Uncaged Campaigns is a

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, UK, based anti-

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, not-for-profit organisation and a registered company limited by guarantee.Official Uncaged Campaigns website
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History

Uncaged Campaigns was established in 1993 by Angela Roberts and Lynn Williamson. They are a peaceful international animal protection organisation based in Sheffield, England. Their main campaigns are opposition to animal experiments and

xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation (''xenos-'' from the Greek meaning "foreign" or strange), or heterologous transplant, is the transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another. Such cells, tissues or organs are called xenograft ...

, the global boycott of

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, and the positive promotion of

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their Utilitarianism, utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding s ...

and democratic action on animal issues through the political system.

Dan Lyons Daniel Louis Lyons is the chief executive officer of the Centre for Animals and Social Justice, a British animal protection charity. He is an honorary research fellow at the University of Sheffield and the author of ''The Politics of Animal Exp ...

was campaigns director until becoming the CEO of the Centre for Animals and Social Justice in 2011.

Activism

Uncaged 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"'' onto the ''

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'' statue 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 Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including ...

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."MP helps present petition to end animal testing"
''Worthing Herald'', 15 July 2009. Uncaged has also garnered support from British politicians including

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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.

References

External links

Official Uncaged Campaigns website
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Organizations established in 1993 Animal rights organizations Anti-vivisection movement

History

Activism

Notability

See also

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