World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) is an
annual event designed to expose the plight of animals used for testing and
research. WWAIL seeks to arouse concern for animal in laboratories as well
as educate the public about the scientific, moral, and economic objections
to animal experimentation, also known as vivisection.
WWAIL 2005 will be observed during the week of April
23-30. In 1986, In Defense of Animals expanded a day of observance into a
week-long effort to increase the effectiveness of the event. IDA has
served as the international coordinator for WWAIL for the past 18 years.
Since the earliest demonstrations, WWAIL has grown to involve scores of
activities across the U.S. and worldwide. Everything from educational
events to direct action protests has spurred unprecedented concern about
animal research.
The time has come for dramatic change. With a wide and
growing array of non-animal research methods rendering vivisection
increasingly obsolete, animal experiments conducted today could be
eliminated with the full-scale implementation of non-animal methods -
without risk to human health. However, the research, drug and chemical
industries - entrenched in animal research for legal, economic and
political reasons - perpetuate the myth that animal experimentation is
necessary.
WWAIL looks to the future with the hope of ending the
misery and pain for animals in laboratories and at the same time,
improving human health. Supported by thousands of animal advocates,
physicians, veterinarians, scientists, and healthcare reformers, WWAIL
challenges the animal research industry's propaganda with hard facts and
fresh perspectives.
World Week for Animals in Laboratories
http://www.wwail.org/
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