Saturday 25th September 2010
SWAT - Stop Wickham Animal Testing
25th September 2010
starts
12:00
Annual demonstration against Wickham laboratory to be held on Saturday 25 September 2010. Meet at mid-day in Mill Lane car-park in Wickham, Hampshire, PO17 5HY.
Wickham Research laboratory is currently being investigated by the Home Office for animal cruelty after a 8 month undercover operation by the BUAV, of which it is understood that the Home Office could soon reach its findings. Winchester City Council last year refused a planning application by Wickham labs to build new laboratories at Torbay Farm, Lower Upham, Hampshire, the laboratory has appealed against the refusal. It is now even more important to support this annual demonstration / protest to highlight the objections of the usage of the LD50 Test used within Wickham Research Laboratory.
Weekly demonstrations also continue outside Wickham labs.
Wickham has been the focus of animal rights protests and raids for many years. Keith Mann was imprisoned after breaking into Wickham labs and taking hundreds of mice, as well as damning evidence of Wickham's involvement with the testing of Botox on animals, despite the alleged ban on cosmetic testing.