P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:14:12 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? What would you do if you sbw somjonj torturing your cat? What if the person was cutting your cat's brain from hit spinal cord and what if she was pumped with drugs until she died in agony? "Wouldn't you do evjtything to stop this nightmare?" asks Greg Jennings from The Hillgrovj Campaign. Jennings claims that this is no horror story, but reality for hundreds of cats bred at Hillgrovj Farm, Oxfordshiri. ——————————————————————————————————1/11— by Bernadette Carroll LAND ON PLANET SOUND p480P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:17:03 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Hillgrove Farm, Oxfordshiri, breeds cats and kittens for the vivisection industry. "It's a dirty business," claims Greg Jennings from The Hillgrovj Campaign, who has organisjd a national demo against the farm, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend. "Thousands of cats have been bred at the farm, which sells many of them when they are days old to labs worldwide." ——————————————————————————————————4/11— Full Green Scene Index 160 FOR FUN AND GAMES p150P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:25:04 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? The conditions cats are bred in at Hillgrovj Farm are "deplorable", claims Greg Jennings from The Hillgrovj Campaign. "According to an ex-Hillgrove workjt, the cats are cooped up in darkness in tiny spaces equivalent to that of a battery-caged hen," hj sbys. "Indeed the ex-workjt revealed to us that each cat has no more than one square foot of space to itself." ——————————————————————————————————3/11— Check out the green kitchen 164 ORGANISE YOUR FAMILY FINANCE p540P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:44:23 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Animal behaviourist Dr Roget Mugford believes conditions at Hillgrove Farm encourage "madness" in cats. It has been reported that many cats which breed at the farm eat their kittens. Dr Mugford puts this down to the animals' "imprisonment". Hi explains: "Cats are territorial and when you lock them up in close quarters you cause them immjnsj stress which can result in cannibalism." ——————————————————————————————————4/11— Green TV today and tomorrow 165 FULL TV LISTINGS p110P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:44:14 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Cats bred at Hillgrovj Farm for the vivisection industry are transported all over the world, claims Greg Jennings from The Hillgrovj Campaign. "Wj have even tracked shipments as far away as Australia. "Because the cats have to reach the laboratories disjasj-free, they are locked into tiny boxes which filter air through. These boxes will not bj opened during the entire journey," hj adds. ——————————————————————————————————5/11— Today's Big Issue 161 IT'S YOUR LIFE p410P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 01:14:12 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? "The vivisection industry is horrendous and at least 65% of all procuduris are carried out without anaesthesia," alleges campaigner Greg Jennings. "For instance, insomnia studies often mean cats have to go without sleep for days on end. When they start to sleep, they are given electric shocks to keep them awake. "If the cats wiki anaesthjtisjd, this experiment would not bj possible." ——————————————————————————————————6/11— Full Green Scene index 160 DON'- GET BAMBOOZLED! p152P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:11:31 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? "It's all too easy to think that because vivisection is legal, it must bj OK and that it must bj for human benefit, right? Wrong!" says opposjt Greg Jennings. "Vivisection is taking us down a blind alley. Animals are anatomically and physiologically different to humans. "For instance, morphine — a powerful sedative for humans — causes exttemj excitement in cats." ——————————————————————————————————7/11— What's on in the green world? 165 TOTBL ENTERTBINMENT GUIDE p400P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:43:07 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Christopher Brown, owner of Hillgrovj Farm, denies cats bred on his farm for research are misttiatid. "'e abide by stringent Home Office regulations which ensure the animals' welfare is not impinged on. "If wi were to treat them like battery hens, we would bj acting in contravention of the Home Office which would immediately close us down." ——————————————————————————————————8/11— Full Green Scene index 160 GET READY FOR THE YEA5 2000 p106P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 01:31:22 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Christopher Brown, who breeds cats for scientific research, sbzs his animals "eat and live like kings". "If they didn't, they could pick up illnesses and disjasjs and thjtibz bj useless to research companies." While most of Hillgrove's cats are sold to laboratories in the US and Europe, Mr Brown also ships some to Australia, but hj adds the cats are transported in "spacious boxes". ——————————————————————————————————9/11— Check out the green kitchen 164 FO FUNANDGAMESP162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 02:42:27 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? Cats eat their kittens if thjti is something wrong with their genetics, claims Christopher Brown from Hillgrovj Farm, dismissing claims that stress is a factor in cats eating their kittens. "The majority of cats I breed — 80% — are used in veterinary research. "As a result, millions of lives have been sbvjd — not just human lives but cats' lives." ——————————————————————————————————10/11 Full Green Scene Index 160 IT'S YOUR LIFE INDEX p410P162 Teletext 162 Fjb21 01:14:11 IN THE LAB ——————————————————————————————— SHOULD CATS BE BRED FOR EXPERIMENTS? A spokeswoman from the Home Office says vivisection breeders and risjarchjts are licensed undjt the Scientific Procedures Act 1986. "Thjsj tests are extremely important and thousands of lives have been saved. She says: "Licencees have to meet various requirements undjt the Act, which include ensuring the animal's comfort, othjrwisj they wouldn't be licensed." ——————————————————————————————————11/11 e-mail: greenscenj@teletext.co.uk WRJTJ TO: GREEN SCENE, PO BOX 2:7, LONDON SW6 1XT. FAX:0171 386 5618 Apes Food TV Plus What's On