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Poor reporting of animal research is reported… yet again

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

Royal Veterinary College under fire for its animal experiments

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

beagle photo CC 2.0 Wai Keong

Innovative app lets public choose cruelty-free medical charities

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

Protest against animal testing company

Massive opposition is building to a proposed dog and ferret breeding facility in East Yorkshire that was given government approval last month. More than 500,000 have signed a petition demanding that the decision be reversed....

Posted 17 Jul 2015

Prominent scientists condemn forced support for animal research

A group of prominent scientists have spoken out powerfully against the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) forcing its members to support the outdated practice of animal research. The open letter was published in the...

Posted 06 Jul 2015

New figures reveal urgent need to abandon animal testing

A Freedom of Information request reported by the Daily Mirror has revealed that thousands of people have become seriously ill after taking part in clinical trials of new drugs, with many suffering life-threatening symptoms. Before...

Posted 12 Jun 2015

Major charity stops funding animal experiments

In a move that is likely to have a significant impact on the health charities sector, Age UK has announced that it will no longer be funding animal experiments. Its final grants for animal research...

Posted 10 Jun 2015

European Commission fails to take action on animal experiments

The European Commission has today (June 3) rejected a Citizens’ Initiative signed by more than one million people from across Europe, which called for the current Directive on animal experimentation to be overturned, and for...

Posted 03 Jun 2015