Animal Testing

Dale Vince, OBE, founder and managing director of energy company Ecotricity, fired off a letter to Air France.

We were outraged when the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Commission confirmed that ingredients will continue to be tested on animals.

Dr Julia Baines, science policy adviser for PETA UK, spoke out against animal testing at Imperial College London, a university widely known for its use of animals in research.

Following a detailed complaint lodged by PETA, the EU Ombudsman confirmed PETA’s darkest fears about what has been happening in the world’s largest animal testing programme, REACH.

“In France, we must reject all suffering. Please, ask Air France to stop transporting primates to laboratories!”

In November 2008, the EU started the process of updating the existing law (known as Directive 86/609), and in June 2010, the contents of the new directive were effectively finalised.

It’s a disgrace. Ingredients used in cosmetics continue to be tested on animals within the EU. Please take action!

PETA pressure and campaigning have led to a humane alternative to replace the test, saving hundreds of thousands of mice.

In the final chapter of Covance’s efforts to bar PETA Europe from publicising footage of animal abuse in a Covance facility, company agreed to pay PETA Europe £145,000.

Promising news: the Norwegian Animal Research Authority has rejected an application by the Norwegian Armed Forces to injure and kill animals in archaic trauma training exercises.