Alfie has trusted me with something very important today. We would like you all to help our dear friends the Beagles. A while ago there was a campaign to stop a big scientific testing laboratory from setting up a new premises. The local council blocked it but now the Secretary of State has overturned that decision. The only way we are going to bring about real change is to have it made illegal to use dogs in testing of any sort. There are now better ways to test health products than to use dogs. We are often mistaken for Beagles by people who don\u2019t know what we really are, so in a way I guess we feel a special empathy.<\/p>\n
Can you imagine what it must be like for a dog to grow up in a cage in a laboratory? For him never to feel grass under his paws or the sun on his fur. For him never to feel the softness of a human hand stroking his head and only ever be met by a gloved hand. For him never to run after butterflies or chase rabbits or balls. For him never to know what it is like to give his love to a human and that human give their love to him. No dog should ever have to grow up in those situations.<\/p>\n
Testing medical products on dogs is nonsensical. We have toxic reactions to different things than humans do. Doses affect us differently and we don\u2019t always metabolise things in the same way. Testing on us will not tell you if the product is safe for a human and at the same time the dogs involved are denied even the most basic of rights and freedoms. It is nothing more than barbaric torture and no dog should be subject to it for any reason.<\/p>\n
Please, if you do no other good thing today, add your name to the petition to have this practice stopped for the sake of the Beagles and every dog you\u2019ve ever loved, protect us from the evils of such uncivilised behaviour. Sign HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book as well as our other books are available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n You can find short stories to read at www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"