* animal rights

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A legal case could render the ban on cosmetic animal testing meaningless

EU legal change could threaten ban on animal cosmetic testing

*Blog

This year alone, tens of thousands of bulls will be killed in Spanish bullfights

Comment: The EU must stop subsidising the torture of bulls

News

The government is understood to have killed 2,476 badgers during the pilot

Revealed: Cull costs £6,775 per badger killed

*Blog

The fox: is the hunt really so much crueler than the factory?

We don’t hate fox hunting, we hate posh psychopaths

*Comment & Analysis

The public overwhelmingly back a ban, so why don't politicians act?

Comment: It’s time to finally ban the cruel snaring of wild animals

*Comment & Analysis

Tigers are said to display unusual behaviour when used in circuses

Comment: Time is running out to ban wild animals in the circus

*Comment & Analysis

Animal experiments are up 52% since 2000, last year's figures showed

Comment: The perverse growth of animal experiments

Featured

Majority of respondents use social media at least once a day, survey of doctors finds.

The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »

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UK absent from multinational statement calling out global persecution of the non-religious

The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »