Internal Royal Veterinary College documents, obtained by Animal Aid under Freedom of Information legislation, reveal a series of blunders by college researchers performing animal experiments, that have resulted in dogs, sheep, guinea pigs and other...
Posted 29 Jun 2016
This week, a grotesque new chapter in the genetic modification of animals hit the headlines. Employing a new ‘wonder gene-editing tool’, pigs are being used to grow organs for transplantation into humans.
Posted 07 Jun 2016
Animal Aid has long campaigned against vivisection and the involvement of medical research charities in this shocking practice. We are pleased to announce the launch of our new campaign, Don’t leave a legacy of suffering.
Posted 29 Apr 2016
Pigs given heart attacks by blocking their arteries. Pregnant sheep surgically mutilated, recording devices inserted into their unborn lambs, then the ewes part-suffocated before being killed. GM mice given cancer after months of dosing with chemical used...
Posted 29 Apr 2016
World Day for Animals in Laboratories is marked on the 24th April each year. Established in 1979, this is a day when people around the globe gather to remember those animals who have suffered and...
Posted 21 Apr 2016
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has bred a colony of dogs with a genetic flaw, leading them to suffer a canine version of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). They will be killed when just 18 months...
Posted 06 Apr 2016
Animal Aid’s challenge to a senior Royal Veterinary College (RVC) researcher to debate publicly the RVC’s involvement in thousands of animal experiments each year has gone unanswered.
Posted 06 Apr 2016
Two articles and an editorial, all published on the 4 January 2016, in the science journal PLoS Biology, shine yet more light on the shady world of animal research, where living animals, capable of suffering...
Posted 29 Jan 2016
The popular notion of a dog being man’s best friend is clearly not recognised at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), where researchers have been subjecting beagle-crosses to painful experiments that aim to alleviate human, rather...
Posted 20 Jan 2016
Animal Aid has launched an innovative phone app that allows people to check whether medical research charities fund experiments on animals. The Cruelty-Free Giving app – which is free to download – features a searchable...
Posted 06 Nov 2015