#Act4 LabAnimals Global outrage is mounting after Chinese scientists were revealed to be using live pigs as crash test dummies - either killing them in the process or leaving them badly maimed. Chinese scientists using live pigs as crash test dummies and slamming them into walls at high speed 1 November 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Following a shocking investigation by Cruelty Free International and SOKO Tierschutz showing cruelty to monkeys and dogs in the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) near Hamburg, our German member organisation Deutscher Tierschutzbund calls for the closure of the laboratory and for the implementation of the EU Directive. Cruel treatment of laboratory animals shows failure in the implementation of EU Directive 16 October 2019 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 LabAnimals According to the Green MEP, policymakers must not give up their ambition of making the “3 Rs” approach to animal testing mandatory. Green MEP calls for EU action plan on alternatives to animal testing 15 October 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals New Home Office figures on the use of animals in research in Britain reveal that, despite there being better, humane alternatives available, 2,472 primates were experimented on last year – an increase of 12% on the previous year. Help save primates from suffering in British labs 18 September 2019 ADI
#Act4 LabAnimals Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a directive to prioritize efforts to reduce animal testing. US EPA commits to concrete measures, milestones and timelines to reduce animal testing 10 September 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals European animal protection groups come together to end animal testing in the EU Cruelty Free Europe launch: priority areas set for animals in science 11 July 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This morning, the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals discussed the continued use of animals for testing the safety of cosmetic ingredients in the EU. Intergroup meeting report: "The continued use of animals for cosmetics testing in the EU" 28 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals China has announced that post-market cosmetic testing in the country will no longer include animal tests. China ends animal testing requirements on post-market cosmetics 14 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The limitations of animal experimentation in improving human healthcare is overwhelming, but more than 11 million animals are still used in research every year in the EU alone. New book proposes ways to move away from animal experimentation 11 March 2019 ADI
#Act4 LabAnimals A new scientific publication by the Cruelty Free International science team, looking at whether drug tests on animals help predict human responses, has been published in the scientific journal BMC Medical Ethics. Scientists confirm that animal tests for human drugs do not work 11 March 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Recently, many people have noticed the dogs used in animal experiments at the University of Gothenburg. Campaign to increase funding of non-animal research and to phase out animal experimentation 28 February 2019 Djurskyddet Sverige
#Act4 LabAnimals The ethical responsibility for the animals is questionable in the animal testing ethics committees, says the organization Animal Rights, which now, after 37 years, stops nominating members to the committees. Djurens Rätt quits animal-based project evaluation committees due to lack of ethical responsibility 22 February 2019 Djurens Rätt