#Act4 LabAnimals On Thursday 30 June 2022, Air France publicly announced that it would stop carrying primates for animal experimentation. After years of hard fighting, One Voice has succeeded in getting Air France to stop transporting primates. Air France puts an end to primate shipments to laboratories 1 July 2022
#Act4 LabAnimals In a submitted response to the European Commission’s public consultation on the revision of the REACH regulation, Eurogroup for Animals called for progress towards humane and progressive non-animal testing methods in achieving protection for human health and the environment from chemicals. REACH regulation: paradigm shift towards non-animal methods needed to protect animals, human health and the environment 25 April 2022
#Act4 LabAnimals H2020 scientific consortia have criticised the European Commission for conducting a “biased” survey on the REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), where non animal methods are undermined. European Commission criticised for biased survey on EU chemicals regulation REACH 7 April 2022
#Act4 LabAnimals On Tuesday 25 January 2022, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) hosted a webinar on cooperative activities between Scientific journals and the OECD on Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP). Towards toxicity assessment without animals: The use of Adverse Outcome Pathways 7 February 2022
#Act4 LabAnimals The statistical report released this month by the European Commission shows a small decrease in the overall number of animals being used in experiments in 2018. However, the report shows that this decrease does not reflect a significant movement towards the reduction of procedures on animals. Latest EU statistics on animals used in science reveal ‘severe’ suffering occurring despite availability of alternative methods, and the pressing need for a ‘phase out’ strategy 20 July 2021
#Act4 LabAnimals Despite the clear objective of the Animals in Science Directive to replace and reduce the number of animals used in science, 2020 reports of the European Commission revealed that more than 23 million animals were impacted by scientific practices in the EU in 2017. Accelerating the transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education - time for action! 4 June 2021
#Act4 LabAnimals This World Day for Animals in Laboratories (#WDAIL) comes after a year that was far from kind to these animals, but also a high year for non-animal science. We and our members are continuing to raise awareness and call for concrete and coordinated policies to promote a move towards scientific research that doesn’t use animals. How close is the EU to animal-free science? 23 April 2021
#Act4 LabAnimals Following calls from EU authorities for cosmetics ingredients to be tested on animals, Europe's leading animal protection groups have sent a joint statement to MEPs urging them to uphold the groundbreaking cosmetics testing and marketing bans. Leading Animal Protection groups join forces for animal testing bans 23 November 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals An open letter, spearheaded by ADI, is calling for the use of non-animal research methods in the search for a vaccine for COVID-19. Although animal testing is not required, and often unreliable, it is still taking place globally. ADI urges WHO to cut animal tests to tackle COVID-19 16 November 2020 ADI
#Act4 LabAnimals A New York-based nonprofit group, CAARE, that led the drive to create legislation to promote “cutting-edge methods” of research superior to animal-based testing, today lauded the announcement that the “Humane Research and Testing Act of 2020” has been introduced in US Congress. Legislation to Create NIH Center for Advancing Non-Animal Research Introduced in US Congress 9 November 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Project Syndicate reports that the vaccine advocacy group 1Day Sooner published an open letter last July to urge US regulators to permit and begin to prepare for “human challenge” vaccine trials, in which fully informed volunteers would be injected with potential vaccines and exposed to the novel coronavirus virus. 'Human Challenge study' infecting informed healthy volunteers with COVID-19 to begin in 2021 9 November 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 LabAnimals Policymakers have the responsibility to shift the debate about alternatives to animal testing, moving away from the current narrative which pits safety risks for humans against animal ethics, an MEP has told EURACTIV. Animal testing inefficiency is a fact and must be asserted, says MEP 5 November 2020