About the Campaign

Operation Beagle welcomes Chris Packham to the campaign with Ricky Gervais and Peter Egan

Dogs, and other animals, share our lives as treasured family members, so it is shocking that thousands of dogs, cats and other beautiful animals are bred for cruel laboratory experiments and are, as such, completely excluded from the protection of the Animal Welfare Act and its 'unnecessary suffering clause'.


On 7th February MPs met in Westminster Hall to debate Peter Egan's Parliament petition: 'Change the law to include laboratory animals in the Animal Welfare Act'. This debate was opened by Martyn Day MP, and participating cross-party MPs called with urgency for the science hearing on animal testing, as outlined in Parliament EDM 175.


This science hearing will judge claims that results from animal experiments can predict the responses of humans; the hearing will be judged by a panel of independent experts from the relevant science fields, including evolutionary biology, complexity science, chaos theory, clinical research, drug development, basic research and philosophy of science. This hearing is urgently needed to prove to the Government that their departments are being misled by an outdated financial vested interest which is entirely disconnected from current medical and scientific knowledge. We now know that animal experiments are entirely failing the search for human treatments and cures - for the same reason human patients do not consult vets.


Please take action to help: ask your MP to support the science hearing outlined by EDM 175, simply type in your postcode at this link.

Dogs, and other animals, share our lives as treasured family members, so it is shocking that thousands of puppies, cats and millions of other beautiful animals are excluded from the protection of the Animal Welfare Act and its 'unnecessary suffering clause', in order to be bred for cruel laboratory experiments.


In February 2022, MPs met in Westminster Hall to debate Peter Egan's Parliament petition: 'Change the law to include laboratory animals in the Animal Welfare Act'. Please visit this page to watch clips of the participating MPs, as they call with urgency for laboratory animals to be included in the Act. The MPs spotlight the need for the science hearing on animal experiments, as outlined in Parliament Early Day Motion 187.  This hearing will enable independent expert scientists to judge false claims that results from animal tests can be used to predict the responses of humans. The hearing's judges will be drawn from the relevant science fields, including evolutionary biology, complexity science, chaos theory, clinical research, drug development, basic research and philosophy of science.


The hearing is needed to prove to the Government that they are being misled by those with an outdated financial vested interest in animal experiments, which is completely opposed to current medical knowledge. The laws which first mandated these experiments are 78 years old: today we know that animal experiments are entirely failing the search for human treatments and cures.


Please take action to help: simply  type in your postcode at this link to ask your MP to support the science hearing and sign Early Day Motion 187.

Parliamentary Support for the Science Hearing

Introduction with Ricky Gervais and medical doctor Ray Greek

Medical doctor Ray Greek led a team to victory in 2002, when they defeated plans to build a multi-million pound primate laboratory at Cambridge University, with a ruling against that lab on 'national interest, medical and scientific grounds.'

Tan Dhesi MP

"Penicillin's use, for humans, was delayed by a staggering 10 years because it had absolutely no effect on rabbits. And the polio vaccine was delayed by an even longer 40 years, because of erroneous, misleading experiments on monkeys; and the long lamentable list continues."

Wera Hobhouse MP

"Over 3/4s of the public want an end to animal testing. The 'necessary evil' justification is no longer publicly acceptable, we should put an end to this unnecessary injustice. Banning laboratory experiments on those creatures is ethically and publicly favourable, and supported by scientists."

John McDonnell MP

As the primary sponsor for Parliament Early Day Motion 187, John McDonnell MP is committed to a ban on the cruel and medically failed practice of animal experiments.


John McDonnell MP says:


The experts who illustrate our scientific evidence

The experts who illustrate our scientific evidence are led by the late Dr. Niall Shanks and his research partner, medical doctor Dr. Ray Greek, this team has an impressive track record, defeating plans by Cambridge University to build a multi-million pound primate laboratory in 2002, with a ruling against that laboratory on 'national interest, medical and scientific grounds'.


Says Dr. Greek: "Recent developments in evolutionary and developmental biology, genetics, gene regulation, gene expression and gene networks gained in large part as a result of the Human Genome Project, in addition to advances in understanding complex systems, have significantly increased our understanding of why animals have no predictive value for human response to drugs, or the pathology of human diseases."

TWEET DECISION-MAKERS IN PARLIAMENT

#OperationBeagle

Follow the simple steps below, to take urgent action today


1. Copy the text in our tweet here, reproduced below:


I'm horrified by the torment inflicted on #puppies bred by laboratory dog breeder, MBR Acres. Please ban this now & mandate the #EDM187 #science hearing, to stop lies about human medicine which fund this cruelty. @GOVUK @Keir_Starmer @AP #OperationBeagle #Dogs #EndAnimalTesting


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3. Paste your text as a comment above our tweet.


4. Tweet your post to Keir Starmer PM and the UK Government!



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