ANIMAL FORUM

> Its worth noting that multi million pound charities like the
> CONservation hooligans RSPB spend nothing & donate nothing towards
> finding non lethal alternatives to wildlife controls, they continue
> with the desire to see millions of animals slaughtered each year in
> unnecessary culling measures, usually provided by their sporting
> partners who do much of the culling.
>
> The RSPB oversee the slaughter of deer, ruddy duck etc each reason
> they give for the slaughtered is easily countered by the use of
> immunocontraceptives.
>
> Remember this next time they ask for a donation, your money is being
> used to slaughter wildlife.
>
>
> http://www.dal.ca/~pubrel/media/2003/2003-08-21.html
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> Funding will help control the pet population
> Thursday, August 21, 2003: Halifax, Nova Scotia
>
> Dalhousie University has received funding to continue its research
> into groundbreaking pet contraceptive vaccines. Sharing a $132,000
> (U.S.) grant with the University of Floridas Dr. Julie Levy, the
> funding comes from PETsMART Charities, a non-profit charity dedicated
> to saving the lives of homeless pets.
> SpayVacT is a fertility control vaccine that can be injected into a
> female animal to produce an immune response that provides
> contraception for multi-year periods from a single injection. This
> funding will help Dr. Bill Pohajdak and colleagues in Dalhousie
> Biology develop a SpayVacT formulation for domestic cats.
>
> SpayVacT will be the first product created using the exceptional
> vaccine platform technology, VacciMax, T that was also developed at
> Dalhousie. ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc. (IVT) is a biotechnology
> company providing a unique liposome-based single-dose vaccine
> platform, trade-named VacciMaxT to companies seeking to develop
> enhanced-response vaccines. IVTs first products are
> immunocontraceptive vaccines for controlling animal fertility, under
> the trade name SpayVacT.
>
> This generous donation by PETsMART Charities is a welcome validation
> of SpayVacT as a unique, humane method for the responsible control of
> domestic pet populations, said Dr. Warwick Kimmins, the President and
> CEO of ImmunoVaccine Technologies Inc., a partner of this research.
> It is an indication of the enormous need for a product like this by
> animal shelters around the world. Kimmins is also the former Dean of
> the Faculty of Science at Dalhousie.
>
>
>
> Previously, wildlife applications have been developed for SpayVacT.
> The vaccine is custom designed for each species, to achieve the
> optimum dosage. SpayVacT can achieve multi-year 100 percent
> contraception, whereas other vaccines require follow-up boosters and
> most often annual boosters.
>
> Dalhousie University is a comprehensive, research-intensive
> institution with an enrolment of more than 14,500 students annually.
>
> For further information, contact:
>
> Dr. Bill Pohajdak, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Tel:
> 902.494.1853
>

>What if these bucks could be sterilised using a pellet, much like
>the lead pellets used in air rifles. Could they be shot in the flank
>with these quite rifles to avoid frightening the rest away?
>
>[Large-scale studies are scheduled to begin by the end of the year.
>Rekers said a male contraceptive pill or *implant* could be available
>by 2005.] *my emphasis*