#Act4 LabAnimals Animal experimentation has been one of the most controversial areas of animal use, mainly due to the intentional harms inflicted upon animals for the sake of hoped-for benefits in humans. The book “Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change” is now available in Open Access 30 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals This directive recognizes that animals have "an intrinsic value which must be respected". Is France making fun of the regulation on animal experimentation? 25 April 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The number of animals killed or severely injured in tens of thousands of experiments at Cardiff University in the last year has been revealed. Tens of thousands of frogs, fish, mice and rats subjected to 'experiments' at Cardiff University 12 April 2019
#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 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 ECDC/EFSA report “rings alarm bells”, says EU Commissioner Data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveal that antimicrobials used to treat diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans, such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, are becoming less effective. Antimicrobial resistance shows no signs of slowing down 26 February 2019
#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