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Animal Justice Project is an international pressure group that campaigns against vivisection〔("Campaigners Angered by Cocaine Mice" ), ''The Argus'', 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 and other animal industries based on what the group identifies as speciesism. The organisation was launched on 1 December 2014 by a group of campaigners, researchers and activists from the UK and Europe, with backgrounds in grassroots activism and professional animal rights. The organisation is currently active in both the UK and United States〔("Speakers List, 2015 Animal Rights National Conference" ), ''Animal Rights National Conference'', Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 and works primarily for the abolition of the exploitation of animals in laboratories and farms, for breeding, research and education. The mission of Animal Justice Project is to raise awareness of the plight of non-human animals through advocacy, the media,〔("Animal Rights Campaigners Slam Universities which give Cocaine and Ecstasy to Mice and Guinea Pigs" ), ''International Business Times'', 19 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 education, protest and research. The organisation promotes political anti-speciesism and is against any form of discrimination based on species, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, stating that it "does not welcome any group or individual that supports any form of discrimination or oppression be it against humans or non human animals".〔("Vision and Mission" ), ''Animal Justice Project'', Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 Animal Justice Project uses different means to gather intelligence on animal experimentation – published scientific research, government statistics, Home Office data, parliamentary avenues, UK legislation, including the Freedom of Information Act, and whistleblowers. ==Campaigns== Animal Justice Project, as a vegan organisation, campaigns against animal experiments on primarily moral grounds. Its first campaign 'Secret War: The Invisible Victims',〔("Secret War: The Invisible Victims" ), ''Animal Justice Project'', Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 that was launched in March 2015, highlighted the use of animals in warfare experiments. The launch was marked with a demonstration at the Animals in War Memorial in Central London. The campaign revealing animal "torture" at the UK government’s secretive warfare laboratory Porton Down reached millions on the front page of the Sunday Mirror.〔("Outrage as animals 'tortured' in gruesome Porton Down military experiments" ), ''Mirror Online'', 11 March 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 Studies exposed involved guinea pigs being forced to inhale nerve gas, marmosets infected with biothreat diseases, pigs forced to inhale toxic mustard gas, and rabbits having their legs clamped and weights dropped on them five times their body weight so that researchers could infect their open wounds with bacteria. Animal Justice Project further exposed in the media other warfare experiments being carried out by researchers at Leicester University〔("Animal campaigners accuse Leicester University of "shockingly futile experiments" on animals" ), ''Leicester Mercury'', 19 March 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 and the University of Birmingham. The organisation launched a second campaign in April 2015, with an exclusive report in The Sunday Times〔("Animals given cocaine in ‘cruel’ brain research" ), ''The Sunday Times'', 19 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 and another event in Central London. The organisation described animal experiments involving recreational drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, nicotine, alcohol and 'designer drugs', to name a few. These experiments were taking place inside universities in Cambridge,〔("Cambridge University researchers 'got rats hooked on heroin and cocaine'" ), ''Cambridge News'', 24 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 Cardiff,〔("Boffins at Cardiff University injected rodents with Class A drugs to make them addicted" ), ''Wales Online'', 25 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 Nottingham〔("Drug Experiments on animals revealed at the University of Nottingham" ), ''Impact'', 26 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕〔("Investigation reveals University of Nottingham used rats in ecstasy experiments" ), ''Nottingham Post'', 23 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 and Sussex.〔("University of Sussex criticised for live animal study" ), ''Splash FM'', 18 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕〔("Campaigners Angered by Cocaine Mice" ), ''The Argus'', 22 June 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animal Justice Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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