Vivisection/Animals in Research
LCA, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, Animal Defenders International, and Occupiers for Animal & Earth Liberation joined forces during World Week for Animals in Laboratories on April 26, 2012 to protest vivisection at UCLA. Video courtesy Seraph Films.
Vivisection is the practice of cutting into or using invasive techniques on live animals. The term is derived from the Latin word vivus, which means alive. Vivisection is commonly called animal experimentation and includes the use of animals for research, product testing and in education. Animal experimentation is conducted in a wide range of environments, including universities, hospitals, research institutes, independent laboratories that conduct research for corporations, military bases, and agricultural facilities.
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Watch LCA's Chris DeRose on Jane Velez-Mitchell's show on CNN
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UPDATE FEB 2012 - Help LCA Raise $12,978 More To Save the Mountain Gorillas!!!
Africa’s mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) one of man’s closest relatives, is in peril. In recent years, their plight has become more precarious due to poaching, political instability and deforestation. In September of 2007, the World Conservation Union - the world's most respected authority on the plight of Earth's plants and animals – moved the mountain gorillas from its Red List of Endangered Species from the endangered list to the critically endangered list. They are one of the world’s rarest animals, with only about 800 remaining in the wild. About 480 individuals live in the Virunga Volcanoes Massif, which combines Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, DR Congo’s Virunga National park and Uganda’s Mgahinga national park. About 320 gorillas live in Bwindi’s Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. They aren’t found anywhere else on the planet; they are not found in zoos as luckily, they cannot survive and exist in captivity.
UPDATE 2/15/12: Judge’s Order of Maximum Fine Falls Far Short of Justice in Hawaiian Puppy Mill Case - $685,116.27 Fine Likely to Go Unpaid
Watch news footage of the rulingWednesday, February 15, 2012, District Court Judge David Lo imposed the maximum financial penalties possible under Hawaiian law against Bradley International Inc., the corporate parent company of Bradley Hawaiian Puppies. The fines totaling a whopping $685,116.27 would seem to be a victory for the dogs and puppies mistreated by Bradley International Inc., but the corporation has dissolved, no assets are available to pay the fines, and Judge Lo refused to impose jail time or personal liability on the individual people responsible for breaking the law and abusing the animals.
