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Covance, a contract animal-testing company, is building a huge animal-experimentation facility in Chandler. Experimentation facilities like the one that Covance intends for Chandler may affect the entire community. Read the Covance timeline. Take action now.
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What You Can Do1. Use our sample letter to contact the mayor and city council members of Chandler and let them know that you do not want Covance in your neighborhood. Office of the Mayor & City Council Mayor Boyd W. Dunn: boyd.dunn@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Bob Caccamo: bob.caccamo@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Trinity Donovan: trinity.donovan@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Lowell Huggins: lowell.huggins@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Matt Orlando: matt.orlando@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Martin Sepulveda: martin.sepulveda@chandleraz.gov Councilmember Jeff Weninger: jeff.weninger@chandleraz.gov 2. Call the Chandler City Council at 480-782-2200 to express your opposition to Covance. Feel free to use these talking points. 3. Write letters to the editors of local papers that publish articles about Covance. For a list of contact information for these papers and some letter writing tips, please click here. 4. Meet with editorial boards of local papers to discuss the Covance issue and why you think it is important that they take a strong stance opposing the proposed laboratory. 5. Watch the videos about Covance on this Web site. Invite friends, co-workers and family to watch with you for an inside look at the kind of facility that will be coming to Chandler, unless we act now. Please download them and share it with as many people as possible. You can also order a copy of "What Covance Doesn't Want You to See." 6. Discuss the issue with any community groups you are involved with – the PTA, Home Owners’ Associations, book clubs, etc. Please share the DVDs and petitions with them. 7. Contact local activists. Citizens Against Covance meet regularly in the Chandler area. For more information, visit their Web site.
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