Let Animals Live ‘Out of the Labs’ - Paw Prints for Parliament Event

We were in Wellington CBD today letting Parliament know that Kiwis want animals to have a chance to live ‘Out of the Labs’.
April 7, 2017

Today our Paw Prints for Parliament event went ahead in Wellington with great success!

NZAVS and HUHA organised this event to send a clear message to the government - that New Zealanders want animals to get a chance to live ‘Out of the Labs’.

We created an installation in Civic Square made up of hundreds of messages from people all over New Zealand. These messages were written on paw prints, each one asking Parliament to acknowledge the organisations’ collaborative petition, 'Out of the Labs'. 

'Out of the Labs' asks the government to introduce a mandatory rehoming policy for animals used or bred for science so that these animals can be rehabilitated and rehomed through registered animal rescues such as HUHA.

Currently, there is no incentive for researchers and breeding facilities to rehome animals after research is complete, resulting in the vast majority of animals being euthanised. Together, we will change this.

Doris the beagle attended our event today. Doris was rescued from the Valley Animal Research testing facility where she was used as a breeder. 

With your help we can end animal experimentation in Aotearoa.