Check out Fauna in the November issue of Quebec Science!!!
Pick up a copy it is an amazing spread
Here is a sneek peek.
http://www.cybersciences.com/cyber/fr/magazine/novembre_2008/reportages/singe_de_vie__extrait_.html
Consulter l'édition de novembre du magazine Québec Science pour lire à propos de la Fondation Fauna!
Procurez-vous une copie, c'est un article génial.
Jetez un coup d'oeil en cliquant sur le lien ci-haut.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
R&R E-News
November 2008
Help pass GAPA.
Thank you Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Michael Doyle (D-PA) for coming aboard as new GAPA consponsors!
For information on volunteering or to order postcards to distribute and send to your legislator, email: releasechimps@neavs.org
Update: Election 2008 and the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA)
Reviewing the impact of election results on the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA), we are pleased to report that only 3 GAPA cosponsor/congressional seats have changed (MD, CT, and ME). Outreach to them has already begun. We anticipate that all of the current cosponsors will sign on again in '09 when the bill is reintroduced. Future President and Vice President elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden both have excellent humane score cards as senators. We trust that their commitment to a kind world for animals will continue.
As we close 2008 and move into 2009, we remain focused on growing the list of cosponsors - and keeping those currently on - engaged. Thank you to those who have helped or are considering helping by handing out GAPA postcards, posting flyers, and putting our banner ad on weblogs and websites! YOUR support and efforts are key to our success!
Volunteers Make a Difference
2008 was a high point in our volunteer efforts as more people from across the country committed to working with NEAVS/Project R&R and GAPA, giving their time and energy to help educate the public on chimpanzees in U.S. labs.
Our most recent local event was our annual Holiday Volunteer Night. Volunteers created enrichment packages and cut blankets to send to sanctuaries with monkeys and chimpanzees from research. The volunteers had fun, but not as much as our cousin primates will when they recieve the bundles. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers for taking the time to help the monkeys and chimpanzees and make NEAVS' holiday tradition a joy and success!
This holiday season, please consider a year end donation and help make it possible for us to continue our work to help animals in and from research.
Top: Julie, Harry (our helpful 4th grader!) and Tammy
Bottom: Sennea and Arnaldo give a smile and thumbs up
Update on European Union Laws
Renewed attention has been placed on the proposed revisions - Directive EC86/609/EEC - for the EU’s laboratory animal welfare laws.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas recently stressed the importance of finding more non-animal alternatives in order to stop testing on animals. The BUAV notes that "it is absolutely important to steer away from testing on animals. Scientific research must focus on finding alternative methods to animal testing, but where alternatives are not available, the situation of animals still used in experiments must be improved." Specific revisions supported by the BUAV include a ban on the use of great apes and ‘wild-caught’ monkeys in research, as well as a call towards ending the overall use of nonhuman primates in experiments.
BUAV and NEAVS have a strong collaboration and shared vision for primates worldwide. We ask all members to take a moment to view their important film: Cambodia: The Trade for Primates in Research.
Compassionate Holiday Shopping!
Visit NEAVS and Project R&R online stores to find a variety of unique and important gifts including books, DVDs, magnets, buttons, t-shirts, and more!
NEW! 2009 limited edition Fauna/Tom Calendar
Fauna has donated a limited number of their beautiful and educational 12-month calendars featuring Tom Project R&R's chimpanzee ambassador in his daily activities at Fauna. Come to know him through the eyes of the special folks at the sanctuary who care for him. Learn about his favorite food (oatmeal with baked apples!), his paintings, chimpanzee friends, media charisma, and other things that make him such a special part of all our lives.
To order, please email releasechimps@neavs.org (Calendar is $10, plus shipping - and can be shipped within the continental U.S.). Once our limited supply is SOLD OUT, you can order directly from Fauna by calling (450) 658-1844 or visiting faunafoundation.org
Use GoodShop and every time you shop at your favorite online store, a percentage of the sale goes to NEAVS/Project R&R! Just designate “New England Anti-Vivisection Society-NEAVS-Project R&R” as your charity, click on the store's logo from the GoodShop site, and then shop as you normally would. You'll get the same great prices, but every time you place an order, NEAVS gets a donation!
Miracles...
The holidays may be a time for miracles – but when it comes to getting animals out of laboratories, there are no miracle solutions: just hard work and strategic, effective campaigns.
Thanks to you, in 2008 we garnered the strong bipartisan leadership necessary to introduce GAPA in Congress; mobilized thousands of citizens nationwide to contact their legislators; and published breakthrough science papers which show that chimpanzees have repeatedly failed as a model in human disease research, and that the suffering they endure is cruel, lifelong and indefensible.
As the holidays approach, please remember that miracles are ours to make – through everyday hard work. Your tax-deductible, year-end donation will help our work continue in 2009 to lead the way to the miracle we seek: better health for humans and a more compassionate world for all species. Please donate today. Thank you for caring this holiday season and always!
Help pass GAPA.
Thank you Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Michael Doyle (D-PA) for coming aboard as new GAPA consponsors!
For information on volunteering or to order postcards to distribute and send to your legislator, email: releasechimps@neavs.org
Update: Election 2008 and the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA)
Reviewing the impact of election results on the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA), we are pleased to report that only 3 GAPA cosponsor/congressional seats have changed (MD, CT, and ME). Outreach to them has already begun. We anticipate that all of the current cosponsors will sign on again in '09 when the bill is reintroduced. Future President and Vice President elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden both have excellent humane score cards as senators. We trust that their commitment to a kind world for animals will continue.
As we close 2008 and move into 2009, we remain focused on growing the list of cosponsors - and keeping those currently on - engaged. Thank you to those who have helped or are considering helping by handing out GAPA postcards, posting flyers, and putting our banner ad on weblogs and websites! YOUR support and efforts are key to our success!
Volunteers Make a Difference
2008 was a high point in our volunteer efforts as more people from across the country committed to working with NEAVS/Project R&R and GAPA, giving their time and energy to help educate the public on chimpanzees in U.S. labs.
Our most recent local event was our annual Holiday Volunteer Night. Volunteers created enrichment packages and cut blankets to send to sanctuaries with monkeys and chimpanzees from research. The volunteers had fun, but not as much as our cousin primates will when they recieve the bundles. Thank you to our dedicated volunteers for taking the time to help the monkeys and chimpanzees and make NEAVS' holiday tradition a joy and success!
This holiday season, please consider a year end donation and help make it possible for us to continue our work to help animals in and from research.
Top: Julie, Harry (our helpful 4th grader!) and Tammy
Bottom: Sennea and Arnaldo give a smile and thumbs up
Update on European Union Laws
Renewed attention has been placed on the proposed revisions - Directive EC86/609/EEC - for the EU’s laboratory animal welfare laws.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas recently stressed the importance of finding more non-animal alternatives in order to stop testing on animals. The BUAV notes that "it is absolutely important to steer away from testing on animals. Scientific research must focus on finding alternative methods to animal testing, but where alternatives are not available, the situation of animals still used in experiments must be improved." Specific revisions supported by the BUAV include a ban on the use of great apes and ‘wild-caught’ monkeys in research, as well as a call towards ending the overall use of nonhuman primates in experiments.
BUAV and NEAVS have a strong collaboration and shared vision for primates worldwide. We ask all members to take a moment to view their important film: Cambodia: The Trade for Primates in Research.
Compassionate Holiday Shopping!
Visit NEAVS and Project R&R online stores to find a variety of unique and important gifts including books, DVDs, magnets, buttons, t-shirts, and more!
NEW! 2009 limited edition Fauna/Tom Calendar
Fauna has donated a limited number of their beautiful and educational 12-month calendars featuring Tom Project R&R's chimpanzee ambassador in his daily activities at Fauna. Come to know him through the eyes of the special folks at the sanctuary who care for him. Learn about his favorite food (oatmeal with baked apples!), his paintings, chimpanzee friends, media charisma, and other things that make him such a special part of all our lives.
To order, please email releasechimps@neavs.org (Calendar is $10, plus shipping - and can be shipped within the continental U.S.). Once our limited supply is SOLD OUT, you can order directly from Fauna by calling (450) 658-1844 or visiting faunafoundation.org
Use GoodShop and every time you shop at your favorite online store, a percentage of the sale goes to NEAVS/Project R&R! Just designate “New England Anti-Vivisection Society-NEAVS-Project R&R” as your charity, click on the store's logo from the GoodShop site, and then shop as you normally would. You'll get the same great prices, but every time you place an order, NEAVS gets a donation!
Miracles...
The holidays may be a time for miracles – but when it comes to getting animals out of laboratories, there are no miracle solutions: just hard work and strategic, effective campaigns.
Thanks to you, in 2008 we garnered the strong bipartisan leadership necessary to introduce GAPA in Congress; mobilized thousands of citizens nationwide to contact their legislators; and published breakthrough science papers which show that chimpanzees have repeatedly failed as a model in human disease research, and that the suffering they endure is cruel, lifelong and indefensible.
As the holidays approach, please remember that miracles are ours to make – through everyday hard work. Your tax-deductible, year-end donation will help our work continue in 2009 to lead the way to the miracle we seek: better health for humans and a more compassionate world for all species. Please donate today. Thank you for caring this holiday season and always!
Monday, November 3, 2008
New Stairs for the Chimps/ Nouvel escalier pour les chimpanzés
We have just modified a staircase in the chimp house to accommodate the older folks like Sue Ellen who have a harder time getting around. Instead of simply a ladder as a stair case they now have real stairs. We also added an extra railing for safety and a new bed beside the existing one and climbing poles for the folks to climb up on it. This morning Regis was comfortably sleeping on the new bed with a fleece blanket.
Nous avons modifié l'escalier de la maison des chimpanzés pour faciliter l'accès à nos résidents plus âgés comme Sue Ellen qui ont plus de difficultés à se déplacer. Nous avons enlever l'échelle pour la remplacer par un escaliers avec des marches. Nous avons également ajouté une rampe supplémentaire par mesure sécuritaire et un lit près de celui qui était déjà en place en plus de pôles pour grimper pour le plaisir de nos acrobates... Ce matin Regis était confortablement endormi sur le nouveau lit avec une couverture en polar.
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After Après
Tom and Regis enjoying enrichment and Pepper
Nous avons modifié l'escalier de la maison des chimpanzés pour faciliter l'accès à nos résidents plus âgés comme Sue Ellen qui ont plus de difficultés à se déplacer. Nous avons enlever l'échelle pour la remplacer par un escaliers avec des marches. Nous avons également ajouté une rampe supplémentaire par mesure sécuritaire et un lit près de celui qui était déjà en place en plus de pôles pour grimper pour le plaisir de nos acrobates... Ce matin Regis était confortablement endormi sur le nouveau lit avec une couverture en polar.
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Before /In progress Avant /pendant
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After Après
Tom and Regis enjoying enrichment and Pepper
taking in the sun. Does she not look like a little
angel with a halo of sun!
Tom et Regis s'amusent avec leur enrichissement
tandis que Pepper se fait griller au soleil. N'a-t-elle
pas l'air d'un ange avec le rayonnement du soleil!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Sweet moments with Rachel/Tendres moments avec Rachel
Last week we heard alarm barking from the back island so I went out to see what was going on or what was scaring the chimps. It was Rachel, she was on the platform that she usually sits on and was looking out at the field with her hair all standing up and I could not figure out what was scaring her. She came down so I went back in the chimp house and then she came in again hair all up, pant hooting and looking at me to follow her outside again, so I did. She rushed up, popped her head over the polymer plastic and looked out to the field then straight back at me as if to say "now can you see it" This time I climbed up and stood on the bridge we made over the caging and there I saw two red fox standing on the compost pile. She was then completely beside her self, because I had finally seen her scary animals.It was a touching moment to see how happy she was that I had finally seen the scary fox and how reassured she was after that I told her that she would be ok.
Kim
La semaine dernière nous avons entendu un cri d'alarme provenant de l'île la plus éloignée. Je suis donc sortie pour aller voir ce qui se passait et ce qui effrayait autant les chimpanzés. Rachel se trouvait sur sa plateforme habituelle et regardait au loin, les poils tous hérissés. Je ne pouvais pas voir ce qui l'effrayait autant. Après quelques minutes, je décidai de retourner à l'intérieur de la maison des chimpanzés.
Rachel me suivit, les poils toujours hérissés, en émettant des sons, en me regardant et en m'invitant à la suivre à l'extérieur. Et c'est ce que je fis. Tout de go, elle se dépêcha, hissa sa tête au-dessus du polymère et regarda à nouveau au loin. Puis elle me regarda droit dans les yeux avec un air qui semblait dire "Bon, tu le vois maintenant!" Cette fois-ci je suis montée sur le pont qui se trouve au dessus du grillage et c'est à ce moment que je vis deux renards roux sur la pile de composte. La pauvre Rachel ne pouvait plus se contenir alors que finalement je voyais ces créatures effrayantes.
Ce fut réellement un moment touchant de la voir si heureuse dès qu'elle réalisa que je voyais très bien les renards et lorsque je lui fit comprendre qu'il n'y avait aucun danger elle se sentit rassurée.
Kim
Scaring Regis! Regis effrayé!
This week we have been working on getting some pictures of Regis. One day he was lying on a bench on the mezzanine area of the chimp house and Pepper was grooming his hand. I did not want to disturb them but I did want to get the shot, seeing that it was very cute, so I climbed out on the roof and there is a window that would have given me the perfect shot.
But little did I know that I was going to scare the poop out of poor Regis. As I slowly put my lens up to the window through the bars he caught a glimpse of me and flipped right off the bench and fell on the floor. In turn I almost slid off the roof because I was not expecting him to jump like that. It was quite funny after the fact, but unfortunately apart from scaring poor Regis and almost killing myself I did not even get the shot!
Kim
October 17th/2008
Kim
October 17th/2008
Cette semaine nous avons pris du temps pour croquer quelques photos de Regis. Un jour il était couché sur un banc dans la mezzanine de la maison des chimpanzés et Pepper dépouillait sa main. Je ne voulais pas les déranger mais je voulais vraiment avoir cette photo voyant que ce moment était vraiment adorable.
Alors j'ai grimpé jusqu'au toit où se trouve une fenêtre qui m'aurait donné la photo parfaite. Je ne me doutais pas que j'étais sur le point de faire vraiment peur au pauvre Regis. Comme je plaçais lentement la lentille près de la fenêtre et entre les barreaux, il m'aperçu et sursauta si fort qu'il tomba au sol. Et moi j'ai presque glissé en bas du toit puisque je ne m'attendais pas à ce qu'il sursaute si fort! Nous en avons bien rit après. À part d'apeurer notre pauvre Regis et de pratiquement me tuer, je n'ai même pas eu la photo tant convoitée!
Kim
17 octobre 2008
Chimpanzee Sponsors needed!/ Parrains demandés
Fauna has a new monthly sponsor program. Check it out!
Fauna propose un nouveau programme de parrainage mensuel. Jetez-y un coup d'oeil!
http://www.adopt-a-chimp.com/adopt/howAdopt.html
Silly volunteers/ Bénévoles amusantes
Lyne Charron and Janet Lalumiere amusing the chimps with Halloween buckets on their heads while preparing lunch.
Lyne Charron et Janet Lalumière amusent les chimpanzés avec leurs sceaux d'Halloween sur la tête en préparant le dîner.
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