#Act4 LabAnimals Scientists at King’s College London have become the first university in the world to formally end ‘cruel’ mouse swimming tests, following campaigns by animal rights charities. King’s College is first university to end ‘cruel’ mouse swimming tests 17 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Ten years after the 2010 European directive on animal testing, the EU's progress in this area is insufficient, says animal rights organization Gaia. Belgium ranks 4th among EU countries carrying out most painful animal tests 17 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Nature publishes a positive outlook on the European Commission’s first reports on the statistics of animals used in science and implementation of the Directive 2010/63/EU, designed to harmonise the practices involved in animal experimentation. Nature publishes laudatory assessment of animals in science EU statistics 17 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals This method may help in future modelling of skin-nanomaterials interactions and contribute to the replacement of animal testing of nanoproducts such as drugs and cosmetics. New method to trace nanoparticles in skin will contribute to replacing animals in tests 10 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Commissioner Sinkevičius answers parliamentary oral question about poor implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU1 by Members States. EC answers MEP concerns about Member States' faulty implementation of the animals in science Directive 6 February 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals As part of their work on research animals, RSPCA recently funded a study which shows that current EU requirements don’t allow these animals to express their natural behaviours. RSPCA: EU requirements don’t respect the welfare of research animals 31 January 2020 RSPCA
#Act4 LabAnimals “The scientific knowledge and non-animal models and tools we now have available enable us to take those decisions responsibly in most cases without any new animal testing,” she said. EU citizens and industry expect ‘big reduction’ in mandatory animal testing 25 December 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals have launched a declaration calling on the European Commission to establish a concrete strategy with targets to phase out the use of animals in specific areas of research, education, and testing. MEPs call on the Commission for a phase-out strategy for animals in science 5 December 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals The number of animals used in experiments is far from decreasing, even though the Commission – on several occasions and in several documents – has adopted the goal of fully replacing the use of animals in science. Event will press for animal-free innovation in life sciences 28 October 2019
#Act4 LabAnimals Following a shocking investigation by Cruelty Free International and SOKO Tierschutz showing cruelty to monkeys and dogs in the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) near Hamburg, our German member organisation Deutscher Tierschutzbund calls for the closure of the laboratory and for the implementation of the EU Directive. Cruel treatment of laboratory animals shows failure in the implementation of EU Directive 16 October 2019 Deutscher Tierschutzbund
#Act4 LabAnimals New Home Office figures on the use of animals in research in Britain reveal that, despite there being better, humane alternatives available, 2,472 primates were experimented on last year – an increase of 12% on the previous year. Help save primates from suffering in British labs 18 September 2019
#Act4 AnimalsEU The animal rights magazine is published four times a year and reports on animal rights issues, backgrounds and the activities of the Federal Association for People for Animal Rights. Magazine #3 2019: “Safe testing strategies instead of animal testing” 11 September 2019 Menschen für Tierrechte
