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Federal efforts during the past year to reduce animal use in chemical safety testing were celebrated at a May 21 public forum held by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM). The committee is comprised of agencies such as NIEHS and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Stakeholders include representatives from industry, academia, and animal welfare groups. More than 400 individuals attended the online meeting.

Reductions in animal testing celebrated at ICCVAM national meeting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step toward implementing Administrator Andrew Wheeler's directive to reduce animal testing by releasing a new guidance that reduces testing on fish.

United States Environmental Protection Agency continues efforts to reduce animal testing, announces guidance on fish testing

On National No Pet Store Puppies Day, New York State moved one step closer to shutting down the puppy mill pipeline for good.

NY Senate passes bill to end retail pet sales

Animal businesses that breed dogs for profit like to sell the public on the idea of small breeders and family-owned pet stores—but don’t be fooled. This is a multimillion-dollar industry that stays afloat by exploiting animals.

The US commercial puppy industry doesn’t need a bailout

We are seeing the impacts of COVID-19 nearly everywhere, including in the thousands of U.S. laboratories that use millions of animals. Protections for these animals were already thin, but now labs have sent workers home, including those who clean cages and provide water, and federal regulators have been eager to relax their already weak guidelines.

Coronavirus exposes lack of animal welfare standards in biomedical research

'Dual tariff' regime would see different levels of duty on imported foods, depending on whether they comply with UK welfare standards

Britain ready to allow import of chlorinated chicken from US

If you care about the working poor, about racial justice, and about climate change, you have to stop eating animals.

The end of meat is here

The food system is on the verge of collapse. To avoid future disruptions, we cannot continue using animals to mass-produce meat, dairy, and eggs.

COVID-19 exposes flaws in animal protein production

The USDA is responsible for licensing certain animal businesses, such as puppy mills and zoos, and enforcing federal animal welfare care standards.

USDA must stop issuing new licenses to puppy mills during coronavirus

Designed for veterinarians and pet owners alike, the new web-based telehealth application is expanding access to science-based insights from certified behavior experts.

New telehealth platform expands access to leading pet behavior expertise

Millions of live animals enter the U.S. each year without disease screening — leaving us vulnerable to another outbreak, a former wildlife inspector says.

To prevent the next pandemic, it’s the legal wildlife trade we should worry about

New legislation in Chicago will prohibit the city from issuing licenses to operators of horse-drawn carriage businesses there.

Chicago considers ordinance to ban horse-drawn carriages

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