CAARE: September Enews

September 2017  Andrea --  Recent years have seen significant progress in awareness by the scientific community of the need to replace animals in toxicity testing. There have been corresponding government initiatives to achieve that goal, though much more work needs to be done. What is missing is the application of that scientific paradigm to research on disease modeling. Scientists continue to insist that animals are valuable to understanding and treating human disease, despite the continued failures of animal models to deliver cures. Slowly, this may be changing. Last month, the National Institutes of Health announced that it is expanding its Tissue Chips program by awarding $15 million per year over the next two years, to develop tissue chips (also known as organs-on-chips) which are miniaturized 3D models made of human cells that mimic human disease. The funding will go towards 13 projects that will further tissue chip models for disorders like kidney disease, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson’s, cardiomyopathy, vascular disease, and others. Some of these tissue chips are showing progress to yield exciting and effective treatments, which we will report on in the coming weeks and months. I look forward to sharing that and other news with you. For the animals, Barbara Stagno President, CAARE  CAARE submits complaint against U Missouri dog eye experiments Last week CAARE filed a complaint with the Animal Care division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging that the University of Missouri Columbia failed to conduct an adequate search for non-animal alternatives to using live dogs in painful and lethal experiments that damaged and burned their eyes with caustic chemicals to study corneal healing. The dogs were killed afterwards. Under the Animal Welfare Act, researchers are required to conduct a search for alternatives to animals. CAARE obtained UM’s search through Freedom of Information and found it to be entirely lacking in any non-animal methods. CAARE has requested that USDA take remedial action against the University of Missouri and its animal oversight committee for failing to properly investigate and implement procedures that can replace animals in experiments that may otherwise cause pain or distress. “Humanized” mice fail once again In the latest news to call attention to the shortcomings of mouse models for human disease research, scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that “humanized mice” are unsuitable for studies of transplanting human stem cells for human patients. They examined a strain of mice genetically engineered to contain a human immune system and which is often used in immune research. Despite this, the researchers found that the mice responded differently than normal human patients would by rejecting stem cell transplants. They concluded that the humanized mouse model is inadequate for experiments carried out to assess the human response to transplanted stem cells. Dr. Nigel Kooreman, MD, who was part of the research team stated, “Our work clearly shows that, although there is some human immune cell activity, these animals don't fully reconstitute the human immune system." Unfortunately, they plan to “optimize” the mouse model, rather than discard it, a typical response demonstrating the resistance to move away from inadequate and painful mouse experiments. Read more about how mice and humans differ New skin model to replace animals arrives in the U.S. French biotech company, Genoskin, which provides human skin to replace animal testing for dermal safety and efficacy tests, will be expanding its offices to the U.S. in early 2018. Utilizing excess skin donated by patients following plastic surgery procedures, the company recycles it into a patented model that can be used for cosmetic, pharmaceutical, chemical and research purposes. According to the company, their tissue model is the closest possible alternative to live, human skin. Genoskin’s founder and CEO, Pascal Descargues, said: “Animal testing is inefficient, time-consuming, expensive and increasingly perceived as unethical. We believe our technology marks a turning point.” By opening a U.S. office, Genoskin products, which have a limited shelf life, will be no longer be subject to customs or FDA/USDA regulations that slow down overseas imports. Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research (CAARE), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, established to highlight and promote research without animals. Your donation helps us carry out our mission to speak up for animals in laboratories, and to end animal suffering by disseminating information about the power and progress of research without animals.   Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research · www.careusa.org · PO Box 102, Ardsley, NY 10502

Don't Let Wild Horse Roundups Go Unseen! | Return to Freedom

Mares and foals forever separated after being driven into a trap by a helicopter at the Salt Wells Creek Herd Management Area in Wyoming. Photo by Steve Paige. Don't Let Roundups Go Hidden From the Public Eye Wild Horse Nation, A menacing helicopter chased more wild horses into a trap on Monday, where the awful business of tearing apart family bands – with very young foals taken from mares – began again. This time, the Bureau of Land Management intends to forever remove more than 1,560 wild horses from their home ranges in Wyoming. The agency also has its largest roundup in years – more than 6,700 Nevada wild horses – planned for this fall. On Monday, just two members of the public were there to see what happened to the first 49 wild horses captured in Wyoming. One was a Humane Witness for Return to Freedom there to ensure that those terrified wild horses were not enduring their devastation without someone to document what was happening to them and to let you see what our tax dollars are used for on our shared public lands.  It costs RTF $300 per day, including food, travel, lodging and fuel to remote trap sites, to keep someone out there. RTF will not be able to continue this vital work without your help. Your kind and generous attention to the daily struggles of wild horses has helped reduce their suffering and provides documentation to bring to our legislators.   Last year a contractor’s pilot flew so low that his helicopter’s skids nearly struck galloping wild horses and a group of 52 stallions were crammed into an extremely small temporary pen overnight where they could scarcely move. Because our photographs showed violations of the government’s own rules, RTF was able within hours to get the stallions released, stop the pilot from riding the backs of the horses, and allow our photographer access to the temporary holding corrals on site. We can only be there and make these changes with your help! But the cruelty continues on the range and in the rhetoric of wild horse opponents. Now, as America’s wild horses and burros face their greatest threat in decades, with some lawmakers, moneyed interests and BLM pressing for policy changes which would allow the agency to kill healthy, unadopted animals, RTF believes that roundup images are critical to keeping pressure on Congress. Our photographs and videos from the past year also show clearly that most wild horses are not starving – a fabrication that some are trying to sell to our representatives. Yesterday, our photographer showed photos of the very healthy and robust wild horses in Wyoming… now captured…freedom and families lost forever, all at great expense to the taxpayer and to the horses that have lost everything.  RTF is spread thin with 500 horses at our sanctuaries and our efforts on Capitol Hill to redirect funds from captures to managing the herds on their ranges. In order to stop the mass killing of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros laid out in the President’s 2018 budget proposal, we hired an experienced lobbyist who is helping us fight day by day, committee by committee. That's possible because you recognize that caring about one wild horse means that you care about them all.  Earlier this year, we assumed responsibility for the 120-member Gila herd, many of which likely would have been trucked to be sold at auction for slaughter if not for RTF and its untiring donors stepping up to provide a safe reprieve on leased pastures in Northern California. That brought the number in our care to more than 500 wild horses and 43 burros, each life significant.  We just cannot do this without you. Your help continues to make a difference for wild horse conservation, through sanctuary, educational programs and participating in selective litigation. None of this can be done cheaply. If everyone gives a little or a lot -- together -- it ensures that the trials of America's wild horses don't go unseen, unnoticed or unchanged.  Will you help us raise $6,300 by Friday, Oct. 6, to keep our humane witness on the ground in Wyoming? If we are absent over the next six weeks, 1,500 wild horses will suffer unseen risks and BLM will be held less accountable.  If you believe, as we do, that wild horses should not be torn from the range without the public being fully informed – or lawmakers being made to see the consequences of their actions – donate today.  Thank you for your support,  Neda DeMayo and the RTF team P.S.: If you cannot make a donation but would be willing to volunteer as a Humane Witness to provide photographic and video documentation for RTF, please let us know! Contact: outreach@returntofreedom.org. Donate to the Wild Horse Defense Fund, which fuels RTF's advocacy and legal efforts as well as documenting helicopter roundups Learn about legislation threatening wild horses and how you can take action

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Pilot Whales, Risso’s Hunted | Dolphin Project

It took only three days for hunters to decimate their first pod of dolphins. For seven hours, hunters chased an unsuspecting nursery pod of pilot whales, filled with many juveniles, and despite a valiant fight the exhausted pod was driven into The Cove. “I could only imagine the nonstop terror the mammals must have been experiencing. I envisioned an entire family – grandparents, parents and children – fleeing for their lives, and wondered how many would wear down and just give up.“ ~ Dolphin Project Cove Monitor Juvenile pilot whale in season’s first drive. The Cove, Taiji, Japan. For three days the pod was trapped, with no access to food or water and suffering from multiple injuries. In the end, three young whales were selected for “life” in captivity, 20 adults were killed, and the remaining juveniles were driven back out to sea to fend for themselves. One dolphin was observed floating near the nets, lifeless, succumbing to injuries sustained from the hunt. A family of migrating Risso’s dolphins was the hunters' next target. Once driven into The Cove, trainers and hunters worked side-by-side, selecting one mammal for captivity while the remaining six were slaughtered. With many dolphins “presold” to marine parks in Japan and overseas, the nexus between the captivity industry and dolphin slaughters is undeniable. Risso’s dolphin guided to slaughter. Taiji, Japan. By documenting the dolphin hunts, our team of Cove Monitors is able to share this information with the rest of the world. And that’s where you come in: by sharing our social media and blog posts, you can help educate others. Only through awareness and knowledge can intelligent and ethical choices be made – ones where dolphins and whales are left to swim wild and free, unbound by glass and concrete walls. This insanity MUST end. And together, we WILL end it. HOW YOU CAN HELP Dolphin Project will be documenting and disseminating the hunts to the rest of the world via live broadcasts, social media updates and blogs. Your support has never been more crucialand is greatly appreciated. DONATE PARTICIPATE Interested in joining #TeamDolphinProject in Taiji? LEARN MORE about our volunteer Cove Monitor program. SHOP Wear your support for Dolphin Project and start a dialogue! Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the USA (Tax ID 47-1665067). Your donations are tax-deductible. Copyright © 2017 Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project 171 Pier Ave #234 Santa Monica, CA 90405

Please attend #GMFER's free events on behalf of Elephants and Rhinos in LA and San Francisco

Please attend #GMFER's free events on behalf of Elephants and Rhinos in LA and San Francisco with Amos Kipeen from Kenya! Oct 7 in LA & Oct 15 in SF!

#GMFER’s March Against Extinction events in Los Angeles and San Francisco will take a different shape this year. To amplify the voices representing indigenous peoples in Africa, we are excited to host Amos Kipeen of the Maasai Mara in Kenya, who will lead engaging conversations about conservation at both events. Amos will share his experiences advocating for wildlife and nature in the context of a continent dominated by colonial modalities of conservation. If conservation in Africa is to succeed, inclusion of its indigenous people as full partners in the conversation about conservation is necessary. (See Amos’ full bio below.) Please join us for these free and unique events.   Los Angeles Event:  What: A conversation about the role of indigenous communities in wildlife conservation When: Saturday, October 7, 4 – 6PM Where: G2 Gallery, 1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, California Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/269522036785901/ San Francisco Event:  What: Conversation about animal liberation and conservation in Africa When: Sunday, October 15, 7 – 9PM Where: Berkeley Animal Rights Center, 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley, California Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/849063101923534/ The Los Angeles event is co-organized by Generation Awakening, Global March for Elephants and Rhinos and In Defense of Animals, who are all pleased to host Amos Kipeen for a conversation about the successes, the failures and the future of conservation in Kenya and Africa. If conservation in Africa is to succeed, its indigenous communities must be full partners in the conversation. The conservation ethic in Africa has been dominated by colonial paradigms that do not fully serve the imperatives of justice and "Justice for All.” Amos will discuss the difficulties, hopes, fears and joys of indigenous communities striving to find a voice and place in the global community governing the fate and future of Africa's dwindling iconic wildlife as well as its disenfranchised human inhabitants. The San Francisco event, featuring Amos Kipeen, is co-organized by Direct Action Everywhere and March for Elephants, San Francisco, together with the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos (GMFER) and In Defense of Animals. Amos will share his experiences, successes, difficulties, hopes and goals advocating for wildlife and nature in the context of a continent dominated by colonial modalities of conservation, and DxE, IDA and MFE will share with Amos their experiences and ideas governing the fundamentals of Animal Liberation. It is our hope that this creative exchange of ideas will help western advocates understand our African brothers and sisters and the animals they strive to protect better, and that in turn, our African brothers and sisters will take home with them the governing principles of animal liberation as practiced by DxE. Amos Kipeen Bio Amos Kipeen has wide experience in both the tourism and nonprofit sectors in Kenya. In 2009, he founded the Mara Discovery Center, a community-based organization that combines tourism, conservation, environmental education, and micro-enterprise to promote non-consumptive use of natural resources. Since 2015, he has also been with Basecamp Foundation Kenya-BCFK, currently as program manager in charge of implementing the Foundation’s programs in the Maasai Mara, including the Mara Lion Project, the Talented Girls Leadership School, and various programs in green energy and clean water. Amos was previously general manager for the Salt Springs Mara Camp, marketing officer for KETAS Safaris, and a guide and naturalist for other camps and tour companies. In his work in eco-tourism, Amos shared his deep knowledge of the Mara ecosystem with visitors from around the world and shared local Maasai heritage at the same time. Amos is passionate about sustainable livelihood, wildlife conservation, good governance, and empowerment of underserved populations, and sees all of these things as connected. Among his volunteer activities in this regard, he was co-founder of the Maasai Buffalo Dance and Cultural Group, a performing arts group of young men and women whose mission is to promote Maasai culture and provide disease-free living through linkage with the outside world. Amos has a BS in Wildlife Management and graduate diploma in Tourism and Wildlife Management from the Maasai Mara University. He has also done further study in management and in 2015 was a participant in the Young African Leaders Techcamp in South Africa, with training on digital strategies for community organizing. We look forward to seeing you there! Sincerely, Global March for Elephants and Rhino

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Janot asks STF to drop PEC from Vaquejada and more news

Informativo do Fórum Animal - Setembro/2017 Janot pede ao STF que derrube a PEC da Vaquejada Rodrigo Janot, Procurador Geral da República, pediu que o STF derrube a Emenda Constitucional que liberou a Vaquejada. Janot considerou que ela é inconstitucional e incompatível com os preceitos constitucionais que proíbem tratamento cruel de animais. De forma similar, nós, do Fórum Animal, entramos com uma Ação de Inconstitucionalidade no STF em junho.  SAIBA MAIS Subway anuncia fim das gaiolas na América Latina Incrível! Após negociações com o Fórum Animal, a rede de lanchonetes Subway concordou em eliminar as gaiolas para porcos e galinhas em toda a América Latina. Milhões de animais serão beneficiados em mais de 15 países.

SAIBA MAIS 10 maioneses assumem compromisso livre de gaiolas Devido aos nossos esforços, a Kraft Heinz declarou que não utilizará mais ovos de galinhas engaioladas. A empresa é dona das maioneses Heinz e Quero. Agora temos 10 maioneses  no país comprometidas com o fim da tortura das gaiolas: Unilever (Hellmann's e Arisco), Cargill (Liza e Maria) e Bunge (Primor, Soya e Salada), Hemmer e Kraft Heinz (Quero e Heinz). SAIBA MAIS Campanha 'Fim das Vaquejadas e Rodeios' alcança 40% da meta Muito obrigado! Com sua ajuda, estamos chegando cada vez mais perto da meta para continuar trabalhando 'Pelo Fim de Vaquejadas e Rodeios'. Mais de 160 pessoas já se uniram a nossa corrente do bem e atingimos 46% da nossa meta na Kickante. Quer fazer parte deste movimento também? Confira as opções abaixo. Com doações a partir de R$ 10 você pode fazer uma grande diferença para os animais! CLIQUE AQUI PARA DOAR AGORA

Quem somos: O Fórum Nacional de Proteção e Defesa Animal é a maior rede de proteção animal do Brasil, com mais de 130 entidades afiliadas em todas as regiões do país. Há mais de quinze anos, atuamos na disseminação do respeito, proteção e defesa dos animais. Lutamos para construir uma nova sociedade onde a compaixão pela vida animal seja um valor nacional, compartilhado por todos os brasileiros. Na web: www.forumanimal.org    [www.forumanimal.org]

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Janot asks STF to drop PEC from Vaquejada

Rodrigo Janot, Attorney General, requested that the Supreme Court overturn the Constitutional Amendment that released Vaquejada. Janot considered that it is unconstitutional and incompatible with constitutional precepts that prohibit cruel treatment of animals. Similarly, we, from the Animal Forum, filed an Unconstitutionality Action in the STF in June.

Subway announces end of cages in Latin America

Amazing! After negotiations with the Animal Forum, the Subway snacks network agreed to eliminate pig and chicken cages throughout Latin America. Millions of animals will benefit in more than 15 countries.

10 maioneses take on cage-free commitment

Due to our efforts, Kraft Heinz has stated that it will no longer use eggs from caged hens. The company owns Heinz and Quero mayonnaise. Now we have 10 maioneses in the country committed to the end of the torture of the cages: Unilever (Hellmann's and Arisco), Cargill (Liza and Maria) and Bunge (Primor, Soya and Salada), Hemmer and Krain Heinz (Quero and Heinz).

Campaign 'End of Vaquejadas and Rodeios' reaches 40% of the target

Thank you very much! With your help, we are getting closer and closer to the goal to continue working 'For the End of Cowboys and Rodeos'. More than 160 people have joined our chain of good and reached 46% of our goal at Kickante. Want to be part of this movement too? Check out the options below. With donations starting at $ 10 you can make a big difference to the animals!

Who we are:

The National Forum for Animal Protection and Protection is Brazil's largest animal protection network, with more than 130 affiliated entities in all regions of the country. For more than fifteen years, we have been working on the dissemination of respect, protection and protection of animals. We strive to build a new society where compassion for animal life is a national value, shared by all Brazilians. On the web: www.forumanimal.org