Councillors have rejected a planning application for a new vivisection breeding unit in East Yorkshire. The unit would have bred dogs and ferrets for use in animal experiments and been an expansion of B&K Universal,...
Posted 13 Nov 2013
On Saturday 7th September, Animal Aid’s scientific consultant Dr Adrian Stallwood travelled to Gosport in Hampshire, to a national demonstration against Wickham Laboratories. Here is what he said: ‘It should go without saying that what goes...
Posted 09 Sep 2013
Animal Aid exposes the suffering of GM mice
Posted 17 Jul 2013
Newspapers routinely carry article about supposed ‘breakthroughs’ in the medical world, hopes for new treatments and studies revealing ‘groundbreaking’ results. These reports often include glib mentions of ‘research on animals…’ and, most frequently, ‘experiments on...
Posted 27 Jun 2013
In the light of yet more evidence of incompetence, cruelty and regulatory breakdown suffered by animals in UK laboratories, Animal Aid is stepping up its campaign to have CCTV installed in establishments that conduct animal...
Posted 17 May 2013
The BUAV has published an undercover investigation into vivisection, exposing terrible callousness, incompetence, cruelty and regulatory breakdown at a leading university.
Posted 19 Apr 2013
Today (11 March), the final stages of the Cosmetics Directive have come into effect. In a landmark victory, the European Union has now banned the import and sale of all cosmetic products and ingredients that...
Posted 11 Mar 2013
Research programme is ‘frenzied, scientifically irrational and terrifyingly cruel’ Mice genetically programmed to suffer seizures, burst hearts and self-mutilation. They are poisoned with salt, injected with acid, forced to inhale tobacco smoke, given electric shocks For every...
Posted 13 Feb 2013
A new education and research initiative, announced by the Dr Hadwen Trust, will see the UK lead a collaborative global search for non-animal research techniques to replace animal use in medical research.
Posted 22 Jan 2013
Campaigners across the world have welcomed new legislation in Israel, which has banned the import and sale of any cosmetics, personal care or household products that have been tested on animals. Passed in 2010, the...
Posted 09 Jan 2013