#Act4 LabAnimals The number of cats and dogs used for medical experiments increased by 49 percent in 2017. The Netherlands has increased the number of cats and dogs used in research 10 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Gene-editing technology has accelerated progress on animal organ transplant to the point where scientists will soon begin the first human trials Using animal organs in humans: 'It's just a question of when' 3 April 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 The Australian government has passed a bill that effectively bans animal testing for cosmetics in the country. Australia sets concrete measures to guarantee cosmetic ingredients are no longer tested on animals 15 February 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The JRC's status report on alternatives to animal testingis just out. The EC Joint Research Centre's alternatives to animal testing - Going for the win-win-win 7 February 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This case concerned how the European Commission deals with updates of the Test Method Regulation (TMR), which defines the approved methods for chemical testing in the EU. Ombudsman suggests intensified efforts by Commission to speed uptake of non-animal chemical testing methods 30 January 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg are said to have behaved incorrectly when testing with mice. Heidelberg researchers are said to have done illegal animal experiments 28 January 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals In its declaration of 25 September 2007 on the use of primates in scientific experiments, Parliament asked the Commission to‘establish a timetable for replacing the use of all primates in scientific experiments with alternatives’. EC to review specific scientific uses of animals following the release of the first EU data in November 19 January 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Humane Society International/India and People for Animals applaud ICMR initiative to “think outside the cage” India about to open first government centre on alternatives to animal use in biomedical research 18 January 2019