Government’s dismal failure to reduce animal experiments
A document published yesterday (March 26) by the government has confirmed its total lack of commitment to reducing the suffering of animals in laboratories.
Posted 27 Mar 2015
News
Another blow for the pro-vivisection lobby
An article that appeared in the Guardian Weekly has strongly criticised the use of mice as ‘models’ of human disease. Interviewing scientists from the National Institutes of Health and Harvard Medical School, it describes how...
Posted 20 Mar 2015
Government announces ‘weak and toothless’ version of ban on animal testing for household products
The coalition government has today (March 12) announced a pitifully weakened version of its promised ban on animal testing for household products.
Posted 12 Mar 2015
Medical charities briefed on why animal research can’t be trusted
Animal Aid has this week published a detailed new Briefing – written especially for members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) – making the scientific case against the use of animals in biomedical...
Posted 16 Feb 2015
Animal Aid takes anti-vivisection message to celebrity ball
Yesterday, campaigners from Animal Aid staged a dynamic presence at the British Heart Foundation’s celebrity ball, and called on the organisation to stop funding experiments on animals. Activists distributed leaflets inside the event itself, which...
Posted 11 Feb 2015
Leading heart charity funds cruel and absurd ‘green veg’ experiment on rats
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has been accused of wasting public donations on a ‘cruel and absurd’ animal experiment that involved rats being fed a compound found in green vegetables, then deprived of oxygen for...
Posted 19 Jan 2015
Official report reveals horrific suffering at UK lab
A report released by the government department responsible for inspecting animal laboratories has revealed that more than 1,000 animals died in appalling conditions at a single UK establishment after a ventilation system failed. In another...
Posted 10 Dec 2014
Research charities must now swear pro-vivisection public oath
The Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), the sector’s key representative body, has told its 133 members that, from November 20, they must publicly declare their support for vivisection if they wish to remain within...
Posted 20 Nov 2014
BHF supports repulsive experiments on rats and mice
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has helped fund a series of repulsive animal experiments that involved mice being deliberately given heart attacks, rats having their brains damaged and both species being killed by having their...
Posted 07 Nov 2014
Please think before supporting Movember
Animal Aid is asking the public to stop and think before they support the ‘Movember’ initiative (which involves growing a moustache throughout the month of November), since some of the money raised is used to...
Posted 28 Oct 2014