Alternatives to Animal Testing

The European Commission has just published a flash report on ending tests on animals.

In cruel, useless procedures that attempt to investigate human sepsis, experimenters cut mice and rats open and tie up, puncture, and squeeze their intestines to make faecal matter and bacteria leak out.

In a newly published paper, PETA scientists present a watertight case for ending two inescapably cruel experiments on animals.

The Netherlands is paving the way for animal-free innovation by funding a new – humane – biomedical research centre that will showcase non-animal technologies for drug development.

The Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference saw animal advocates call for manifesto commitments to ending animal testing and the use of bear fur for royal guards’ caps.

In eye irritation tests, rabbits may experience significant pain, swelling, haemorrhaging, or cloudy vision and may even go blind.

PETA has urged MPs to attend the forthcoming parliamentary debate on animal testing and speak in favour of a ban.

History in the making: the EU Parliament supports calls on the European Commission to end experiments on animals!

A new, compassionate testing method is set to shift skin allergy tests away from using animals.

Here’s how the Dutch government is failing in its mission to become a world leader in animal-free innovation – costing hundreds of thousands of lives.