NASA

European survey onalternatives in educationunderway, as we step updrive to end the use ofanimals in highereducationThe survey to ascertain the use ofanimals in higher education in tencountries in Europe is well under wayand is showing great promise. Since itsinception in September last year, thesurvey, which has been developed byresearchers at Edinburgh University, hasbeen translated into nine differentEuropean languages. Using the residentlanguage was felt to be very important,especially when dealing with academicswho may receive many e-mail messageseach day. It was hoped that this wouldmaximise the number of responses andreduce the number of e-mails that mightbe deleted un-opened.

The survey has been sent to universitiesand academic faculties which provideeither physiology or pharmacologycourses with practical laboratory classes.These practical classes could either beanimal based, computer based, or both.

The replies thus far, have enabled aninterim analysis to be conducted on thetypes of teaching in the target countriesand the technologies that are in use. Inaddition it is also important to ascertainthe actual or perceived barriers to thereplacement of animals in these courses;the first step to overcoming barriers is to

identify them. It is alsouseful to know whencomputer programmesare being used toreplace animals, andalso, where these programmes areobtained. It is hoped that the final reportfrom the survey will make thereplacement of animals in highereducation an easier and more attainablegoal.

Super computer for european

ResearchersIn June this year a supercomputinginfrastructure for European researcherswas welcomed by the EuropeanCommission. The €500 million project,called PRACE (Partnership for AdvanceComputing in Europe) is a collaborationbetween the Commission and 20European countries which will result inresearchers having access to super fastcomputers in other countries, which theycan use for their research projects.These computers will have the potentialto make up to 1000 trillion calculationsper second. This will enable researchersto tackle problems which were previouslythought to be too large or too complex.

The project could be used in order toinvestigate biological processes such as3-D protein folding which would showhow drugs interact, at the cellular level,in the human body. This is a perfectexample of how advanced technologycould be used in creative ways toreplace animals in research.

This unnescessary sufferingand death in the classroom

must stop. There arealternatives.

Our team discusses with DavidDewhurst a strategy to replaceanimals in education.

© A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

The Animal Defender & Campaigner l Autumn/Winter 2010ADI & NAVS 27

British Science Festival

Regular readers of ADI/NAVS and LDFpublications, and visitors to our website,will be familiar with Aston University,where we fund Professor Paul Furlong, aleading expert in neuroimaging. Thisyear, Aston will host the British ScienceFestival. The Festival is one of thelargest in Europe and will be held from14 to 19 September.

The festival will see events taking placeon the university campus and at differentvenues throughout the city, includingmuseums, libraries, bars and shoppingcentres. Activities include workshops,hands-on events and debates.

The LDF has taken an exhibition standto present our humane research projectswhich advance science, improve humanhealth and work to bring an end tounreliable, unethical and unnecessaryanimal experiments.

There will be information about the AstonBrain Centre, also known as the “ABC”which will put Aston University at theforefront of neurological research. TheABC, a new building extension anddevelopment, will encompass the MRIscanner funded by LDF for researchusing human volunteers and for patientstudies.

While the European regulation on chemicals and its safe use, known as REACH(Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances),is being implemented, which will likely cost the lives of about 8-9 million animalsover several years (after an initial estimate of 38 million), the National Anti-Vivisection Society continues to promote an increase of the use of alternative non-animal testing methods to the European Chemical Agency (ECHA).

REACH’s first deadline for the registration of a high volume of chemicals is 30thNovember 2010, which means that manufacturers and importers will have todocument their management of risk chemicals in order to continue their productionand marketing. The European Commission estimates that 9000 substances arecovered.

The NAVS will continue to pushfor the development andadoption of non-animal methodsthroughout the process, butthere are some positive signs.

Antonio Tajani, Vice-President ofthe European Commission,highlighted earlier this year theimportance of registration viaSIEFs (Substance InformationExchange Forums), as thismethod will avoid duplication, apoint on which NAVS hasinsisted.

Additionally, the OSIRIS project, which aims at developing Integrated TestingStrategies fit for REACH, and thus, reducing animal testing, continues to bringpositive results. It was presented to ECHA this year. In July, OSIRIS reported thatECHA is interested in their In Silico tools, their new database on mammaliantoxicity and more importantly, in testing the gamma-version of the OSIRIS web toollater in 2010. From Britain, the InChemicoTox project, which is funded by DEFRAand aims to develop non-animal toxicity testing methodologies for the riskassessment of chemicals, will present its first set of results in late September2010.

The REACH framework is one which will cause terrible suffering for animals andthe NAVS has heavily criticized it: but now it is in place, we will continue to work toreduce suffering wherever possible.

Promoting

Alternatives

to Animal

Testing in© T

. P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

© T

. P

hill

ips

/ A

nim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

1st floor of the proposedAston Brain Centre

© R

ob H

ill /

Anim

al D

efe

nders

Inte

rnatio

nal

Animal Defenders InternationalUK: Millbank Tower, Millbank, LONDON, SW1P 4QP, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7630 3340 e-mail: info@ad-international.org

US: 6100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1150, LoS ANgeLeS, CA 90048, USA. Tel: +1 323-935-2234 e-mail: usa@ad-international.org

South America: Apartado Postal 359888 BogoTÁ, Colombia. info@ad-international.orgwww.ad-international.org • www.navs.org.uk • www.ldf.org.uk • www.savetheprimates.org

q Yes! I would like to join ADI, NAVS and LDF’s efforts to end animal abuse and suffering around the world.Please complete this form in BLOCK CAPITALS, using a ball point pen, and return by post to

Animal Defenders International, Millbank Tower, Millbank, LoNDoN, SW1P 4QP, UK.

Name: .................................................................................................................... Address: .........................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................................................... Postcode: .................................................................We are sometimes asked by similar organisations if they may write to our supporters. We would allow this only if the organisation is reputable. This allows us to raise funds for our work, if you DO NOT wish your name to be included, please tick here n

Please accept my donation of n £100 n £75 n £50 n £25* n £15 £ ..................................................................... other* A donation of £25 or more gets you a year’s subscription to our magazine and other mailings

n Please accept my Cheque/Postal Order. (Payable to ADI) or please debit my: n Visa n Mastercard n Switch/Maestro, Issue NumbernnnnCard number

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Valid from Date nnnn Expiry Date nnnnn I would like to give on a regular monthly basis, please send me more information.

n Please send me more information about ADI, NAVS, and LDF.

n Please send me more information about Animal Adoptions.

Please send me n 5 n 10 n 25 n 50 .......... (other) Stop Circus Suffering leaflets.

Please send me n 5 n 10 n 25 n 50 .......... (other) Huntingdon Life Sciences EXPOSED leaflets.

Please send me n 5 n 10 n 25 n 50 .......... (other) Kick Animal Testing Out of The House leaflets.

Please send me n 5 n 10 n 25 n 50 .......... (other) Fur Stop leaflets.

Please send me n 5 n 10 n 25 n 50 .......... (other) Rescued Animal Adoption leaflets.

n Please sign me up for ADI and NAVS email alerts! My email address is .................................................................................................................................................

3Make a difference. Please send a donation today

Help us to help them.Help us to help them.

Less than a year ago shewas in a laboratory. Nowshe is safe in our care.Your donation enables usto expose suffering, tocampaign for change, andto save lives. We cannotdo it without you.