protesta: contro il TRASPORTO DI PRIMATI DAL NEPAL
Inviato: dom mar 30, 2008 11:08 pm
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IMPORTANTE APPELLO PER IMPEDIRE IL CONTINUO TRASPORTO DI PRIMATI DAL NEPAL
VERSO GLI STATI UNITI
Diamo anche noi un contributo!
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Veri e propri allevamenti di primati in Nepal riforniscono costantemente
laboratori di ricerca negli Stati Uniti. Scrivete email, telefonate, mandate
fax!
Date voce alla lotta ed esprimete il vostro disgusto al governo Nepalese.
Teniamo inoltre a scrivere una nota riguardo al fatto che come campagna
"italiana" ci uniamo
alla protesta inglese sottoponendo la lettera da mandare all'ambasciata
nepalese in Gran Bretagna.
Avremmo potuto avviare una protesta anche nei confronti dell'ambasciata
nepalese in Italia se questa fosse ancora presente su suolo italiano, ma così
non è più da circa un anno.
Per riferimenti diplomatici con il Nepal è necessario tenere come punto di
riferimento per l'Italia l'ambasciatore che al momento risiede a Parigi, in
Francia.
LETTERA TIPO:
Dear Prime Minister, Ambassador,
Since 2003 your government allows the breeding and export of rhesus monkeys for
biomedical. What’s more, your government actually provide primate centres
with monkeys from National Parks managed by the Department of National Parks
and Wildlife Conservation.
The primary objectives of your government are to conserve the country’s major
representative ecosystems, unique natural and cultural heritage, and give
protection to the valuable and endangered wildlife species.
Now that you are supporting the breeding and exporting of primates for
biomedical research, these objectives are being violated.
Monkeys are considered sacred and an important part of Nepal ’s heritage for
a number of reasons.
Monkeys are highly intelligent animals and maintain intricate social
structures. They have complex emotional lives, caring for one another and
showing love to their babies as we humans do to our children. Ethically, using
monkeys in experiments that inflict mental and physical pain is unacceptable
and unconscionable.
Research illustrates that primate experimentation is no longer the "gold
standard" for study design. Past experience has demonstrated that
animal-modelled biomedical research yields results that cannot be safely
applied to humans. In addition, there are now many alternative research methods
(methods not using living animals) that are capable of providing clinically
relevant data.
We believe the decision is not in accordance with the Working Policy on
Wildlife Farming, Breeding and Research 2003, as communities living with
monkeys do not benefit from this development at all, and inflicting suffering
to animals goes against the spirit of the Muluki Ain.
If the Government is serious about supporting animal conservation and helping
farmer communities it should implement long term, scientific solutions to
monkey overpopulation, such as birth control and farm land protection.
Nepal will not deserve credit for providing monkeys for biomedical research by
maintaining outdated, unreliable, and unethical methods for conducting studies.
We are now living in an era when ethics as well as state-of-the-art study
design are important considerations when doing research.
Global trends indicate a strong movement towards the abolition of experiments
on primates. This is one of the reasons why it is increasingly difficult for
american research centres to find sufficient research primates. However, an
increasing number of primates are needed by the US , especially for
bio-terrorism research.
American centres try to find loopholes in the world’s legal animal rights
provisions, and in Nepal (one of the few countries in the world still largely
without such legislation) it has found ideal working ground.
I strongly request your government to demonstrate its commitment to enlightened
and ethical research practices by halting (breeding facilities for) biomedical
research on Nepalese monkeys and implement legislation to prevent such
developments from reoccurring.
Thanking you in advance,
[il vostro nome]
Embassy of Nepal
12A Kensington Palace Gardens
London W8 4QU
Tel:
+44 (0)207 229 1594
+44 (0)207 229 6231
+44 (0)207 229 5352
Fax: +44 (0)207 792 9861
E-mail: [email protected]
IMPORTANTE APPELLO PER IMPEDIRE IL CONTINUO TRASPORTO DI PRIMATI DAL NEPAL
VERSO GLI STATI UNITI
Diamo anche noi un contributo!
------------------------------
Veri e propri allevamenti di primati in Nepal riforniscono costantemente
laboratori di ricerca negli Stati Uniti. Scrivete email, telefonate, mandate
fax!
Date voce alla lotta ed esprimete il vostro disgusto al governo Nepalese.
Teniamo inoltre a scrivere una nota riguardo al fatto che come campagna
"italiana" ci uniamo
alla protesta inglese sottoponendo la lettera da mandare all'ambasciata
nepalese in Gran Bretagna.
Avremmo potuto avviare una protesta anche nei confronti dell'ambasciata
nepalese in Italia se questa fosse ancora presente su suolo italiano, ma così
non è più da circa un anno.
Per riferimenti diplomatici con il Nepal è necessario tenere come punto di
riferimento per l'Italia l'ambasciatore che al momento risiede a Parigi, in
Francia.
LETTERA TIPO:
Dear Prime Minister, Ambassador,
Since 2003 your government allows the breeding and export of rhesus monkeys for
biomedical. What’s more, your government actually provide primate centres
with monkeys from National Parks managed by the Department of National Parks
and Wildlife Conservation.
The primary objectives of your government are to conserve the country’s major
representative ecosystems, unique natural and cultural heritage, and give
protection to the valuable and endangered wildlife species.
Now that you are supporting the breeding and exporting of primates for
biomedical research, these objectives are being violated.
Monkeys are considered sacred and an important part of Nepal ’s heritage for
a number of reasons.
Monkeys are highly intelligent animals and maintain intricate social
structures. They have complex emotional lives, caring for one another and
showing love to their babies as we humans do to our children. Ethically, using
monkeys in experiments that inflict mental and physical pain is unacceptable
and unconscionable.
Research illustrates that primate experimentation is no longer the "gold
standard" for study design. Past experience has demonstrated that
animal-modelled biomedical research yields results that cannot be safely
applied to humans. In addition, there are now many alternative research methods
(methods not using living animals) that are capable of providing clinically
relevant data.
We believe the decision is not in accordance with the Working Policy on
Wildlife Farming, Breeding and Research 2003, as communities living with
monkeys do not benefit from this development at all, and inflicting suffering
to animals goes against the spirit of the Muluki Ain.
If the Government is serious about supporting animal conservation and helping
farmer communities it should implement long term, scientific solutions to
monkey overpopulation, such as birth control and farm land protection.
Nepal will not deserve credit for providing monkeys for biomedical research by
maintaining outdated, unreliable, and unethical methods for conducting studies.
We are now living in an era when ethics as well as state-of-the-art study
design are important considerations when doing research.
Global trends indicate a strong movement towards the abolition of experiments
on primates. This is one of the reasons why it is increasingly difficult for
american research centres to find sufficient research primates. However, an
increasing number of primates are needed by the US , especially for
bio-terrorism research.
American centres try to find loopholes in the world’s legal animal rights
provisions, and in Nepal (one of the few countries in the world still largely
without such legislation) it has found ideal working ground.
I strongly request your government to demonstrate its commitment to enlightened
and ethical research practices by halting (breeding facilities for) biomedical
research on Nepalese monkeys and implement legislation to prevent such
developments from reoccurring.
Thanking you in advance,
[il vostro nome]
Embassy of Nepal
12A Kensington Palace Gardens
London W8 4QU
Tel:
+44 (0)207 229 1594
+44 (0)207 229 6231
+44 (0)207 229 5352
Fax: +44 (0)207 792 9861
E-mail: [email protected]