Covance Demo 25th Sept 1999
The Following is the press release from the Covance Campaign, PO Box 323, York. Y09 1RR
The pages that follow it are photo's taken from the video footage which the press release is about.
Animal Rights Activist Breaches Security At Top Secret Lab
On Saturday 25th September, at a national demonstration against
Covance Laboratories, Otley Road, Harrogate an animal rights activist
managed to climb a 3 metre security fence and gain access to the
company's beagle unit, gaining an insight into the gruesome world of
vivisection.
The following statement has been made anonymously by the activist
involved:
"Upon entering the building I came across the monkey unit but I didn't
go in as there was a Biohazard sign on the door and another
mentioning rabies experiments. I entered the beagle unit, lots and lots
of dogs with no bedding at all. Lots of excrement everywhere. Some of
the dogs were cowering with fear. Some of them were just desperate
for attention. The sound was astronomical. Some of the dogs were in
small cages used in radioactive experiments. Some of them were used
in some sort of lavage experiment. Some were used in medication.
Many, many different dogs, they're all very affectionate, loving dogs.
Unfortunately they remain."
Video footage taken from within the unit revealed appalling conditions
with urine and excrement covering the floors of the kennels, flowing
out into the walkway between them. Animal feed had been knocked
over into the urine rendering it inedible. The dogs were desperate for
attention and affection, two things which they will have hardly
experienced in their short, miserable lives in the labs.
This footage has come as a major boost to the campaign against this
company, which is currently being stepped up. Covance have denied
cruelty in the past but we now have concrete evidence that the dogs on
site live a life of misery.
The campaign will continue until the laboratories are closed.
Out of 100 activists who attended Saturdays demonstration, two were
arrested for public order offences.
The Covance Campaign can be contacted on 07977 637 293.
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