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In its second newsletter ANZCCART advises that the NZ Science Teachers' Association has joined the National Animal Ethics Advisory Council, and is now invited to join ANZCCART... within the framework of which, and in line with moves being taken in Australia, the Royal Society of NZ is preparing educational propaganda to

"provide balanced information to schools on animal use in research and teaching" .

Obviously the Society is apprehensive about the groundswell of pupils' universal disenchantment and objection to classroom vivisection. Such apprehension is justified, as in the United Kingdom alone the Lancaster University biological science department has dropped vivisection from its courses... similarly Swansea and Newcastle universities and Queens University in Belfast. Whilst on this subject Professor Croce sends us excellent news from Italy, where on 22 September 1993 the Italian Parliament approved a law allowing

"conscious objection to animal experimentation for students, doctors and researchers". This was carried unanimous in the Senate, unanimous in the Chamber of Deputies - with two abstentions.

Certainly this is the time, before NZ students are blanket-bombed with educational propaganda, to press our advantage by promoting NZAVS Animal Research Takes Lives - Humans and Animals Both Suffer - to New Zealand colleges and universities.

To this end, in NZAVS campaign to distribute ARTL, through sales, as widely as possible throughout New Zealand one city has had the greatest success. This due to the remarkable efforts of two members, who, working in unison, have achieved purchase of the book (at time of writing) from no less than 17 colleges, and several public libraries and bookshops.

...There is another who warrants mention for outstanding achievements against all the odds. Phil Clayton, despondent at the lack of orders coming from certain areas set off on an ARTL promotion trip. Thus the week prior to Christmas in NZAVS office we were able to track Phil's route as signed orders came in from... librarians at Levin, Fielding, Te Puke, Matamata, Cambridge, Tokoroa, Putaruru, Helensville... with assurances of future orders from many libraries en-route.

The example of the above members reassured us that our 1993 goal to gain orders from all colleges, polytechnics, universities, public libraries etc... in the country, is a reasonable and achievable objective.