National Anti-vivisection Society

 

National Antivisection Society

The National Anti-Vivisection Society, founded in 1875, is the world’s first body to challenge the use of animals in research and continues to lead the campaign today. NAVS has spearheaded the adoption of advanced, non-animal methods; exposed laboratory animal suffering and breaches of regulations with our undercover investigations; funded non-animal scientific and medical research; educated public and media about the flaws of animal research and provided legislators detailed briefings to support the replacement of animals in research with advanced methods.

Chile bans cosmetics animal testing

Chile bans cosmetics animal testingChile is the 45th country to ban animal testing for cosmetics, as well as the manufacturing, import, and marketing of cosmetics tested on animals internationally.
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The European Citizens Initiative to end animal testing

The European Citizens Initiative to end animal testingSave Cruelty Free Cosmetics Commit to a Europe Without Animal Testing petition has been validated with over 1.2 million signatures. The European Commission must now take action in response
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Airline ends lab transport after taking crash monkeys

Airline ends lab transport after taking crash monkeysKenya Airways is to stop transporting research animals after a truck carrying monkeys from Mauritius crashed in the US. Escapees were captured and killed, the survivors to be used in research.
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The animal experiments no one ever hears about

The animal experiments no one ever hears aboutOne university review found while 60% of studies led to publication, only 26% of 5000+ animals used were represented. Extrapolated globally that’s 25+ million animals.
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Failure to prevent unnecessary experiments

Failure to prevent unnecessary experimentsNAVS vice-president Tim Phillips: ‘The uncritical acceptance of animal experimentation by government departments has stifled innovation and replacement’.
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South Africa: Cosmetics testing ban proposed

South Africa: Cosmetics testing ban proposedThe South African parliament has given notice of intention to introduce a private members bill to end the testing of cosmetics on animals and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals.
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Air France to stop shipping monkeys

Air France to stop shipping monkeysOne of the last major carriers to take part in the trade in animals for experiments, Air France is to stop transporting primates once its current contracts with research laboratories end.
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Egyptair to stop transporting primates

Egyptair to stop transporting primatesFollowing Air France, Egyptair has announced they will stop transporting primates bound for experiments. Every year, tens of thousands are sold by factory farms to labs around the world.
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Pregnant mice immobilised in tubes force to inhale vape fume

Pregnant mice immobilised in tubes force to inhale vape fumeThe Californian study about pregnancy and vaping is unethical and unnecessary. Advanced non-animal methods can be used to study exposure to e-cigarettes, these techniques giving results of direct rele
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Stop the secrecy

Stop the secrecyPlease help the NAVS campaign for greater transparency in the lab by supporting our call for the repeal of Section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2012.
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Good Charities Guide

Good Charities GuideSupport medical progress without making animals suffer.
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Most lab suffering = GM

Most lab suffering = GM New Home Office figures reveal that MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS of the 3.5 million procedures conducted on animals in Britain labs concern genetic modification.
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COVID-19 Experiments on Animals

COVID-19 Experiments on AnimalsAnimals continue to die in unnecessary COVID-19 experiments despite the growing availabilities of human clinical studies and humane methods.
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World Day for Laboratory Animals

World Day for Laboratory AnimalsAnimal experimentation is the most secretive of all the industrialised uses of animals. Million of animals are used in tests required by outdated regulations.
Speak for these animals on April 24

Our mission

Millions of animals suffer and die in cruel, unscientific, and futile experiments – yet there are sophisticated non-animal methods available. Our objectives are to awaken the conscience of humanity in all parts of the world to the iniquity of procedures causing suffering or distress to living creatures and the breeding and supply of animals for such purposes; to persuade regulators and legislators to adopt non-animal methods and end the use of animals in research. We may support partial measures of reform on animal use, which would provide steps towards the replacement of the use of animals in research.

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