Please help animals used in testing and fur: two alerts

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2. Please Email Sample Message below encouraging an immediate discontinuation of animal research at ASU


1. BACKGROUND | From PETA

Australian store Husk is selling items made from rabbit fur. On fur farms all around the world, rabbits – who are sensitive and intelligent animals – spend their entire lives in tiny, filthy cages and suffer physical and psychological distress before they are killed by neck-breaking or skull-bashing.

In their natural habitats, rabbits live with their families in underground burrows called “warrens.” They can hop faster than a cat, human, or white-tailed deer can run. Rabbits love nibbling on alfalfa, timothy hay, apples, carrots, and crisp, green veggies, and they chew vigorously to trim their front teeth, which never stop growing. They communicate through body language, marking their territories like cats by rubbing their chins on twigs, rocks, or other landmarks.

You Can Help!

Please use the form HERE to urge Husk to join forward-thinking designers Stella McCartney, Alannah Hill, Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole, Gail Elliott, and Tommy Hilfiger and department store David Jones and stop selling fur. Let Husk know that there are many fashionable alternatives to fur that don’t involve the slaughter of innocent animals.

Personalized letters always work best, so feel free to add your own thoughts and opinions!

Message Text

Countless animals on fur farms all around the world are maimed, mistreated, and killed – all in the name of fashion. I was shocked to hear that you still sell fur! Rabbits on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers kill rabbits using cruel methods – including neck-breaking and skull-bashing – before stringing the animals up by the legs and cutting off their heads.

With so many alternatives to animal fur available, it’s time for Husk to remove fur from its stores permanently. Fur always looks best on its original owners.

Want to do more?

Call or send a text message to Damien Taylor, director of Husk, at +61 (0) 421 289 799 and ask him to drop fur from Husk stores permanently.

Call or send a letter to Husk.  Use the Sample Message above or use one from Anti-Fur Sample Letters.

Please send polite comments to:

Husk
Rear 3-13 William St.
Balaclava VIC 3183
Australia

+61-3-9528-7411
+61-3-9528-7466 (fax)

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2. BACKGROUND | From PETA

Breaking news: Arizona State University (ASU) officials have informed PETA that the school has purchased non-animal teaching tools and will be evaluating them during the upcoming semester as replacements for its classroom physiology laboratories on animals. Take action below to help urge ASU’s president to utilize these non-animal methods and end the school’s cruel classroom experiments for good.

In addition to this great news, PETA has also learned that ASU has already reduced the number of frogs used in one of its classroom experiments by half, meaning that dozens of animals’ lives will be spared every year. In classroom biology experiments at ASU, live frogs are cut open so that students can watch the animals’ hearts beating, and pregnant rats are killed so that students can dissect them and experiment on their organs. In other experiments, rabbits have holes cut into their necks, are injected with various drugs, and are then killed.

Many modern non-animal teaching methods are available to replace these cruel and archaic animal experiments, and these methods have repeatedly been shown to teach anatomy and physiology as well as or better than animal-based lessons. The University of Arizona, for example, does not use any live animals in its undergraduate physiology laboratories.

Send an e-mail to Michael Crow, president of ASU, and politely ask him to ensure that ASU’s new, humane technology is utilized and that the school’s cruel classroom animal experiments are replaced once and for all. Also, make sure that your voice is heard by calling Michael Crow’s office at 480-965-8972.
Sample e-mail text is provided below to help you draft your message.

Contact Info:

michael.crow@asu.edu | 480-965-8972

Subject:

Please Take the Next Step to End Cruel Animal Experiments

Body:

Dear President Crow,

I am pleased to hear that Arizona State University has purchased alternatives to its cruel and crude classroom physiology experiments on frogs, mice, rats, and rabbits. I hope you will insure that your faculty members fully utilize this new technology and replace classroom animal experiments as soon as possible.

Alternative Sample Message:

Dear President Crow,

It is my understanding that Arizona State University has obtained non-animal teaching resources.  As such, I am writing to express my support that you implement these animal research and testing alternatives, which have proven superior to unreliable live animal models, immediately. Previous experiments subjected sentient animals to enormous pain and suffering, contrary to an ethical field of study, and the decision to discontinue the ASU’s participation in such archaic methods of research is certainly encouraging.

Thank  you for taking the time to read this important message.

NAME

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kudos to you, mr crow
i am writing this poem
to let you know
that i am thankful
that you will try
non animal teaching tools
so no more animals die
please implement
these methods 100 percent
so to torture and death
no more animals will
be sent

Karen Lyons Kalmenson