#Act4 LabAnimals Doctors Against Animal Experiments have revealed the severe suffering of non-human primates used for brain research experimentation in Germany, and reveal that eight institutions are currently carrying out similar tests that should be banned under EU law. Primates exposed to severe suffering in brain research experiments in Germany 15 November 2022 DAAE
#Act4 LabAnimals New petition to call on the World Health Organization, national governments, and scientific community worldwide to prioritize and support research into COVID-19 which uses advanced non-animal scientific methods, relevant to humans. Join the call to cut Animal Tests to tackle COVID-19! 10 December 2020 ADI
#Act4 LabAnimals Almost three quarters say replacing animal tests with non-animal methods should be an EU priority New Poll reveals that 72% of EU citizens want a phase-out plan for animal tests 17 July 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Dozens of groups of scientists are racing to develop animal “models” in an attempt to develop COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, without success. From mice to monkeys, scientists still haven't found an animal that mimics COVID-19 symptoms in humans 5 May 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals A Chinese ban on the sale of wild animals has frozen the export of monkeys used for research. This measure aims to prevent future outbreaks, but some researchers are seeing it as a new obstacle in the fight against the pandemic. Chinese wildlife ban freezes export of test monkeys when demand was increasing due to COVID-19-related research 9 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife No animal, human or non-human, wants to spend their life in captivity, being poked, prodded, and tested on for the benefit of human beings. Harvard Law Clinic urges USDA to improve the lives of 100,000 research animals 15 November 2019
#Act4 Wildlife Researchers reprogrammed human cells before injecting them in the monkey embryo Controversial research ahead of ethical debate to create human-monkey chimera 3 August 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Early one February morning, researchers harvest six eggs from a female rhesus macaque—one of 4000 monkeys chirping and clucking in a massive outdoor complex of metal cages here at the Yunnan Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research. China is investing massively in the genetic modification of monkeys and other animals, while link to human diseases is tenuous 2 August 2019
#Act4 FarmAnimals Enbi, a four-year-old male orangutan, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit for a Christmas performance in Seoul, South Korea. 6 Reasons monkeys should never be pets 5 June 2019
#Act4 Wildlife The illicit great ape trade involves a fusion of brutality and financial sophistication. To tackle great ape trafficking, follow the money, report says 29 January 2019