27 July 2006 - UK

Oxford - TV to host vivisection debate

Oxford debate 27th July

It has just been confirmed that on Thursday 27th July 2006 a debate is taking place at Oxford between :

Mel Broughton - Speak

Kathy Archibald ­ Europeans for Medical Progress

André Menache ­ Animal Aid

Dr Caroline Lucas MEP

-v-

Professor Tipu Aziz

Dr Evan Harris MP

Someone from Research Defence Society

Possibly Mike Robbins (who suffers from Parkinson¹s Disease)

The debate is to take place at 8 pm and will be filmed by Newsnight. The debate will be shown on Newsnight later the same evening and apparently the whole programme is to be devoted to the subject.

In summary :
Newsnight
BBC2
Thursday 27th July 2006
10.30 pm to 11.15 pm
Debate on vivisection

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Vivisection Information Network (VIN)
Recommended site: www.vivisection-absurd.org.uk


Recent discoveries in animals:
30 effective HIV vaccines
22 treatments for spinal cord injury
100 treatments to prevent type 1 diabetes
700 stroke drugs.

ALL FAIL IN HUMANS
Animal testing isn't working.

Source: V I N

Link: Inquiry into medical animal testing in the UK
Link: Please Help Stop the Barbaric Importation of Primates
Link: SPEAK expose horrors taking place at Oxford University

Date: 2006-07-27

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