Jilly Cooper Supports the BUAV Campaign to End Cat and Dog Experiments

Jilly said: "My two greyhounds truly are my best friends and I adore sharing my home with them and enjoy our adventures together. It is utterly appalling to hear about the high numbers of dogs still used in experiments in the UK who never experience the love of a family or the joy of playing in a park. I am supporting the BUAV's Our Best Friends campaign to call on the UK government to ban this hideous experimentation on dogs and cats and I urge you please to do the same."

LONDON, 05/11/2013 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - varie)

               

In 2012, 3,214 dogs and puppies suffered in 4,843 tests in Great Britain .  This is a 6% increase in the number of dogs used compared to the previous year (2,865 in 2011), and a rise of 12% in the number of experiments carried out (4,552 in 2011).  

Most experiments carried out on dogs are for toxicity testing. The dogs may be injected with or force fed drugs and chemicals and then observed for signs of adverse (toxic) effects including vomiting, diarrhoea, internal bleeding and organ damage, seizures, paralysis - even death. They are killed at the end of the experiment.

     

Other celebrities who have backed the campaign include Ricky Gervais , Kimberly Wyatt and Chris Packham .

http://www.ourbestfriends.org

http://www.ourbestfriends.org/petition

Photo: Jilly Cooper supporting the BUAV's Our Best Friends campaign

Photo credit: Judy Zatonski