The following guest post by Kirk Leech originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Mr. Leech is the Executive Director of the European Animal Research Association (EARA). People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) recently announced that Justin Bieber agrees that “Air France Sucks” for Sending Monkeys to Labs. That the singer is known to have kept monkeys as pets seems to have escaped the group’s opportunist propaganda eyes. Yet Bieber joins a growing number of celebr

Tierbefreiung Frankfurt are wrong. Keep Research Flying: Support Air France The European Animal Research Association (EARA) supports the use of Non-Human Primates (NHP’s) in research and urges the German scientific community to give its backing to Air France for continuing to transport these vitally important research animals. Kirk Leech, EARA Executive Director: “Die Nutzung nicht-humaner Primaten (NHP) in der Forschung wird immer ein sensibles Diskussionsthema sein. Es ist

Lately, I came across a number of campaigns that called for an end of animal research in Germany. Some had a factual appearance, like the appeal from Doctors Against Animal Experiments not to donate to the ALS-Association. Others were heart wrenching, like the undercover video footage from a monkey lab by Stern TV. Yet others were open hate campaigns, like the newspaper advertisements agitating against Professor Kreiter. What they all have in common is that they create the im