Vegan News 10.5.09

Published On: 5 October 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017By KD Angle Traegner

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Britain is unhappy with a new EU directive that would allow greater animal suffering during experiments, than Britain currently permits. A supporter of animal research said, “Research may only be used where the benefit to humans outweighs the suffering of animals.” (I bet they say that all of the time, in every case). In other words, “I’m going to kill you because the benefit I’m going to derive is more important than your life.” Nice. Real nice.

Daniel Vasella, chief executive of the Swiss pharmaceutical company, Novartis, is speaking up and talking back to animal rights activists. An post online claimed that Mr. Vasella’s grandmother’s ashes (his family grave had been earlier desecrated) were being held as a bargaining chip for Novartis to sever ties with another company of animal experimenters. Mr. Vasella was quoted as saying, “We strongly condemn the use of violence and terrorist tactics . . . as a substitute for meaningful, productive dialogue.” I suppose that the use of violence and terrorist tactics against non-human animals are OK as a substitute for meaningful and productive science, though.

Published On: 5 October 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017

Published On: 5 October 2009· Last Updated: 17 January 2017· By KD Angle Traegner·

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.

Your Daily Vegan's Featured Links Du Jour, what's on the menu today?

Britain is unhappy with a new EU directive that would allow greater animal suffering during experiments, than Britain currently permits. A supporter of animal research said, “Research may only be used where the benefit to humans outweighs the suffering of animals.” (I bet they say that all of the time, in every case). In other words, “I’m going to kill you because the benefit I’m going to derive is more important than your life.” Nice. Real nice.

Daniel Vasella, chief executive of the Swiss pharmaceutical company, Novartis, is speaking up and talking back to animal rights activists. An post online claimed that Mr. Vasella’s grandmother’s ashes (his family grave had been earlier desecrated) were being held as a bargaining chip for Novartis to sever ties with another company of animal experimenters. Mr. Vasella was quoted as saying, “We strongly condemn the use of violence and terrorist tactics . . . as a substitute for meaningful, productive dialogue.” I suppose that the use of violence and terrorist tactics against non-human animals are OK as a substitute for meaningful and productive science, though.

Published On: 5 October 2009Last Updated: 17 January 2017