Press Release: Beagle Vivisector to be Opposed at NZBio Conference
22nd March 2010
Animal rights group, Animal Freedom Aotearoa, is holding a protest outside Skycity Convention centre at 12:30pm today during Allen Goldenthal?s talk at the NZBio Conference. Allen Goldenthal is the director of Valley Animal Research Centre, which has beagle breeding and testing facilities in Palmerston North and Napier.
Valley Animal Research is the first privately owned contract animal testing laboratory in the southern hemisphere. Many of their contracts involve toxicity testing.
Animal Freedom Aotearoa opposes vivisection on the grounds that animal testing is ethically unjustifiable and scientifically fraudulent.
Animal Freedom Aotearoa member Jasmine Gray says "Beagle dogs are often used in animal experiments because of their trusting and friendly nature".
Ms Gray continues "We want to let the public know what is going on behind closed doors. Animals such as beagles suffer in silence while vivisectors like Allen Goldenthal talk about expanding their torturous business into markets in Asia".
"Animal testing doesn't just harm animals, it also harms humans because our physiologies are innately different. It doesn't make any scientific sense and cannot be ethically justified" says Ms Gray.
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Demonstration today
12.30pm - 2.30pm
Outside Sky City Convention Center - Victoria Street, Auckland City
Jasmine Gray is available for further comment on (0226390298).
Animal rights group, Animal Freedom Aotearoa, is holding a protest outside Skycity Convention centre at 12:30pm today during Allen Goldenthal?s talk at the NZBio Conference. Allen Goldenthal is the director of Valley Animal Research Centre, which has beagle breeding and testing facilities in Palmerston North and Napier.
Valley Animal Research is the first privately owned contract animal testing laboratory in the southern hemisphere. Many of their contracts involve toxicity testing.
Animal Freedom Aotearoa opposes vivisection on the grounds that animal testing is ethically unjustifiable and scientifically fraudulent.
Animal Freedom Aotearoa member Jasmine Gray says "Beagle dogs are often used in animal experiments because of their trusting and friendly nature".
Ms Gray continues "We want to let the public know what is going on behind closed doors. Animals such as beagles suffer in silence while vivisectors like Allen Goldenthal talk about expanding their torturous business into markets in Asia".
"Animal testing doesn't just harm animals, it also harms humans because our physiologies are innately different. It doesn't make any scientific sense and cannot be ethically justified" says Ms Gray.
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NOTES
Demonstration today
12.30pm - 2.30pm
Outside Sky City Convention Center - Victoria Street, Auckland City
Jasmine Gray is available for further comment on (0226390298).
