Animal Testing

“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.

The European Ombudsman has determined that the ECHA is not fully applying its authority to minimise animal experiments, as required by law.

In a groundbreaking victory, the US military has agreed to replace the use of animals in six different areas of medical training with modern human-patient simulators.

PETA believes that the cosmetics testing ban is a vital start, an important and big step forward, but that there is more to be done.

Claire Cooper, best known for her role as Jacqui McQueen in Hollyoaks, takes action against plans to build a new beagle breeding facility in East Yorkshire.