Study humans not monkeys – letter in The Telegraph
Scientific opposition to experiments on primates is considerable and growing - as evidenced by a letter published in the Daily Telegraph on 23rd September 2003.
Posted 23 Sep 2003
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Horse experimenters win Mad Science awards
Animal Aid's Mad Science Awards (AAMSAs) - handed out each August for pointless and grotesque scientific research - this year go to research teams from 14 establishments who conducted invasive experiments on horses.
Posted 14 Aug 2003
APC Primate Report – Government told by its advisory body to curb monkey experiments
On July 1st the Animal Procedures Committee (APC) - the government's official 'independent' advisory body on animal experiments - launched its new report on the use of primates under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986).
Posted 01 Jul 2003
Humane research – the campaign continues
We continue pressing ahead with our campaign for humane research - undaunted by the complications!
Posted 01 Jun 2003
Danger mouse – hampering the advance of medicine?
The following article, which draws on Animal Aid's Bred to Suffer report, appeared in The Times, Tuesday 30th July 2002.
Posted 30 Jul 2002
Lords report on animal research – a squandered opportunity
The House of Lords select committee on animals in scientific procedures published its report today, July 24th 2002.
Posted 01 Jul 2002
A worm’s eye view
Animal Aid director Andrew Tyler comments on the 'animal league table'. Some arguments against animal cruelty are easier to make than others. Defending monkeys is less arduous than defending rats.
Posted 01 Mar 2002
Seriously deluded – about animal experiments
The following article, entitled 'UK patients group hits back at anti-vivisectionists', appeared on the BMJ website (www.bmj.com) on 23 February 2002. Read on for Animal Aid's response.
Posted 01 Feb 2002
Cloning animals – headline news
By Kathy Archibald, Animal Aid Scientific Researcher. It seems extraordinary that a little premature arthritis in one sheep should make headline news, as the unfortunate Dolly has done in the first week of 2002. One might...
Posted 01 Jan 2002
EU chemical testing – doctors and lawyers oppose plan
The organisation Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine (DLRM) oppose - on scientific grounds - an EU plan for a massive new programme of safety testing of chemicals using animals. What follows is the DLRM...
Posted 01 Jul 2001