#Act4 Wildlife As a demonstration of their commitment, The Estée Lauder Companies will also be beginning its journey of Leaping Bunny cruelty free certification, starting with the certification of some of its brands. Cruelty Free International and The Estée Lauder Companies unite towards a global end to animal testing for cosmetics 20 June 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 Wildlife Improving openness in animal research in Germany – watch the videos Videos available of first in series of events in Germany discussing the need for greater openness about animal research 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
#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 We have today written to government Ministers across the European Union urging them to step in to save cruelty free cosmetics. Cruelty Free International launches new petition to safeguard EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics 31 January 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 Professor Dr Mariann Gyöngyösi from the Experimental and Clinical Invasive Cardiology Laboratory of the Medical University of Vienna discusses different animal models in the context of her group’s research into treatments for cardiovascular diseases. EU investments in heart research goes to animal experiments with no view to alternatives 14 January 2019