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The Animal Defence League of Canada is a not-for-profit organization which promotes animal rights/welfare.
Table of Contents
1. About the Animal Defence League of Canada (ADLC)
2. Membership Information
3. Non-Animal-Using Biomedical Research Fund
4. Current Campaigns
5. Library Information
6. "Food for Thought"
1. ABOUT THE ANIMAL DEFENCE LEAGUE OF CANADA (ADLC)
The League was formed in 1958 and now has approximately 2,500 members across Canada and abroad. Our budget is dependent upon donations from our members and the public. Our financial records are audited yearly by BDO Dunwoody Chartered Accountants, Ottawa, and a copy of our financial statement is available on request. Our Annual General Meeting is held in March.
We are opposed to all forms of animal exploitation and cruelty. This includes neglect of companion animals; animal-using research and testing in laboratories; trapping, fur ranching, game farming, sealing, whaling, exploitation of animals by zoos, circuses and aquariums, in so-called "sports" and "entertainments" such as hunting and rodeos. We are concerned about the abuse involved in raising, transporting and slaughtering food animals. We especially abhor "factory farms" (cows, calves, pigs and poultry kept indoors in close confinement). We favor a vegetarian diet.
To inform the public about the oppression of animals and how to prevent or alleviate animal exploitation, cruelty and suffering, we disseminate literature, advertise in newspapers and elsewhere, give talks to groups, write to various government officials and departments as well as to newspaper editors, and make ourselves available for media interviews. We organize petitions and demonstrations, and support other animal-rights groups in shared causes. We also publish a bulletin twice a year to inform our members and the public of current activities and issues.
Phone: (613)233-6117
2. MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Membership in the Animal Defence League of Canada entitles you to our twice yearly newsletter and voting rights at the Annual General Meeting. For voting rights the membership fee is required to be paid six months prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting.
To join the League, print this page and send with a cheque payable to the Animal Defence League of Canada.
Animal Defence League of Canada
P.O. Box 3880, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4M5
(613)233-6117
(We are a non-profit organization.)
Name: ___________________________________________________________________
Street: ___________________________________________________________________
City: _____________________ Province: ______________ Postal Code: _____________
Work Phone: ________________________ Home Phone: __________________________
Membership Fee - Check one Donations welcome!
Annual Membership - Individual $10.00 ____ General Purpose $_________
- Student/Senior $5.00 ____
Non-Animal-Using $_________
Alternative Research Fund
Life Membership $50.00 ____
(One time fee entitles you to membership for life.)
PLEASE NOTE - As we are NOT a registered charity, our receipts
cannot be used for
income tax deductions. (
) Mail me an acknowledgement receipt
( ) Save the postage, don't send me a receipt
3. NON-ANIMAL-USING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUND
GRANT #1 - June 1986
March 1982 saw the establishment of the ADLC's Alternative Research Fund (ARF) to promote and develop alternatives to the use of animals in biomedical research. To date the donations received have been only from our members.
"We are very pleased to announce that ARF's first grant is to Dr. Brian S. Scott, presently in Toronto, researching the problem of mental retardation in Down's Syndrome. Dr. Scott has developed methods to isolate and grow human nerve cells in tissue culture. In this area where there is very little work being done by others, Dr. Scott's research is unique. His professional study of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system, particularly at the cellular level, dates from 1960 forward. Since then various scientific journals have published many of his papers.
In several of Dr. Scott's previous studies, Down's Syndrome neurons in cell culture have demonstrated a number of abnormalities in their electrophysiological function. Currently, he is using microelectrodes to record electrical activity of both normal neurons and Down's neurons in cultures. (Neurons are the functional unit of the nervous system; their electrical excitations are the physical processes underlying mental processes.) A special amplifier provided by the ARF grant will amplify these signals so that they can be measured accurately and compared. It is expected that this comparison will suggest what exactly is abnormal in the Down's neurons, and that this knowledge may suggest therapeutic measures to prevent or diminish the mental retardation of Down's Syndrome.
The above work will be done using human nervous tissue obtained at autopsy.
We take this opportunity of expressing our thanks to Dr. Sergey Fedoroff, Head of the Department of Anatomy at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for his valued assistance in having introduced to us Dr. Brian Scott and his pioneer research.
Your donations will help the Animal Defence League of Canada advance
this and other humane, hi-tech, non-animal research."
Mailing address: P.O. Box 3880, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y
4M5
Office phone: (613)233-6117
GRANT #2
PRESS RELEASE
December 2, 1991
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
We are extremely pleased to announce that our ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH FUND (ARF) has just issued its second grant in support of non-animal-using biomedical research -- $22,500.00 to Dr. Robert Guidoin of the Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, University of Laval, Quebec City, Quebec.
This project will validate the "Vivocycleur", an apparatus designed to replace the painful use of dogs and monkeys in testing the mechanical stability of arterial prostheses. These medical implants are used to achieve improved blood circulation in thousands of people who suffer from dangerously blocked arteries. Dr. Robert Guidoin is known internationally for his work in vascular replacement. His laboratory has been described as "probably the leading laboratory in the world for the scientific assessment of vascular prostheses." Dr. Guidon's dissatisfaction with the data yielded from tests using animals, as well as his concern for the pain endured by these animals, has led to the design of this extremely promising non-animal-using apparatus -- the "Vivocycleur" to replace the use of animals in this testing.
Esther Klein, Chairperson of the ADLC Experimentation Committee says,
"Canada has no government-funded program to promote the development
and validation of alternatives to the use of animals in biomedical research.
Our Alternative Research Fund is a practical means of support for
high-technology, non-animal-using biomedical research -- the vanguard
of humane, modern medical research."
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For further information contact: Esther Klein, (613)233-6117
GRANT #3
The following appeared in the ADLC's Bulletin #148, Fall/Winter 1996:
"Update on MEIC (MultiCenter Evaluation of In Vitro Cytotoxicity) participant and Animal Defence League of Canada Alternative Research Fund (ARF) Grant Recipient Dr. Richard Moody:
Our third and latest ARF grant was issued June 30/94 to a Canadian participant, Dr. R. Moody of Health Canada, Environmental & Occupational Toxicology Division, Ottawa, part of the world-wide effort of MEIC. Our $7,000 ARF grant helped support the development of Dr. Moody's Automated In Vitro Dermal Absorption (AIVDA) method which measures the penetration and skin absorption of various substances. Validation and acceptance of this test would replace the use of thousands of monkeys and other animals (rats and guinea pigs) now subjected to very painful skin toxicity tests all over the world.
May 1995, Dr. Moody reported that our grant was crucial in enabling him to purchase tissue-cultured human skin, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) columns required for in vitro analyses, and a bar code reader. Dr. Moody had just returned from France, where he had been invited to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board and speak at the Fourth International Meeting on Prediction of Percutaneous Penetration. Dr. Moody's speech and poster presentation explained his lab's evolution from early tests using rhesus monkeys to the current use of his AIVDA method and test using HPLC and skin permeation tube analysis (SPTA). There was a strong focus on alternatives to animal testing at the Conference, and Dr. Moody's SPTA method was very well received. Interest in this method was expressed by representatives from Japan and other countries. Health Canada is considering patenting it.
The League's Alternative Research Fund is listed as one of only two Canadian organizations funding research on non-animal alternatives to vivisection in the Directory of Funding Sources for Scientific Pursuit of Alternatives by Amelia Tarzi, Lasker Center for Humane Alternatives, ASPCA, New York and F. Barbara Orlans, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
On Dec. 15/96 one of our directors attended a talk in Ottawa given by Dr. Jan van der Valk, Head of the Netherlands' Centre, Alternatives to Animal Use (NCA), sponsored by the Canadian Council on Animal Care and the Joseph F. Morgan Research Foundation. The superb work being done by NCA and the excellent support being provided by the Netherlands government, industry, and animal-concerned groups, was extremely encouraging! The sharp contrast between what they have already achieved, and the abysmal attitude taken by government and industry in Canada on this issue is monumental."
Your donations support humane, hi-tech, non-animal-using biomedical research. Cheques should be made payable to Alternative Research Fund.
Mail to: Animal Defence League of Canada
P.O. Box 3880, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4M5
4. CURRENT CAMPAIGNS
Reprinted from the ADLC's Bulletin #146, Fall/Winter 1995:
"HUMANE ALTERNATIVES TO DISSECTION AVAILABLE TO ONTARIO SCHOOLS: The following good news comes from Voices for Animals, Kingston, Ontario and Waterloo-Wellington Alliance for Animals: The Ontario Ministry of Education and Training has purchased license rights for five dissection simulation software programs [A Technological Dissection of: 1) The Frog 2) The Fetal Pig 3) The Earth Worm 4) The Crayfish and 5) The Perch.] Software, along with teacher and student guides were distributed to every school board in Ontario. Unfortunately, not all teachers are aware of these available alternatives. WHAT YOU CAN DO: (Voices for Animals letter, June 13/95. Paraphrased.) Check (in writing preferably) whether the schools in your area are making this computer alternative to dissection available to their students. If you have any uncertainty about the alternative software programs being available, please write to the principal, the head of the science department and the head of the guidance department requesting that this alternative be made available as soon as possible.
Voices for Animals stated in their June 13/95 letter, 'We have discovered that most science teachers haven't been told about the computer alternative. It takes a major effort by parents to get the computer program into the schools. ...'"
Follow-up to the above: May 1/96 ADLC sent letters to the Science Co-ordinators at: the Ottawa Board of Education and Ottawa Roman Catholic Separate School Board, both in Ottawa; the Carleton Board of Education and the Carleton Roman Catholic Separate School Board, Nepean, Ontario; Carleton Roman Catholic Separate School Board and the French Language School Board in Gloucester, Ontario; and a copy to Principals and Heads of the Guidance Department. We asked whether they included the computer alternative to animal dissection in the Course Calendar and whether teachers and students in biology courses have been made aware of it. We also asked about the possibility of placing a notice of these alternatives in their publication, and if their high schools are on the Internet so that we could communicate this non-animal dissection alternative to them. So far, no response has ever been received.
Write or call us to request our "Humane Alternatives to Dissection Package".
SPAYING/NEUTERING
We raise public awareness of the importance of spaying/neutering cats and dogs. In December 1995 we made a written and oral presentation to Ottawa City Hall and we were part of the effort by animal-concerned groups and individuals who succeeded in keeping the low-cost City of Ottawa Spay/Neuter Clinic open after there had been the danger of closure.
From our December 14/95 Oral Presentation to The City of Ottawa:
"... In August of this year [Aug. 29/95 Winnipeg Free Press] Winnipeg was examining ways to reduce costs and cat and dog overpopulation. They were looking at Regina's subsidized animal sterilization program, which brings together the city, the veterinarians and cat and dog owners, each sharing a third of the cost of pet sterilization.
Within the first eight months of its inception in 1990, it was clear the program was a tremendous success. Since then the Regina subsidized, low-cost spay/neuter program has seen
the number of cats and dogs euthanized drop by 36 per cent,
the city's animal control costs continuing to drop,
and the number of lost animals returned increased by 16%.
This emphasis on subsidized prevention of the birth of cat and dog litters is consistent with a U.S. 1976 study (Ref: U.S. Congressional Records #5612 and 5613 published Feb. 7/73 contain the report of Research Co-Ordinator Mr. Sorich (Masters degree in Science and in Business) on a study of The Economy of Preventing Births of Unwanted Cats and Dogs. [revised in 1976]), that for every dollar invested in a low-cost spay/neuter clinic there is close to $10.00 saved in animal control costs, based on a municipal cost of $12.00 to process one animal. Today's costs are much higher, and the savings are correspondingly greater. Low-cost spay/neuter service is the most cost-effective and humane way to deal with cat and dog overpopulation. ..."
5. LIBRARY INFORMATION
We maintain a small library of about 50 books and about 20 VHS videos as listed below. These are available for loan to the general public as well as to our members.
Library Charges
There is a $20.00 refundable deposit to borrow a book if you reside outside of the Ottawa-Hull area. In the case of a video, if you reside outside of the Ottawa-Hull area, a deposit equal to its value (a certified cheque or money order only) will be requested. A student residing outside of Ottawa-Hull will be asked to provide a letter from a teacher on school letterhead stating they will ensure the video/book is returned to the League in good time and condition. The letter from the teacher waives the refundable deposit fee requirement.
Due Dates
In the case of local borrowers, books and videos are loaned out for 2-3 weeks. Due dates can be negotiated with borrowers in other parts of the country.
BOOK TITLES (partial list)
The American Hunting Myth by Ron Baker, 1985.
Animal Factories by Jim Mason and Peter Singer, 1980.
Animal Rights and Human Morality by Bernard E. Rollin, 1981.
Animal Rights and Human Obligations, edited by Tom Regan and Peter Singer, 1976.
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer, 1975 and 1990.
Bird Brains by Candace Savage, 1995.
Cry Wolf by Robert Hunter and Paul Watson, 1985.
The Cruel Deception by Dr. Robert Sharpe, 1988.
Diet for a New America by John Robbins, 1987.
Dogs & Cats Go Vegetarian by Barbara Lynn Peden, 1987.
Dogs Never Lie About Love by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, 1997.
Facts About Furs by Greta Nilsson and others, 1980.
Free the Animals by Ingrid Newkirk, 1992.
The Indoor Cat by Patricia Curtis, 1981.
The Naked Empress or The Great Medical Fraud by Hans Ruesch, 1982.
Next of Kin by Roger Fouts, with Stephen Tukel Mills, 1997.
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, 1985.
Sea Shepherd MY FIGHT FOR WHALES AND SEALS by Paul Watson and Warren Rogers, 1982.
Sea of Slaughter by Farley Mowat, 1984.
Slaughterhouse by Gail A. Eisnitz, 1997.
Slaughter of the Innocent by Hans Ruesch, 1978.
The Vegetarian Alternative by Vic Sussman, 1978.
Victims of Science by Richard D. Ryder, 1975.
When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy,
1995.
VIDEO TITLES
Experimentation Food Animals
Tools for Research ($35.00)
Sentenced for Life and Chicken for Dinner - 2
Hidden Crimes ($35.00)
films on one video, UK production about
Unnecessary Fuss ($35.00)
factory farming of chickens. ($30.00)
Classroom Cut-Ups - Information on what
happens to animals before they reach
Diet for a New America - A synopsis of John
classrooms. Alternatives offered that teach
Robbins' book by the same title. "How your
without taking lives. ($20.00)
food choices affect your health, happiness and
the future of life on earth." ($25.00)
Other
The Down Side of Livestock Marketing -
Stockyard abuses exposed. ($27.00)
CBC's Country Canada - Segment on
PMU farming in Canada. To be used for
The Pig Picture ($29.00)
educational purposes only and sourced
to Country Canada. ($20.00)
Food for Health -- Part 1 - Health
Part 2 - Environment
The Plight of Performing Animals - The
2 videos ($37.95)
exploitation of animals by circuses.
Not for Broadcast. ($10.00)
Wildlife
Companion Animals What's Wrong With Hunting ($22.00)
Throwaways - The tragedy of pet over-
Island of Whales - "Intimate look at killer, gray,
population and how it affects all of us.
and humpback whales, and the world they
Supports spaying/neutering of cats and
inhabit." ($31.00)
dogs. ($25.00)
Canada's Killing Fields - Brief investigative
Born to be Betrayed - Documentary on
report of Canada's seal slaughter. ($10.00)
companion animal overpopulation: the
causes, volume and consequences.
Trapping
Widespread spay/neuter programs are
essential. ($30.00)
Time to Care ($25.00)
Stray ($25.00)
Fur Farms in Finland and Fur Farms in
Scandinavia. 2 films on one video. ($30.00)
General
Pelts - Looks at both sides of the fur issue,
the ethical, environmental and economic
The Animals Film - Covers many issues.
issues. (($31.00)
($95.00)
Caught in a Trap ($28.00)
Animal Rights: The Issues, The Movement
Faces of Fur, Part 1 and 2 ($28.00)
- Slide presentation on film, covers many
Fox Fur Farm ($28.00)
issues. ($40.00)
1" WIDE VIDEO TAPES AVAILABLE FOR LOAN: We now have available for loan, thanks to a generous gift from Gaia Institute (a non-profit ecologically-minded educational organization, focusing on television productions, POB 852, South Lynnfield, MA 01940, USA), video tapes on various animal-concerned issues. These are suitable to be shown on your community cable television station, or at various events, projects and classroom presentations. Make sure you have audio-visual equipment which can handle 3/4" video tapes. These tapes cannot be played on a home VCR - cassette size: 8 5/8" x 5 1/2" x 1 1/4". Contact us to arrange a loan. (VHS videos are also available for loan under certain conditions.)
For borrowing requirements see Library Charges and Due Dates on the
previous page.
LITERATURE
Individual information packages cost us from approximately
.50-$5.00 to print
and mail. Any donation to offset this cost will be much appreciated.
Thank You!
Please send me:
( ) Current ADLC Bulletin
( ) Vegetarian Option Paper
( ) ADLC Vegan Cookbook - limit of 3 per address
(Cost to ADLC: $1.66 each.)
( ) The Pig Paper
( ) Intensive Poultry Farming
( ) rBGH information package
( ) List of Hidden & Obvious Animal Derived Products
& By-products
( ) The Meat Industry's Cover-Up: Canada's
Most Censored Story?
( ) Farming and Animal Rights
( ) Rethink the Way We Live ...
( ) Working for Animal Rights on Lobbying and Ethics
( ) Discussion Paper on the Use of Animals in Research
( ) Cosmetics testing information package and testing
protest postcards
( ) Testing Protest Postcards
( ) Paper on pharmaceuticals and vivisection
( ) Ethical Biomedical Research
( ) Clear the Cages Plan information package
( ) ARF compassion button
( ) Clear the Cages/Alternative Research Fund Postcards
( ) Brief on Pound Seizure, June 1983
( ) Brief RE: Disposal of Primate Colony (Cost
to ADLC: $3.32 each.)
( ) Humane Alternatives to Dissection Package
( ) Circus Animals flyer
( ) Circus Colouring Book
( ) The Wolf Paper
( ) Policy Statement: Native People and the
Fur Trade (
) Trapping Flyer
( ) Wildlife Mismanagement package
( ) Anti-trapping posters
( ) Pigeons in Cities flyer
( ) Bullfighting Paper
( ) Cat Control & the Community Brief
( ) Spay/Neuter Brief to Ottawa
( ) Why You Should Spay/Neuter Your Cat or Dog
City Hall
( ) Proposed Bylaw Concerning Companion Animals and
Other Animals Kept Outside
( ) Position Paper on Pet Shops
( ) Puppy Mill package
( ) All Animals Need Legal Protection Under the Law
(Cost to ADLC: $2.00)
( ) I CARE button
DECALS: (Please don't place stickers on public property or on other people's property.)
( ) Food Animals (
) Murder of Animals ( )
Are You Really That Hungry?
( ) LOBSTER Boiled Alive Served
Dead Join the Vegetarians
( ) WARNING: Animal flesh can be dangerous
to your health Join the Vegetarians
( ) BE KIND TO ANIMALS DON'T
EAT THEM Join the Vegetarians
( ) Thank You for Not Wearing Fur
( ) What Price Did They Pay for Your Fur Coat?
( ) Furs are Beautiful ONLY on Animals - bumper sticker
( ) "SAVE THE ANIMALS!" "DON'T
BUY FUR!" - set of 2 bumper stickers
( ) EMERGENCY "Animals to Rescue" Window Decal
(To alert rescuers in emergencies
that animals are inside.)
- (Cost to ADLC to produce the EMERGENCY decal - .80 cents
each.)
( ) SPAY/NEUTER = Less cats/dogs having to be destroyed
( ) Spay/Neuter
( ) TOO MANY CATS AND DOGS - NOT ENOUGH HOMES
SPAY/NEUTER YOUR CAT AND DOG (Cost
to ADLC - .55 cents per bumper sticker.)
Mail to: Animal Defence League of Canada
P.O. Box 3880, Station C
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4M5
6. "FOOD FOR THOUGHT"
"I abhor vivisection ... The whole thing is evil."
Dr. Charles Mayo, Founder of the Mayo Clinic
"The pursuit of knowledge should be subject to the same civilized morality
and legality as any other activity."
George Bernard Shaw
"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter
of compassion and pity, you will have men who will likewise deal with their
fellow men ..."
St. Francis of Assisi
"[Animals] are an obligation put on us, a responsibility we have no
right to neglect, nor to violate by cruelty ..."
James Herriot
"I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That
is the way of a whole human being."
Abraham Lincoln
"Their very weakness and inability to protest demands that man should
refrain from torturing animals for the mere possibility of obtaining some
knowledge."
Luther Burbank
"The day will come when men such as I look upon the murder of animals
as they now look upon the murder of men."
Leonardo da Vinci
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