The BUAV campaign to stop the construction of an animal laboratory in Malaysia has hit the international media headlines following statements made by a Malaysian minister defending the proposal. The story has appeared in publications such as The Guardian and The Washington Post:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9104400

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/30/AR2010053003974.html?wprss=rss_world/wires

The international campaign launched by the BUAV, along with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Selangor, Friends of the Earth Malaysia (SAM) and the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is sponsoring a petition urging the Government of Malaysia to dissociate itself from this proposal to build an animal testing facility by a contract testing company in India.

A similar proposal last year by a French research company to build a primate testing laboratory in Johor state was suspended following our campaign.

Please support our latest campaign by signing the petition and circulating it widely:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/StopPlansForAnimalTestingMalaysia

To take further action:

http://www.buav.org/takeactionnow/writetostopananimaltestingfacilityinmalaysia

31st May 2010