Consultation Responses

Revision of the Directive on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes (2009 May)

Submission by The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) to The House of Lords European Committee, sub-committee D (Environment and Agriculture) Inquiry into the Revision of the Directive on the Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes 

SCHER (2008 June)

A joint submission by the DHT and the Humane Society International (HSI), in response to the public consultation on a working mandate for the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) to issue an expert scientific opinion on the 'need' for non-human primates in biomedical experiments, and the call for information on the use of primates in biomedical experiments and the possibility of replacing their use.

Replacing Primate Experiments (2007 June)

Written submission by the DHT for the enquiry into the use of non-human primates in biological and medical research initiated jointly by The Academy of Medical Sciences, the Medical Research Council, the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust. The working group was chaired by Sir David Weatherall.

Press Releases

DHT welcomes changes to Animal Use in Science Act

THE Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research welcomes the update to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as an important step forward in replacing the use of animals in medical research, saying new provisions will limit use of animals in future research.

Dr Hadwen Trust pledges £0.7m for humane medical research

The Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) has announced grants totalling over £720k to fund innovative and humane research into bipolar disorder, cardiovascular disease, cystic fibrosis, motor-neuron disease, rabies and schizophrenia.

Dr Hadwen Trust: Aid for AIDS - An anniversary to note but not to celebrate

Thirty years ago, on 5th June, 1981, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Los Angeles, California, reported the outbreak of an unusual form of pneumonia. This case became the first in a long series that defined a previously unknown syndrome: the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, more commonly known as AIDS, which was to have a significant effect on worldwide health.

Dr Hadwen Trust calls for halt to hull beagle farm plans

Animal testing should be debated in Parliament urges DHT: PLANS to breed more dogs for use in scientific research at a Beagle Farm to the east of Hull should be halted in favour of non-animal alternatives, according to the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research (DHT).

DHT: National research centre for bowel disease to be UK first

Dr Hadwen Trust funded research to form part of new centre

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