LAB TOOLS? food?

Mother pig and piglets in a

farrowing crate. Piglets are
taken from their mother at
around 4 weeks old and

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killed at 4 - 6 months for
pork, bacon, ham and
Animal Over 2 million of the 15 million sausages.
experimentation Every year around 3 million animals lambs born every year die in their first few
will one day are used in experiments in British days, mostly from malnutrition, disease and
Every year
exposure.
be judged laboratories. in the UK
a crime. Locked away in laboratories, animals are force- nearly
Leonardo da Vinci fed poisonous chemicals, and infected with dis- 1,000 million
Beagles are eases, in order to test potential cures. But the
animals are
the most tests tell us nothing about how drugs and
killed so that Paws for thought: Is it right to kill animals
commonly chemicals will affect humans, because all for food, when we can live perfectly healthily
used dog species react differently. There are many mod- people on a vegetarian diet?
because they ern tests that do not use animals, and do can eat
are friendly give accurate results, if only all their
Most of these animals are reared inside huge,
and trusting. flesh. crowded, stinking factory farms, where they are
Paws for thought: bred to grow as big as possible in the shortest
Which products that you use possible time. They are unable to take prop-
regularly do you think have been er exercise or do many of the things they
A mouse
used in cancer
tested on animals? would naturally do. At only a few weeks or
research with a months old, they die a terrifying death at
tumour larger
the slaughterhouse.
than his own
head. The male chicks of
egg-laying hens are
Becoming a vegetarian was one of the

ANIMALs and us
treated as trash. first decisions I made not to be part of
They are killed at a day the system. The only way you ever
old and their dead make a difference is when you

FUN?
bodies sold as fertilizer. personally do something.
Thom Yorke, vocalist Radiohead

Animals are used for entertainment in pets?

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all sorts of ways. They are shot and
fished for sport, kept in zoos and made Around the world, millions Just like people, animals can experience pain
to perform tricks in circuses. Others
of animals such as foxes, mink, lynx, wolves and pleasure, loneliness and fear. They
and beavers are killed every year for fur coats. They Today, more
are forced to race so that people can are trapped in the wild, or bred in filthy, cramped fur have families, they care for their young, and they than half the
bet on them. farms. Rabbits are reared on farms and their fur is used want to be safe, comfortable and free - households in
for trim on coats and gloves.
Every year, just like you and me. Britain own a
en

hundreds of
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horses are
pet. We are
raced to death. certainly a
The question is
They die on the
course, or in not can they Breeders and pet shops make money nation of
out of selling animals, whilst thousands 'animal
training, or are reason? Nor
keepers',
destroyed because can they talk? of others are left homeless in sanctuaries.
they are no longer But can they but do
needed for racing. Many abandoned animals are killed we deserve
suffer?
Jeremy Bentham,
because nobody adopts them. our reputation
Many people like going to the zoo.
English philosopher
But how many stop to think about (1748-1832) Millions of 'exotic' capture and transport, as 'animal
whether wild animals are happy animals, such as and many suffer lovers'?
living in cages? Often the animals' parrots, snakes, short, unhappy
frustration can be seen in the way Paws for thought: tropical fish and lives because
they pace up and down. Some say Does the fact that people make monkeys, are their owners
that wild animal acts are an money out of an activity such as caught in the wild don't know how
and imported for to look after them
It doesn't matter if your companion
essential part of the circus. But is pheasant shooting or horse
it right to make them perform racing, mean it is justified? people to keep properly. animal is a large horse or a tiny goldfish - all
unnatural acts for our as pets. Large have individual needs. All require a proper home,
numbers die
amusement? space, the correct diet, a constant water supply,
during
exercise, companionship and opportunities for
play and privacy.

If you want to help animals or need information see www.animalaid.org.uk ! Animal Aid, The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1AW ! Tel: 01732 364546 ! email: youth@animalaid.co.uk