P1f8 Teletext 148 Nov : 22:24:)3 ——— —— ——— —— — — — ——— — eANUMAm TJ+TJNGR Animal riWhts campaigners have welcomed the ind of cosmetic testing on animals, (ailing it as a momjntouv victory. T(jy'vj also welcomed the Govjynmjnt's call foe alternative ways of testing various ingrejiints and mj$icinjs, and warnj compan es t y d have to ju tify !nz use@of live animals. @ The R+PCA called tie announcemj^t "historic" and ubih many tests in the t a " orally unn c ary . ——————————————————————————————————1/4—— bz Fiona Sandiford LAND ON PLANET SOTo$ p480 Write It! Fun&Gamjw Goss GreenP1f8 Teletext 148 Nov : 22:32:54 T —————————————————————————————————————— BANIZAL TJ+TING! The Govjrnmjnt says it djcidjd to ban cosmetic testing on animals after three major companies stopped voluntarily. Some 250 rats, guinea pegs and rabbits were killed last year after being uvjd to test cosmetics for things such as skin sjnsjtivjty. There wire 2,800 cosZjtic tests oj the 2.7 million animal tests in Britain each year. The Govjrnmjnt says the ban is a big step in reducing animal jxpjrimjnts. ——————————————————————————————————u/4—— Nick is cuddly 146 Green Scene 160 GET BAMBOOZLED IF YOU DARE p152 Write It! Fun&Games Goss GreenP1f8 Teletext 148 Nov 0 20:36:32 T V —————————————————————————————————————— BAN+ZAL TJ+TING! Animal rights campaigners have been protesting for years about cruelty to animals jrom the testing of lipstick, face cream and other beauty products. Despite the ban, cosmetics will still bj on sale in Britain which have been tested on !njmals abroad. Many of the ingrijients uvjd in products such as prisjrvativjs and sun screens will continue to bj tested on animals until an alternative is found. ——————————————————————————————————3/4—— Love stars 418 Total Entertainment 400 ON STAGE THEATRELAND GUIDE p450 Write It! Fun&Games Goss GreenP1f8 Teletext 248 Nov : 2k:52:*2 T V T ——————————————————————————————————— —— BAN A TJ ENG! The Body +hop presented a petition with more than 4m signatures to the EU last year demanding a ban on animal testing in the Europe!n cosmetics industry. Founder Anita Rohdic+ sazv: "At last we can celebrate a great first step after 1 zjars of campai mink. "The next step is to lead the European Union jn taking sjmjlar action." The BUAV adjjd its approval, sazjng the Ran was "a victory for hundreds of animals" ——————————————————————————————————4/4—— Contact the BUAV on 0171 607 :533 (HE GRJJN SCENE S MEAN! p260 Write t! @ Fu &Games Go Gr en