National Antivisection Society
About vivisection
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'Rigorous controls'?
So where is the evidence of the so-called 'rigorous' controls that government and animal researchers so often cite in the media? Elisa, a macaque monkey at the Institute of Neurology, had a steel head...
Futile attempts to replicate human conditions in animals
The NAVS has repeatedly cited experiments which are unreliable, unethical and unnecessary. A single example should be enough to call the system into question, yet the list seems endless. Often so great...
Animals used when a non-animal method is available
Animals are often used when a non-animal method is clearly available, and is actually more relevant to humans. For example cancers continue to be grown on the backs of rodents when human cancers are being...
Repetition of experiments when the outcome is known
Animals are used in experiments when the outcome is already known, when products have already been tested on animals, or are already in widespread human use. Beagle puppies at Toxicol/Quintiles, a commercial...
Animals used when there are other sources of information
Animals are often used when a non-animal method is clearly available, and is actually more relevant to humans. For example, cancers continue to be grown on the backs of rodents when human cancers are being...
Institute of Neurology
NAVS undercover investigation 1995 Elisa Elisa, a monkey at the Institute of Neurology, had a steel headpiece of cannulae (tubes) and electrodes permanently bolted into her head. She was chosen...
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School
NAVS undercover investigation 1994-95 Labradors and beagle dogs were being used in heart failure experiments. A pacemaker was fitted in the dogs' necks which would be used to cause heart failure. After...
St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London
NAVS undercover investigation - 1992 Tamarin Monkeys Tamarin monkeys were injected with faeces from one another in hepatitis experiments. Despite inflicting this painful and debilitating disease...
