Uncaged Campaigns
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Uncaged Campaigns is a Sheffield
, UK, based anti-vivisection
, not-for-profit organisation and a registered company limited by guarantee.
; against xenotransplantation
; the global boycott of Procter & Gamble
; positive promotion of animal rights
and for democratic action on animal issues through the political system. Current prominent members of Uncaged Campaigns are Dan Lyons and Angela Roberts. Dan Lyons has appeared on TV and fronted newspaper articles promoting anti-vivisection and Uncaged Campaigns.
in March 2006.
Uncaged also won the legal right to publish the "Diaries of Despair" report and over a thousand pages of confidential documents that describe in unique detail experiments involving the transplant of genetically modified pig organs into five hundred primates. The papers reveal researchers at the former biotechnology company, Imutran, exaggerated the success of work aimed at adapting pig organs for human transplant.
In July 2009 Uncaged, along with MPs and MEPs from across the political spectrum, presented the largest ever British animal protection petition with 1.5 million signatures to 10 Downing Street
. The petition called on the British Government to develop a roadmap for the elimination of animal experimentation. Uncaged has also garnered support from British politicians including Norman Baker
MP, Liberal Democrat. The Uncaged website quotes him, "Uncaged keeps alive the flame of hope that one day, animal experiments will seem as outdated as today sending children up chimneys seems.".
Uncaged has always maintained a peaceful protest philosophy.
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, UK, based anti-vivisection
Vivisection
Vivisection is defined as surgery conducted for experimental purposes on a living organism, typically animals with a central nervous system, to view living internal structure...
, not-for-profit organisation and a registered company limited by guarantee.
History
Uncaged Campaigns was establish in 1993 by Angela Roberts and Lynn Williamson. They are a peaceful international animal protection organisation based in Sheffield, England. Their main campaigns are against animal experimentsAnimal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. Worldwide it is estimated that the number of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—ranges from the tens of millions to more than 100 million...
; against xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation
Xenotransplantation , is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenografts or xenotransplants...
; the global boycott of Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a Fortune 500 American multinational corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide range of consumer goods....
; positive promotion of animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
and for democratic action on animal issues through the political system. Current prominent members of Uncaged Campaigns are Dan Lyons and Angela Roberts. Dan Lyons has appeared on TV and fronted newspaper articles promoting anti-vivisection and Uncaged Campaigns.
Activism
Uncaged states its aims include:Notability
Uncaged are noted for their campaigns in the UK against vivisection and in particular their Global Boycott of Procter & Gamble due to the company's continued use of animal testing for cosmetics. This has taken the form of media campaigns resulting in TV and newspaper coverage. They achieved publicity by projecting the message "Procter & Gamble test on animals" on to the Angel Of The NorthAngel of the North
The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead,formerly County Durham, England.It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing tall, with wings measuring across...
in March 2006.
Uncaged also won the legal right to publish the "Diaries of Despair" report and over a thousand pages of confidential documents that describe in unique detail experiments involving the transplant of genetically modified pig organs into five hundred primates. The papers reveal researchers at the former biotechnology company, Imutran, exaggerated the success of work aimed at adapting pig organs for human transplant.
In July 2009 Uncaged, along with MPs and MEPs from across the political spectrum, presented the largest ever British animal protection petition with 1.5 million signatures to 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as "Number 10", is the headquarters of Her Majesty's Government and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, who is now always the Prime Minister....
. The petition called on the British Government to develop a roadmap for the elimination of animal experimentation. Uncaged has also garnered support from British politicians including Norman Baker
Norman Baker
Norman John Baker is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewes in East Sussex since 1997. Since May 2010 he has been Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Transport....
MP, Liberal Democrat. The Uncaged website quotes him, "Uncaged keeps alive the flame of hope that one day, animal experiments will seem as outdated as today sending children up chimneys seems.".
Uncaged has always maintained a peaceful protest philosophy.