Archive for November 2008

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A revised version of Directive 86/609 was formally proposed
by the European Commission on 5th November 2008. Since
the directive was issued in 1986 Member States have passed
national laws on animal experiments with varying standards.
The review was started six years ago with the intention of
unifying standards and including modern technology. The
Commission have responded to demands [...]

In September, Dutch daily De Telegraaf warned that an extreme animal
rights group had move its operations to the Netherlands to target
Euronext Amsterdam (the Dutch branch of NYSE Euronext exchange group),
other financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies and shops that
sell fur.
Meanwhile, the ‘NYSE Euronext bomb squad’ have claimed on an animal
rights website that it placed six explosives under [...]

You may remember that last week I sent you an e-mail in which I wrote about the terrible plight of Daisy, a dog who was fed a “plant growth regulator” in a gruesome laboratory experiment.
I’m sure you were as horrified as I was when I learned that this toxic substance was given with her food, [...]

By Suzanne Glass
The coffin lay open in the middle of Times Square. Inside, naked and very much alive, Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sported “just a spray of flowers on my naughty bits”. The stunt was part of Peta’s“I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign, [...]

We have just completed our first ever “2009 Energy Report”. The report is currently not available to the public.

As you already know the prices of energy are skyrocketing every year and unless things change drastically we don’t expect that to change. This is a must read for anyone who is concerned about the current energy crisis, and how the coming changes might affect your monthly energy bill.

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BRUSSELS - Europe’s environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind’s closest relatives — chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orang-utans — in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and [...]

Thirty-one food, cosmetic, and consumer goods companies – and one palm oil supplier – have signed a Rainforest Action Network (RAN) pledge to support a moratorium on the expansion of palm oil plantations into tropical forests, according to an Oct. 22 press release. L’Occitane, Organic Valley, Ciranda, and several other businesses agreed to urge agribusiness [...]