Transatlantic Regulatory Co-operation In light of today’s global marketplace, a meaningful reduction in animal testing can only occur if different countries are prepared... Read More Latest Updates
Scientific Research The great majority of animal use for experimental purposes can best be described as “curiosity-driven” research. Animals who have been... Read More Latest Updates
Product Testing A large number of laws and regulations have been enacted worldwide to control the marketing of drugs, vaccines, food additives,... Read More Latest Updates
Outdated Testing Methods In the time since the most commonly used toxicity tests were conceived, there has been a revolution in biology and... Read More Latest Updates
Legal Obligations As public opposition towards animal testing has grown, animal use has been broadly prohibited where alternative methods are “reasonably and... Read More Latest Updates
Animal Welfare Considerations Some toxicity tests consume hundreds or thousands of animals per substance examined (e.g., lifetime cancer studies consume approximately 400 rats... Read More Latest Updates
Primates in Traditional Medicine and as Hunting Trophies When it comes to human exploitation of primates, the animals are often just as valuable dead as they are alive.... Read More Latest Updates
Primates as Pets, in Entertainment and in Research Living primates, whether captive-bred or wild-caught, have been exploited by humans for exotic pet trade, for our entertainment and in biomedical research. In... Read More Latest Updates
Primates as Bushmeat Smoking bushmeat. Heather E. Eves A woman shops for bushmeat at a local market. Richard G. Ruggiero In many parts... Read More Latest Updates
Destruction of Primate Habitat There are 6 billion humans on the planet today, and with that number come all of the demands of supporting... Read More Latest Updates