National Antivisection Society
Press releases
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The NAVS condemns the rise in UK animal experiments
Research should be ‘Cutting Edge, Not Knife Edge’ Today, the Home Office published the annual “Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals” for 2010. The results show that there was an increase...
Beagle Farm proposal rejected in victory for animal welfare
The Planning Committee of East Riding Council has helped strike a blow for animal welfare and protection by voting to refuse planning permission for a new building for breeding beagle dogs to be used in...
The NAVS calls on the public to respond to Home Office Consultation
Opportunity for “Cutting Edge, not knife edge” as Government consults on animal testing directive. This year the UK will begin the first major revision of animal experimentation rules in over 25 years...
NAVS “Cutting Edge Not Knife Edge” billboard touring London
As government considers the biggest overhaul of regulations on animal experiments for 25 years, the National Anti Vivisection Society (NAVS) hit the streets of Westminster with an eye-catching billboard. The...
The NAVS welcomes Minister Lynne Featherstone’s statement on household product testing
On 29 March, Lynne Featherstone, the Home Office Minister, issued a statement in response to a Parliamentary Question tabled by Adrian Sanders MP confirming that the Government intends to ban animal testing...
The NAVS uncovers figures that show the UK is the biggest user of primates in the EU
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) has welcomed the recent publication by the European Commission of its Sixth Statistical Report on the numbers of animals used in EU laboratories in 2008, the...
New EU Animal Experiments rules: MEPs disappointed
UK Government urged to commit to replacing animal experiments during implementation The UK Government is being called on to take a progressive approach when implementing the new Directive on animal...
Slight decrease in UK animal experiments
The Home Office published the annual statistics on the use of animals in scientific research for 2009. The results show that there was a slight decrease in the number of procedures in the UK by 36,540...
