Charities Good & Bad

Cruel Science: Health Charities
Some health charities ask for donations to help people with diseases and
disabilities yet spend the money to bankroll horrific experiments on dogs,
rabbits, rats, mice, primates, hamsters, pigs, ferrets, frogs, fish, guinea
pigs, sheep, birds and other animals. While human health needs cry out for
attention and so many people are going without medical care, animal
experimentation enriches laboratories and scientists but drains money from
relevant and effective projects that could really help save lives.

Healing Without Hurting
Instead of pillaging animals' bodies for cures for human diseases,
compassionate charities focus their research where the best hope of
treatment lies: with humans.

They realise that animal experiments are unnecessary, unreliable, and
sometimes dangerously misleading. Enormous variations exist among rats,
rabbits, dogs, pigs, and human beings, and meaningful scientific conclusions
cannot be drawn about one species by studying another. Non-animal methods
provide a more accurate method of testing and can be interpreted more
objectively.

Compassionate, modern charities know that we can improve treatments through
up-to-date, non-animal methods and they fund only non-animal research,
leading to real progress in the prevention and treatment of disease -
without starving, crippling, burning, poisoning, or cutting open animals.



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Health Charities That DO NOT Test on Animals
What types of charities are on the "DON'T TEST" list?
Health charities and service organisations that do not conduct or fund
experiments on animals are included on the "DON'T TEST" list. These
organisations deal with human health issues ranging from birth defects to
heart disease to substance abuse. Some fund non-animal research to find
treatments and cures for diseases and disabilities, while others provide
services and direct care to people living with physical or mental ailments.

How does a charity get on the list?
Charities that are listed have assured us that neither they nor their
affiliated organisations conduct or fund any experiments on animals and will
not do so in the future.

Please contact PETA if you know the address of a charity that is not listed,
including local health service organisations. PETA will be happy to inquire
about a charity's animal-testing policy, but we also encourage you to
inquire as it is important that charities hear directly from compassionate
people who are opposed to animal testing.



The following health charities and service organisations DO NOT conduct or
fund animal experiments. For more information on the programmes and
activities of an organisation, please contact the organisation directly.

Action for Blind People
14-16 Verney Road
London
SE16 3DZ
020 7732 8771

The Back-Up Trust
Business Village
Broomhill Road
London
SW18 4JQ
020 8875 1805

Bath Cancer Research Unit
Wolfson Centre
Royal United Hospital
Bath
BA1 3NG
01225 824124

Big C Appeal
10a Castle Meadow
Norwich
NR1 3DE
01603 619900

British Allergy Foundation
30 Bellegrove Road
Welling
Kent
DA16 3PY
030 8303 8525

British Deaf Association
1-3 Worship Street
London
EC2A 2AB
020 7588 3520

British Institute for Brain Injured Children
Knowle Hall
Bawdrip
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 8PJ
01278 684060

British Polio Fellowship
Unit A
Eagle Office Centre
The Runway
South Ruislip
HA4 6SE
020 8842 1898

British Red Cross
9 Grosvenor Crescent
London
SW1X 7EJ
020 7235 5454

Caring Cancer Trust
14 Newnham Lane
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 4ED
01983 810375

Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research
84a Tilehurst Street
Hitchin
Herts
SG5 2DY
01462 436819

Eating Disorders Association
First Floor
Wensum House
103 Prince of Wales Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 1DW
01603 619090

The Humane Research Trust
Brook House
29 Bramhall Lane South
Bramhall
Stockport
SK7 2DN
0161 439 8041

The IBS Appeal
Gastroenterology & Nutrition Research Trust
Central Middlesex Hospital
Acton Lane
London
NW10 7NS
020 8453 2205

The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research
261 Goldhawk Road
London
W12 9PE
020 8846 9777

The Menopausal Helpline, Ltd.
228 Muswell Hill Broadway
London
N10 3SH
020 8444 5202

The Menopausal Research & Info Service
17 Burlescoombe Road
Thorpe Bay
Essex
SS1 3QG
01702 589555

Migraine Action Association
Unit 6
Oakley Hay Lodge Business Park
Great Folds Road
Great Oakley
Northants
NN18 9AS
01536 461333

National Deaf Children's Society
15 Dufferin Street
London
EC1Y 8UR
020 7490 8656

Natural Medicines Society
PO Box 232
East Molesey
Surrey
KT8 1YF
020 8974 1166

New Approaches to Cancer
PO Box 194
St Peter's Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
Surrey
KT16 0PZ
01932 879882

Pain Relief Foundation
Clinical Sciences Centre
University Hospital Aintree
Lower Lane
Liverpool
L9 7AL
0151 529 5820

Quest Cancer Research Charity
E3 Seedbed Business Centre
Coldharbour Road
Harlow
CM19 5AF
01279 451359

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
200 London Road
Liverpool
L3 9TA
0151 794 8800

Samantha Dickson Research Trust
The White House
Chatter Alley
Dogmersfield
Hook
Hants
RG27 8SS
01252 627426

Sense-National Deafblind & Rubella Association
11-13 Clifton Terrace
Finsbury Park
London
N4 3SR
020 7272 7774

York Against Cancer
31-33 North Moor Road
Huntindon
YO32 9QN
01904 764466




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Health Charities That Test on Animals
What types of charities are on the "DO TEST" list?
Health charities that conduct or fund experiments on animals are included on
the "DO TEST" list. These organisations deal with human health issues
ranging from lung cancer to drug addiction to blindness. While some do have
relevant and effective projects that help improve lives, all of them drain
money away from these projects and into cruel experiments on animals. They
starve, cripple, burn, poison and slice open animals to study human diseases
and disabilities. Such experiments have no practical benefit to anyone. They
are unnecessary, unreliable and sometimes dangerously misleading. "Enormous
variations exist among rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs and human beings, and
meaningful scientific conclusions cannot be drawn about one species by
studying another," says Dr Neal Barnard, "Non-animal methods provide a more
accurate method of testing and can be interpreted more objectively."

What can be done to stop charities from experimenting on animals?
Many charities know that we can improve treatments through modern,
non-animal methods, and they fund only non-animal research, leading to real
progress in the prevention and treatment of disease. The next time you
receive a donation request from a health charity, ask if it funds animal
tests. Let charities know that you only give to organisations that alleviate
suffering, not contribute to it.

Please note that most colleges and universities have laboratories that
conduct animal experiments for health and other purposes. If you would like
to know whether a specific school has an animal laboratory, please contact
PETA. For information on the experiments being conducted and to voice your
opinion, please contact the school. The following health charities and
service organisations *DO* conduct or fund animal experiments.

For more information on the programmes and activities of an organisation,
please contact the organisation or PETA.

Action Research
Vincent House
North Parade
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 2DP
01403 210406

Alzheimer's Society
Gordon House
10 Greencoat Place
London
SW1 1PH
020 7306 0606

Arthritis Research Campaign
Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
S41 7TD
01246 558033

Association for International Cancer Research
Madras House
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9EH
01334 477910

Backcare (members AMRC)
16 Elmtreet Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 8ST
020 8977 5474

Brain Research Trust
Bloomsbury House
74-77 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DA
020 7636 3440

Breakthrough Breast Cancer
6th Floor, Kingsway House
103 Kingsway
London
WC2B 6QX
020 7405 5111

British Heart Foundation
14 Fitzhardinge Street
London
EC1N 8LD
020 7935 0185

British Homeopathic Association (members AMRC)
15 Clerkenwell Close
London
EC1R 0AA
020 7566 7800

British Lung Foundation
78 Hatton Garden
London
EC1N 8LD
020 7831 5831

Brittle Bone Society
30 Guthrie Street
Dundee
DD1 5BS
01382 204446

Cancer Prevention Research Trust
Cobden House
231 Roehampton Lane
London
SW15 4LB
020 8785 7786

**Cancer Research Campaign
10 Cambridge Terrace
London
NW1 4JL
020 7224 1333

Children's Nationwide Medical Research Fund
8 Dorset Square
London
NW1 6PU
020 7724 5727

Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust
11 London Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 1BY
020 8464 7211

DEBRA
13 Wellington Business Park
Crowthorne
Berks
RG45 6LS
01344 771961

Defeating Deafness
330-332 Grays Inn Road
London
WC1X 8EE
020 7833 1733

Diabetes UK
10 Queen Anne Street
London
W1G 9LH
020 7323 1531

Digestive Disorders Foundation
3 St Andrew's Place
London
NW1 4LB
020 7486 0341

Epilepsy Research Foundation
PO Box 3004
London
W4 1XT
020 8995 4781

Imperial Cancer Research Fund
61 Lincolns Inn Field
London
WC2A 3PX
020 7269 3611

Institute of Cancer Research
Royal Cancer Hospital
123 Old Brompton Road
London
SW7 3RP
020 7352 8133

Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness
2nd Floor, York House
199 Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7UT
020 7928 7743

Lepra
Fairfax House
Causton Road
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1PU
01206 562286

Leukemia Research Fund
43 Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JJ
010 7405 0101

ME Association
4 Corringham Road
Stanford le Hope
Essex
SS17 0AH
01375 642466

Marie Curie Cancer Care
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
020 7599 7777

Migraine Trust
45 Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3HZ
020 7831 4818

Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
372 Edgeware Road
London
NW2 6ND
020 8438 0700

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
7-11 Prescott Place
London
SW4 6BS
020 7720 8055

National Society for Colitis and Crohn's Disease
4 Beaumont House
Sutton Road
St Albans
Herts
AL1 5HH
01727 830038

National Asthma Campaign
Providence House
Providence Place
London
N1 0NT
020 7226 2260

National Heart Research Fund
Suite 12D, Joseph's Well
Leeds
LS3 1AB
0113 234 7474

National Kidney Research Fund
Kings Chambers
Priestgate
Peterborough
PE1 1FG
01733 704650

National Meningitis Trust
Fern House
Bath Road
Stroud
GL5 3TJ
01453 768000

Parkinson's Disease Society of the UK
215 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London
SW1V 1EJ
020 7931 8080

Research Into Aging
4th Floor, York House
207-221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ
020 7843 1550

RNIB
224 Great Portland Street
London
W1N 6AA
020 7388 1266

Scope
6 Market Road
London
N7 9PW
020 7619 7100

Tenovus
43 The Parade
Cardiff
CF24 3AB
029 2048 2000

Wellcome Trust
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
020 7611 8888

World Cancer Research Fund
19 Harley Street
London
W1G 9QU
020 7343 4200



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HEALTH CHARITIES LIST ADDENDUM
The following health charities DO NOT currently fund animal research but
have not ruled out doing so in the future.

Please write to the health charities on this list urging them to make a
commitment never to fund animal experiments and say that you will not be
lending them your support until they do so.

MENCAP
123 Golden Lane
London
EC1Y 0RT
020 7454 0454

National Reyes Syndrome Foundation
15 Nicholas Gardens
Pyford
Woking
GU22 8SD
01932 346843

Primary Immunodeficiency Association (members AMRC)
Alliance House
12 Caxton Street
London
SW1H 0QS
020 7976 7640

Royal Association in Aid of Deaf People
RAD London
St Bedes Centre for Deaf People
412 Clapham Road
London
SW9 9DA
020 7627 1716

Stroke Association (members AMRC)
Stroke House
Whitecross Street
London
EC1Y 8JJ
020 7566 0300


Additionally, those marked with an * are members of the AMRC (Association of
Medical Research Charities) who support the use of animals in research.

Reproduced from PETA (UK).








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