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Summer 2009

SAEN files Massive Federal Complaint against 26 U.S. Labs – United Press International runs Major News Story

On June 1, 2009, Stop Animal Exploitation unnecessarily duplicative NOW! filed the largest USDA complaint in the experiments. Researchers are history of the movement. required by law to file assurances Following a year-long analysis, SAEN investigators that their experiments are not have uncovered illegal duplication of animal unnecessarily duplicative. experimentation in 26 major U.S. laboratories which However, it is obvious from squander over $110 million in federal tax dollars SAEN’s investigation that many every 5 years. of these 57 researchers have filed The 57 fraudulent statements. projects examined United Press International (UPI) were compared immediately ran a major story on this ground- over 6 different breaking SAEN complaint. The UPI story has now categories: use of been featured on over 9,000 news web pages, SAEN shocks Major Labs with National Media Expose’ -- primate species, including those of USA Today, The Guardian Abuse of Hamsters, Dogs, Pigs, & Monkeys revealed primate restraint (Great Britain), TimesoftheInternet, etc., literally chairs, food or reaching millions of people with the reality of waste, water deprivation, redundancy, and cruelty in U.S. laboratories. Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! has uncovered USDA reports dated August of restraining bars, recording cylinders, and eye coils. The ultimate success of SAEN’s landmark and exposed terrible cruelty inside Charles River 2008, living hamsters were Our analysis demonstrated that these projects complaint could mean the end of many highly Laboratories (CRL) location in Shrewsbury (MA), found in a freezer used for averaged 5.4 out of 6 of the relevant categories. duplicative experiments. This complaint could free Bioreliance Corp. in Rockville (MD), and Tufts storage of dead animals. This This high level of consistency in the 6 key areas hundreds of rhesus monkeys from laboratory cages University Vet School in Boston (MA). incident may have involved as clearly demonstrates duplication and redundancy. while saving U.S. taxpayers tens of millions in The CRL location in Shrewsbury amassed 13 many as 18 animals. During In a letter addressed to Tom Vilsack (Secretary wasted federal funding every year. Your help is federal violations during an June of 2008, another hamster of Agriculture), Dr. Robert Gibbens, and Dr. vital if this campaign is to be successful! 18 month period ranging was boiled alive by being left inside a cage that was Elizabeth Goldentyre (Directors of the USDA’s from inadequate veterinary being sterilized. Western and Eastern Regions of Animal Care care, facilities, enclosures, During a January of 2009 inspection, Tufts Please contact the Secretary of Agriculture to Division), SAEN’s Executive Director, Michael A. sanitation, & environmental Veterinary School piled up 6 federal violations demand an immediate end to illegally duplicative Budkie, proclaimed: enhancement to violations by including burning 3 dogs with a heat lamp following experimentation in U.S. laboratories. the Institutional Animal surgical procedures and performing castrations on “It is quite clear that a high level of redundancy exists Tom Vilsack Care & Use Committee pigs without anesthesia. in these experiments. They use the same species of Secretary of Agriculture (IACUC). According to USDA reports dated August SAEN’s investigations brought both national animals, investigate the same processes in the brain, USDA of 2008, a monkey and a dog had to be killed after and international media attention to the abuse and use the same procedures, and are funded by the same 1400 Independence Ave. SW botched surgical procedures. Other CRL facilities criminal negligence of these labs. Hundreds of part of the National Institutes of Health.” Washington, DC 20250 have a history of major violations including a 2008 nationally-known media outlets, including The Act, which regulates the episode at a Nevada CRL facility where a heating Washington Post, , and Boston [email protected] use of animals in experimentation, contains malfunction literally cooked 32 primates to death. Globe, ran stories highlighting these shocking cases. provisions designed to prevent the performance of The 7 violations amassed by Bioreliance during The news of this abuse flew across the internet, only 6 months include unqualified personnel, appearing on over 7000 different news web pages, inadequate veterinary care, improper handling of including The Guardian of Great Britain. 1081-B St. Rt. 28 #280 Milford, OH 45150 513-575-5517 www.saenonline.org animals, and violations by the IACUC. According to From the Desk of Michael Budkie, SAEN’s Executive Director Animal experimentation depends on one Within just 12 days, SAEN exposed the thing to continue -- the general public must be basic truth about animal experimentation to Dear Michael, kept in the dark about what really happens literally millions of people worldwide. This inside the laboratories. For animal tremendous step lifted the veil of secrecy, putting the I, too, am shocked and saddened by the suffering of innocent animals in experimentation to continue, two myths must be truth out in the open for everyone to see. But this labs today. This must be exposed and ENDED. constantly reinforced by the animal research must be only the beginning! We must continue industry. These myths are that animal working diligently to end animal experimentation experimentation is necessary and that animals once and for all. in laboratories are well cared for because labs SAEN must continue to investigate absolutely Please accept my tax-deductible donation to help with are highly regulated by a federal agency. every laboratory that we can focus our attention this cause: In June of this year, SAEN took two major steps on to ensure that every abuse, every illegality, towards exploding both of these myths. On June 1st, every malfeasance is exposed. And we must also a story ran in United Press International (UPI) in keep the real motivation for animal experimentation ___ $25 ___ $50 ___ $100 ___$250 __ $500 ___ other which SAEN proved that in many instances – MONEY – out in the open for every one to see. researchers are doing the same experiments over This is an enormous task, but we will not shy All information will be held in the strictest confidence and is for the exclusive use of: and over and over again. We demonstrated very away from it. SAEN is already in the process of clearly that 57 current projects squander over obtaining government reports for every single one of Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! 1081-B St. Rt. 28 #280 Milford, OH 45150 $110 million in just five years. We were also able the 1100 laboratories in the U.S. These federal to reveal that these projects are not only redundant reports will provide us with hard facts that we can 513-575-5517 [email protected] in and of themselves, but they are also redundant bring to the public to make it irrefutably clear that with each other. Obviously, the same experiments abuse and negligence are part of every animal don’t need to be done 57 times simultaneously. And laboratory! Currently, we are working to acquire even if we were to ignore the fact that animal internal records from key laboratories so that we can Animal Pain in Research Escalating experimentation cannot be generalized to humans paint the fullest possible picture of the cruelty and -- Anesthesia denied to Guinea Pigs, Rabbits, Dogs & Monkeys due to cross-species differences in anatomy and exploitation which is so very commonplace. physiology, these projects are not directly relevant to We must and will work to end useless and SAEN’s analysis of national USDA reports over Recently-obtained government reports reveal any disease -- so much for scientific necessity! redundant experimentation and insure that the the course of several years reveals that the number of that 99 animals -- 61 monkeys, 14 guinea pigs, and 24 Just 11 days after the UPI story broke, SAEN formerly wasted funding is redirected into clinical animals experiencing unrelieved pain during sheep -- were used in painful experiments without again made national and international news by research which will actually benefit human experimentation is escalating. anesthesia at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) exposing terrible negligence and abuse inside three medicine. But, SAEN can only do this with your The most recent information available from the during 2007. nationally known labs – Charles River Laboratories, help. Your direct involvement in our work is USDA reveals that 77,766 animals (213 per day) were At this brutal Michigan lab, the atrocities Bioreliance, and Tufts University Veterinary School. absolutely vital if we are to be successful. You must used in experimentation without anesthesia, a 6% include: scalding monkeys’ tails in 131 degree The suffering endured by the animals in these write to the USDA to make certain that our increase from the previous year. Experiments at Fahrenheit water to test an analgesic drug or facilities is unconscionable – dogs burnt by heat complaints are given the fullest possible universities in Minnesota and Michigan are typical of purposely inducing extreme stress using severe lamps, pigs castrated without anesthesia, hamsters investigations. You must contact your elected projects that subject animals to unrelieved pain. confinement, spinning guinea pigs mounted on killed in a cage washing system or put into a freezer officials to inform them that your tax dollars must be According to federal reports, 232 animals -- 24 turntables or subjecting them to noise sufficient to designated for cadaver storage while still alive, a dog directed away from useless animal experiments. dogs, 6 rabbits, 3 make their ear hair fall out, and either severely and monkey killed due to botched surgeries, etc. And, if we are to continue this monumental task of monkeys, and numerous confining or starving sheep to induce stress. These incidents are NOT the mark of a well taking on all of the labs in the U.S., then we must species of wildlife SAEN is demanding internal investigations at regulated industry; clearly animals are NOT obtain all of the information that is available, ALL including squirrels, both universities. “Abusive experiments like those treated humanely inside laboratories. Due of the facts. You can make this possible. You can weasels, chipmunks, and revealed in these government reports should be ended directly to SAEN’s work, these abuses were revealed give us the ability to continue our fight for the bats -- experienced immediately,” said to the American Public in the pages of publications, animals until every single laboratory cage is empty. unrelieved pain or Michael A. Budkie, such as Boston Globe, Washington Post, and Los Please make the decision to get actively distress in experiments A.H.T., SAEN’s Angeles Times, as well as dozens of other well- involved with our work today! conducted at the Executive Director. known publications and radio/TV stations. University of Minnesota “Federal funding (Minneapolis). should be re- At this Minneapolis lab, dogs were used in directed towards Your donation of $25, $50, or $100 will help us to fight for millions of animals experiments which injected painful substances clinical research imprisoned and suffering in laboratories. Larger gifts of $250, $500, or $1000 will directly into their knees, rabbits were subjected to which is more help us to take on the 1100 labs that blanket the U.S. with animal exploitation. toxic shock, and primates were deprived of water and relevant to modern Your continuing financial support will make it possible for us to keep fighting the denied access to other members of their own species. human medicine.” cruelty and abuse that is intrinsic to every animal experiment. Wild animals were identified by chopping off sections Thank you in advance for your gift. of their toes. WLALW 2009 -- Fighting for Animals across the Globe Major SAEN Victory World Laboratory Week from a pro-research group called Pro-Test. A major -- USDA cites the University of Wisconsin for AWA Violations 2009 (WLALW) (April 18 – 26) was an amazing media blitz resulted from the clash over UCLA’s -- Second Complaint already filed success! During this phenomenal week, protests, and the huge turnout (over 100 news conferences, and other media events targeted activists) for the SAEN/LCA/OCPA/ALS event. An official complaint filed by Stop Animal The next day is no better for labs in 28 cities spanning 18 states and Washington, This exciting week climaxed on Thursday with a Exploitation NOW! on February 16, 2009, against the Wally. DC along with international events taking place in protest at Cedars Sinai. University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW) has claimed a France, Ireland, and England. Numerous WLALW 2009 events spanning the victory for the primates at UW. The USDA 11/6/06 “Alert Mobile, sitting in WLALW 2009 events were coordinated in U.S. were exciting and successful. Out west, investigation conducted in April of 2009 cited head down rump up position. He Phoenix (AZ), Los Angeles, Davis, , & labs were targeted by local Phoenix (AZ) activists to UW for inadequate primary enclosures. has received pain medication San Diego (CA), New Haven (CT), Tampa & Maitland expose the company’s continuing animal abuse. The complaint culminated from SAEN’s research and antibiotics, but they don’t (FL), Atlanta (GA), Cambridge & Boston (MA), Ann Charles River Laboratories was pressured by activists which discovered an incident at UW involving seem to be helping.” Arbor, East Lansing, & Kalamazoo (MI), Minneapolis of Reno (NV). In Defense of Animals’ northwest office extreme negligence and serious violations of the His suffering continues on ...... (MN), Reno (NV), Concord (NH), Raleigh (NC), protested at Oregon Health Sciences University. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) which directly affected Syracuse & New York City (NY), Columbus (OH), Northwest Animal Rights Network exposed the several primates named Glen, Shepard, and Aldrin. 11/7/06 “Still depressed. Sitting Portland (OR), Pittsburgh & Philadelphia (PA), suffering of primates at the University of UW records for 6/29/07 disclose that Glen escaped on cage floor with head down.” Austin (TX), Richmond (VA), Seattle (WA), and Washington, Seattle. from his cage and severely injured both Aldrin and Washington, DC. In the northeast, Win Animal Rights organized Shepard. Shepard sustained a large laceration across These entries paint a picture of a primate who is During WLALW several anti-HLS events in the palm of his right hand, while Aldrin’s traumatic suffering terribly. The bacterial brain abscess which 2009, SAEN’s Michael New York City. People for hand injury necessitated the amputation of a finger. arose in April is still present seven months later. His Budkie led successful Animal Rights coordinated a Even after this victory, SAEN is keeping the condition has clearly deteriorated, and he is in news conferences in San protest at the Bristol-Myers pressure on UW with a second official complaint excruciating pain. A few weeks later, his condition is Francisco and Davis (CA) facility in Syracuse (NY). being filed in March, demanding that severe action be so critical that a gravely concerned UW vet announcing the launch of Yale Affiliates Animal Rights taken against the same Madison lab in the case of recommends euthanasia: SAEN’s unprecedented Network & PETA opposed Wally, a macaque monkey, who has suffered terribly ground breaking anti- Yale. Massachusetts Animal for over a year. “As you know, Wally has been on continuous experimentation TV ads Rights Coalition rallied Wally experienced many of the same traumas as antibiotic therapy for some time now due to a brain in Los Angeles, San against animal testing in other UW primates including self-inflicted injuries abscess. . . . (first week of November, 2006), he Francisco, Berkeley, and Boston’s Copley Square and due to the psychological stress of being caged alone. started to display clinical signs of headache and Davis. Michael also was marched opposing primate He is part of an experiment where a portion of his illness, including depression, slumped/head-down a key speaker at a massive rally in Los Angeles and experimentation at Harvard. Reach Out for Animal skull is removed to expose his brain so that posture and inappetence. . . . Due to the brain marched with San Diego Animal Advocates at a Rights picketed the University of Pennsylvania, the microelectrodes can be forced directly into it through abscess and the need for permanent treatment, it protest targeting the Salk Institute. These nation’s leading AWA violator. cylinders which are bolted onto his skull. Records may be advisable to make plans to humanely events received major coverage blanketing all media In other areas, Protect Our Earth’s Treasures indicate that he was treated with a strong antibiotic, euthanize Wally sometime in the next several outlets exposing the truth about animal targeted animal experimentation at Ohio State Doxycycline, for a bacterial brain infection which is months, and replace him on study.” experimentation to hundreds of thousands. University in Columbus. The Pittsburgh Association very common in this type of experiment. We also SAEN’s Los Angeles chapter worked in for the Abolition of picketed at the know from the records that Wally is often The last entry that we have for Wally is in early 2008 conjunction with Orange County University of Pittsburgh. Defend Animal Rights immobilized in a primate restraint chair, a box-like stating that he is still on antibiotics. More than 14 (OCPA), UCLA Society (ALS), and Last Today and Tomorrow organized an anti-HLS event in device, used to severely restrict his movement. months after the UW recommended Chance for Animals (LCA) bombarding area labs with Washington, D.C., targeting the Vanguard Group for The most detailed and troubling information in euthanasia for Wally, he is still being used in a week full of anti-animal research events. The their corporate ties to Huntington Life Sciences. Wally’s record chronicles his ongoing agony for a 3 experimentation despite a lingering bacterial week’s events kicked off on Monday with a moving SAEN would like to thank all of the wonderful day period in November of 2006. infection. Wally’s life has been one of abject speech by Michael Budkie presented by the UCLA local and national organizations and activists that suffering, loneliness, and pain. Animal Law Society. Pressure continued on made World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week On 11/5/06: Wednesday with major protests at two University of 2009 such a smashing success and look forward to 9:30 am “According to Care Staff he rejected Please write to the Director of the Eastern California campuses (Los Angeles and Irvine). The continued cooperation as we work for a day when food . . . To me he seems confused, significant Region of the USDA/APHIS/AC to demand UCLA protest collided with substantial resistance events like WLALW will no longer be necessary! pale color of face, but still active.” immediate action against the UW, Madison:

12:30 pm “Care staff reported that Wally is laying Dr. Elizabeth Goldentyer down in the cage.” USDA/APHIS/AC $$$$$ GoodSearch for SAEN $$$$$ 5:00 pm “Wally is depressed, sitting on cage floor 920 Main Campus Dr, Suite 2000 Set your home page to www.goodsearch.com and type “Stop Animal Exploitation NOW – SAEN (Milford, OH)” in with hunched posture.” Raleigh, NC 27606 the Who Do You GoodSearch for? box. Then every time you perform an internet search using this website, GoodSearch 6:40 pm “Wally is alert, mobile, no interest in (919) 855-7100 will donate to SAEN. This is an easy and painless way to support our work. So start GoodSearching today! treats, prefers a ‘head-down rump-up posture’ . . . [email protected] Headache?” SAEN launches TV Ads targeting UC Primate Experiments SAEN’s Executive Director finishing Emotional & Moving Book

On April 21st, 2009, SAEN announced the airing generating an editorial in The Aggie, the newspaper Michael Budkie will complete his book in time but for the quality of the information. Dealing with all of this of a new cutting-edge TV commercial during dramatic of the University of California, Davis. for the AR2009 conference. Our next newsletter suffering, greed, and death tends to rob you of your emotions. You start to keep a distance, speaking in terms of press coverage, news conferences in both San Francisco and Davis, The editorial stated that the SAEN commercial will detail how you can get your own copy. In the and reaching people with the truth. You separate yourself from the CA. The paid TV spot aired in primetime on CNN, represented “a tremendous step forward.” The meantime, here’s a sneak peek: pain - the pain of the animals - and your own. You start to Animal Planet, CNN Headline News, and Fox editorial goes on to say that “By simply airing a function almost like the staff of animal laboratories. If you think in In the roughly 20 years that I've been an animal activist I have terms of the individual lives lost it will be far too painful. News in Berkeley, Davis, San Francisco, and Los commercial, SAEN . . . has elevated animal worked almost exclusively on the animal experimentation issue. Angeles areas. By interspersing dramatic text with rights groups as a whole and taken a step I've read tens of thousands of pages of inspection reports, Then it happens. Something grabs you and won't let go. It might shocking photos, this ground-breaking TV spot toward being taken more seriously.” research protocols, and health care records for dogs, cats, goats, be a picture, it might be a specific animal, or it might even be a educates viewers about the reality of animal The SAEN TV spot can be seen on our website’s and primates. After awhile you start to look at things not in terms phrase...... of the pain and suffering, or the insanity of the experimentation, experimentation. This commercial ran for a week in home page at: www.saenonline.org and on YouTube. major California cities reaching hundreds of The text of the commercial is reproduced below with thousands of people. Media interest in the the actual pictures interspersed. SAEN is now on Facebook! commercial was substantial, with the ad even SAEN has launched an exciting new page on Plus, don’t forget about our primary website, Facebook. Check it out by signing up to be a www.saenonline.org, where our most detailed This is Torture. SAEN fan. All of our latest news and upcoming information, newsletters, and media coverage are events are posted here so you can keep up to date posted. Strapped into restraint chairs. with everything SAEN is doing. Vegan Recipes

Papaya and Avocado Salad

1 avocado, peeled, pitted, & cubed ½ onion, chopped Bolts in their heads. 1 papaya, peeled, seeded, & cubed salt & pepper to taste 1 tomato, cubed lime vinaigrette (recipe below) 1 jar heart of palm, drained, rinsed, & cubed ¼ cup black olives, chopped ¼ cup chayote squash or jicama, peeled & julienned 1 tbsp cilantro, chopped Combine avocado, papaya, tomato, heart of palm, chayote or jicama, and onion in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with lime vinaigrette, and refrigerate, covered for 1 hour. Place into serving bowls and garnish with olives and cilantro.

Makes 4 servings Deprived of water. Lime Vinaigrette

1 clove garlic, crushed 3 tbsp lime juice 2 tbsp tahini ½ tsp Dijon mustard ¼ to ½ cup olive oil ½ tsp salt Is this a prison camp? Blend all ingredients together. No, it’s worse.

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Let’s Stop the torture NOW. Many U.S. companies generously match employees’ donations to their favorite charities. If you are employed, please check with your company to see if they match gifts and take the time to fill out the form. Most companies match www.saenonline.org employees’ gifts one to one, but some match two to one or even three to one. Help maximize your donation. Vegetarian Summerfest – SAEN Takes Animal Rights on the Road

Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! staff were active information about the reality of animal participants in Vegetarian Summerfest 2009, which experimentation, as well as teaching the best was held on the campus of the University of methods for investigating research facilities and Pittsburgh, Johnstown. SAEN brought the animal launching campaigns to end animal experiments. rights message to a receptive audience of over What the Bible has to say about a Plant-based 600, leading presentations on topics from Diet and Animal Rights was a panel discussion that animal experimentation to biblical perspectives took place on Saturday to a packed house. Milton on animal rights. Mills MD moderated the panel and presented a On the first full day of Summerfest, SAEN’s Christian perspective while Roberta Schiff presented Executive Director, Michael Budkie, led a moving a Jewish perspective on animal issues. Mr. Budkie’s session titled The Grief of Dealing with Animal talk focused on the overall compassionate nature of Issues. Despite being scheduled simultaneously with the Christian message, using Jesus as an example of two of the conference’s most popular speakers, this how we should understand the true meaning of session overflowed. Michael’s presentation opened by concepts like stewardship and dominion. With Jesus’ discussing the enormity of animal issues – 20 million life used as a basis for interpreting these concepts it die in labs annually, 10 billion die for food, etc. The becomes clear that human dominion over other focus then shifted to the isolating and depressing species should be a dominion of service and caring, nature of the issues we focus on. Michael shared not exploitation. When the concept of stewardship of experiences from his training as an animal care creation is re-interpreted in light of Jesus’ New technician – hearing rabbits scream, feeling a mouse Testament teachings, it is clear that stewardship die in his hand, etc. Then the session was opened up actually means that we are caring for a world which to allow all of the attendees to share their own is NOT our property to use and abuse. The earth feelings. The presentation ended with Michael urging belongs to the Creator and as stewards we will be activists to keep fighting for the animals, just as they held responsible for our actions relating to both keep fighting for their own freedom, despite their animals and the environment. Again, stewardship imprisonment in steel cages. does not imply license, but service. On Friday, Michael’s presentation brought the We believe that SAEN’s involvement in the truth about animal experimentation to the Vegetarian Summerfest 2009 conference brought the Summerfest audience. What every Caring Person animal rights message to a sympathetic audience that should know about Animal Experimentation, and is becoming increasingly more attuned to ending the what they can do equipped activists with factual abuse of animals in their daily lives.

SAEN is Growing - NOW Fighting for Freedom of Exotic Animals

SAEN is dedicated to the elimination of animal One of SAEN’s closest allies in our work for experimentation across the U.S. Our work in this animals has always been Don Elroy, an expert in area is often connected to other areas of animal dealing with exotic animal issues. Whether it has abuse. One of the most closely related animal issues been providing information about animal dealers or involves the exploitation of captive exotic animals. helping with the filing of official complaints against The same issues frequently face primates whether laboratories (as well as the news conferences to they are held captive in labs or for sale in the exotic announce the complaints), Don has always been an animal trade. asset to SAEN. Many of our successes, including the However, exotic recent revelations of abuse inside Charles River Labs, animal issues also Bioreliance, and Tufts University were due to leads involve many other provided by Don. species, including We are happy to announce that Don Elroy everything from has joined SAEN’s staff as an exotic animal elephants to big cats. specialist. His work will focus on many issues including elephants in captivity, the abuse of exotic Don Elroy with Michael animals by dealers, etc. We know that Don’s Budkie during a 2006 news expertise and dedication will continue to be an asset conference in San Antonio, TX to SAEN and all of the animals. SAEN Leads Animal Experimentation Talks at AR2009 -- SAEN’s UCLA Protest Tops Off Conference

Every year the Animal Rights National the use of primates in U.S. research laboratories. Conference (AR2009) brings over 1000 activists Kari Bagnall, Director of the Jungle Friends Primate together for seminars, training, and motivational Sanctuary in Florida, closed the session with a presentations on virtually every issue which faces the thought provoking talk on the primate pet trade. . AR2009, held in Los Other presentations given by SAEN’s staff Angeles this year, was another extremely successful included: Newcomer Orientation II, Animal Abuse for event which saw dozens of wonderful speakers Science, Vivisection Campaigns, Effective Tactics for educating participants on numerous topics. SAEN Vivisection, and Research/Info Programs. was a major player in this year’s event, SAEN merchandise officially debuted at the handling seven presentations, tabling, and AR2009 conference. SAEN t-shirts, stainless steel organizing a major protest at UCLA as the water bottles, and posters are now being sported by climax of the conference. many conference attendees. Also unveiled at this Our Executive Director, Michael Budkie, either event was Michael Budkie’s new book, Tear at the led or participated in every AR2009 panel that dealt Jacket -- a Grim Look into America’s Primate with animal experimentation. SAEN’s Office Research Labs. All SAEN merchandise will soon be Manager, Karen, and our Summer Intern, Elyse, available through our website. staffed SAEN’s information and merchandise table On Monday, July, 20th, dozens of AR2009 communicating with hundreds of attendees and attendees gathered in the hotel lobby to board the spreading the word about many of our major chartered SAEN campaigns and recruiting activists for the critical bus which would UCLA protest for Monday, July 20th. take them to the According campus of UCLA for to participants, a major protest. one of the best Over 100 presentations of activists marched the entire from the edge of the conference was UCLA campus to the Abusing our the chancellor’s Cousins panel office to present a discussion, demand that the primate experiments of Joaquin which revealed Fuster be immediately ended. The rally was capped all aspects of the by an inspiring speech given by Michael Budkie abuse which our society heaps on non-human (which can be seen on YouTube and Facebook). primates. This presentation was led by Dr. Shirley The UCLA protest garnered major media McGreal, Chairperson of the International Primate coverage from the Los Angeles Times, two local Los Protection League, who explored the international Angeles TV stations, and the largest local radio news trade in primates and their sale to the U.S. SAEN’s station. Michael Budkie presented an in-depth exposition of