Cute beagle ‘Baxter’ from Birmingham wins competition to be the face of new nationwide campaign to ban animal testing
Popular Baxter also has 800 friends on Facebook!
Harborne, Birmingham - Today FOUR PAWS is announcing Baxter as the winner of its competition to be the face of a new campaign to ban animal testing.
Baxter, a very handsome male beagle, was born in 2009 and lives with his guardian Amanda and her husband in Harborne, Birmingham. The couple wanted him to enter the competition to raise awareness for Beagles that often tragically end up in laboratories where they are repeatedly tested on year in year out.
Baxter's guardian, Amanda Boardman, says; “I’m so excited and delighted that our adorable Baxter has been chosen to spearhead such a valuable campaign for laboratory animals. EVERY beagle deserves respect and dignity. ".
Marie-Claire Macintosh, Laboratory Animals expert at FOUR PAWS, said: ‘Entries from all over Britain have been flooding in since the competition began earlier this year and we were overwhelmed by the fabulous response to our contest and by the quality of the photographs. We received some of the most amazing and truly heart-warming images so a HUGE thanks to everyone who entered and to your beautiful beagle friends.’
Baxter is an extremely popular dog. On his Facebook page it can be seen that he has hundreds of friends.
The winning beagle picture will help spearhead FOUR PAWS’ global campaigning work to end animal testing. FOUR PAWS believes that all animals should be celebrated rather than exploited; every animal should be guaranteed a life free from pain, fear and suffering, which is why we continue to campaign on behalf of laboratory (and other abused) animals.
Beagles and other dogs are commonly used in laboratories worldwide for force feeding testing or inhalation testing of all manner of industrial, household and cosmetic chemicals.
Beagles are highly intelligent, affectionate and gentle natured dogs and are specifically selected for use in laboratories because of their docile, passive character and manageable size and are therefore considered 'practical models' for humans, despite not developing diseases or responding to drugs in the same way as humans.
Baxter will be shortly receiving a goodie bag from FOUR PAWS.
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