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Syracuse Animal Rights Organization and People for Animal Rights of CNY are hosting Michael Budkie, Executive Director of SAEN – Stop Animal Exploitation Now, who will be presenting the current state of animal experimentation in the United States. There will be information about laboratories here in Syracuse, as well as recently leaked photos from Primate Products, a major vivisection supplier in Florida. This event is free and open to the public. Budkie’s recent book, “Tear at the Jacket”, blows the lab doors wide open by revealing the horrors of the daily lives of primates in laboratories across the United States. Copies of this book and SAEN t-shirts will be available for purchase at the event for $15 each (cash or check only).
Where: Hazard Library, 1620 W. Genesee St., Syracuse
When: Thursday, September 30th from 7pm-8:30pm Co-sponsored by Syracuse Animal Rights Organization (SARO) and People for Animal Rights. Contact 546-5108 or 488-PURR.

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‘Cici’ was plucked out of a bush this evening on the north side of Syracuse. Just old enough to have been weaned and wandering from mom, but young enough not to be feral yet, it is Cici’s lucky night. She is in a temporary foster home at the moment but can not stay long because there are too many other cats in the foster home already. Cici is approximately 10-12 weeks old. She is a black and white kitten with a handsome white zigzag between her eyes.

She will be treated for fleas, parasites, vaccinated and tested for FIV/Leukemia as soon as the vet office opens.(She was found after business hours)
Photos of Cici can be found here: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=1521472&albumID=1218220&imageID=56833307

Cici needs an adoptive forever home, but in the meantime, she needs a temporary foster home to stay for a month or two until she gains the extra pound she needs to be spayed.

For information about adopting or fostering Cici, email info@syracuseanimalrights.com

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Six baby rats, who are currently 6 weeks old, need adoptive homes. These little guys are all white with red eyes and are second generation lab rats. They were born in the ‘free world’ and have never been experimented on. While being picked up from the University psychology laboratory in New Jersey that did not want them and would have killed them if no homes where found, the female rats and male rats got mixed together for a short while. That was all the time they needed for two of the rats to get pregnant. All of the mother and father rats have found safe, lifelong homes, and now these baby rats are ready to go to theirs.They have been handled since birth and are energetic and friendly. There are four males and two females. These rats will likely live 2-4 years. They are bonded with each other and must be adopted in pairs of the same sex. There is an $8 adoption fee per pair to cover the substantial transportation and food/bedding costs so far, and which will help us continue these rescues, totaling close to 200 rats so far!

Pictures of the rats can be found in the ‘pics’ section at myspace.com/animalrights under “rescued animals for adoption & post adoption”
Email info@syracuseanimalrights.com for more information, to set up a visitation, or adoption for these little guys.