#Act4 LabAnimals PETA claimed this shows, “issues of flagrant incompetence, poor standards of care, and a blatant disregard for life.” The company violates animal welfare regulations in the United States as well. Scottish laboratory gets sanctioned for cruel acts against rats 16 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals With more than 110,000 confirmed human cases worldwide and no sign that the coronavirus is going away, researchers are looking to animals to understand COVID-19. They are testing monkeys, mice and even ferrets. Labs rush to study coronavirus in transgenic animals 16 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals One of the primary reasons for making the transition to non-animal methods is because research suggests some commonly used species may be poor models for human health effects. Transition to non-animal testing could 'lose momentum' 13 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals The related statistics on the use of animals for procedures conducted in the EU during the period 2015 to 2017 show two main use-areas: basic and applied research (68%), and testing of drugs and other chemicals to meet regulatory requirements (23%). Status report: innovation, collaboration and education initiatives by the Commission's Reference Laboratory for Alternatives to Animal Testing 10 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Some Member States have set up national animal registers for specific areas of animal use. ENVI Commissioner answers MEP concerns about ‘avoidable’ tests on animals 10 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) met on 21 February to discuss the critical issues of making toxicology testing more human relevant, as well as micro- and nanoplastics in our environment, among other topics. US National Toxicology Program: more focus on human-relevant non-animal approaches for safety testing 6 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Animal testing, a scientist’s opinion. Interview with Professor Maurice Whelan, head of EURL ECVAM, about animal testing 2 March 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Scientists at King’s College London have become the first university in the world to formally end ‘cruel’ mouse swimming tests, following campaigns by animal rights charities. King’s College is first university to end ‘cruel’ mouse swimming tests 17 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Ten years after the 2010 European directive on animal testing, the EU's progress in this area is insufficient, says animal rights organization Gaia. Belgium ranks 4th among EU countries carrying out most painful animal tests 17 February 2020 GAIA
#Act4 LabAnimals Nature publishes a positive outlook on the European Commission’s first reports on the statistics of animals used in science and implementation of the Directive 2010/63/EU, designed to harmonise the practices involved in animal experimentation. Nature publishes laudatory assessment of animals in science EU statistics 17 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals This method may help in future modelling of skin-nanomaterials interactions and contribute to the replacement of animal testing of nanoproducts such as drugs and cosmetics. New method to trace nanoparticles in skin will contribute to replacing animals in tests 10 February 2020
#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