The BUAV applauds the Commission for taking this once in a generation opportunity to address the suffering caused to the 12m animals used in laboratories across the EU every year by recognising the need to replace its outdated animal testing laws (EC86/609).
The BUAV has long been calling for retrospective assessment and reporting of lab animal suffering so strongly welcomes the recommendations in today’s report from the LASA/APC working group as a step in the right direction.
Home Office Minister Meg Hillier today revealed the extent of animal testing that took place in Scotland in 2007 in a written answer to questions tabled by Labour MP for Ayrshire North & Arran Katy Clark*.
The BUAV today welcomed Gordon Brown’s commitment to boost spending on finding treatments for diseases, but called for it to make a bold commitment to modern, humane research.
Party leaders and senior cross-party MPs pledge their support for a ban.
The BUAV has today renewed its call for an urgent ban on the use of primates in European laboratories in response to evidence of widespread cruelty in the trade in wild primates from Tanzania, uncovered and reported by the Sunday Times newspaper.
A High Court judge has signalled that the law which governs secrecy surrounding animal experiments should be overhauled to allow greater transparency.
An estimated 115 million animals are used in laboratory experiments around the world each year, according to the first ever statistical analysis of global animal testing published this week in the journal ATLA [1].
The Court of Appeal has today issued a ruling giving researchers the power to choose what information they reveal to the public about animal experiments.
The Scottish National Party winner of the Glasgow East by-election, John Mason, has made a commitment to promote his constituency as a centre for non-animal research.