#Act4 LabAnimals Reports released today by the European Commission show that the fast progress towards humane, animal-free research that citizens expect is not being made. EC reports show more work is needed to reduce the use and suffering of animals in science 6 February 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 LabAnimals Commissioner Sinkevičius answers parliamentary oral question about poor implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU1 by Members States. EC answers MEP concerns about Member States' faulty implementation of the animals in science Directive 6 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals As part of their work on research animals, RSPCA recently funded a study which shows that current EU requirements don’t allow these animals to express their natural behaviours. RSPCA: EU requirements don’t respect the welfare of research animals 31 January 2020 RSPCA
#Act4 LabAnimals Animal issues are no longer socially invisible, and increasingly, greater attention is being devoted to understanding the moral significance of experiences of animals and to taking into consideration the welfare of animals. AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition 29 January 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals “The scientific knowledge and non-animal models and tools we now have available enable us to take those decisions responsibly in most cases without any new animal testing,” she said. EU citizens and industry expect ‘big reduction’ in mandatory animal testing 25 December 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals A Working Group for the International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) has published two reports on next-generation safety assessment methods for cosmetics. Beyond animal testing: Next-gen safety assessments to be standard within 10 years, expert predicts 20 November 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The legislation would end safety testing of cosmetic products on animals and prohibit the sale of products developed using animal testing. US is one step closer to ending animal testing for cosmetics 19 November 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals After three years since FAADA filed a complaint against the company Schibsted Classified Media Spain S.L. Far fewer laboratory animals needed in the Netherlands due to new rules for pharmaceutical companies 18 November 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Your continued support makes all the difference – please help us show the world what is happening behind closed laboratory doors Clients suspend cooperation with German research lab at centre of shocking investigation 5 November 2019
#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