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European Parliament committee rejects amendments to animal testing directive
The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has rejected, at a meeting on 12th of July, amendments to the Council's common position on the animal experiments directive tabled by Brian Simpson...
NAVS calls on MPs to back study into reliability of animal testing
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is calling for MPs to back an EDM which calls for steps to reduce the increasing number of cases of severe adverse reactions to drugs. The NAVS supported...
Government commits to end household testing on animals
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is contacting every MP urging them to back a commitment from the Home Office to end the testing of household products on animals. Lynne Featherstone MP,...
The Cosmetics Ban: looking forward
One year ago today, the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) celebrated the historic EU ban on the testing of cosmetics on animals. But it won’t end there. Cosmetics testing has been banned in the...
Negotiations remain open on animal testing Directive as Member States criticise trialogue agreement
The Swedish Presidency of the European Parliament yesterday (15 December 2009) presented the current state of play of the negotiations between the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, to...
EU decision on fate of lab animals imminent
A decision which could seal the future of the millions of animals used in laboratories could be made as early as next week, it was revealed yesterday (2 December 2009) at a meeting of the European Parliament...
ADI/NAVS presents 10,000 signatures to key EU Rapporteurs
The EU Commission, Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers and key Rapporteurs, were presented with a letter signed by over 10,000 people urging them to use the revision of the new Directive on animal...
NEW BELGIAN LAWS ANNOUNCED TO BAN ANIMAL TESTING AND FUND ALTERNATIVES
The Lord Dowding Fund (LDF) today welcomed announcements made in the Flemish Parliament to introduce two groundbreaking laws which would ban all commercial animal testing and give extra funding to the...
