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Joanna Lumley, Joss Stone and Lucy Davis speak the ugly truth about cruel botox animal tests for the BUAV
Celebrity beauties Joanna Lumley, Joss Stone and Lucy Davis have joined the BUAV to end cruel botox tests on animals. They were shocked to learn that every batch of botox that hits the high street is tested on animals. Botox is used by huge numbers of people worldwide for cosmetic purposes.
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Press release date: 25th August 2010
Worthing restaurant is the first in the UK to ‘Clean Up Cruelty’
BUAV welcomes the very first restaurant to sign up to its ‘Clean Up Cruelty’ pledge. Green Cuisine of Worthing will now only use cleaning products approved under the BUAV Humane Household Product Standard – the only standard to guarantee a cruelty-free clean!
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Press release date: 5th August 2010
BUAV expresses disappointment at a lack of progress by government in reducing animal suffering
The Government has released the latest statistics for experiments carried out on animals. The BUAV is extremely disappointed by the lack of a meaningful drop in the numbers for 2009, following the massive 14% increase during 2008. There were over 3.6 million experiments started on animals in 2009, a fall of only 1%.
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Press release date: 27th July 2010
BUAV condemns government decision to end independent overview for the controversial use of animals in cruel warfare tests
The BUAV, the UK’s leading animal organisation campaigning to end animal experiments, has condemned the announcement by Mr Peter Luff, the Minister for Defence Equipment Support and Technology, that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, has been immediately dissolved.
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Press release date: 22nd July 2010
Natroma and the Natural Soapworks win BUAV approval
The BUAV can announce that Natroma and the Natural Soapworks have been approved under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS), for not testing their products on animals.Natroma and the Natural Soapworks products now carry the globally recognised Leaping Bunny Logo.
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Press release date: 20th July 2010
League Against Cruel Sports pledges to Clean up Cruelty
The BUAV is delighted to announce that local animal charity, the League Against Cruel Sports, has today signed up to the BUAV’s Clean Up Cruelty campaign. BUAV’s Clean Up Cruelty campaign seeks to end the use of animals in cruel and unnecessary testing for household products and urges workplaces to commit to use BUAV Approved cleaning products instead.
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Press release date: 28th June 2010
Milton Keynes company C&D Partnership Ltd goes cruelty-free with BUAV
The BUAV is delighted that local company, C&D Partnership Ltd, a leading building service consultancy, has signed up to the BUAV’s Clean Up Cruelty campaign. C&D Partnership Ltd has pledged to use only BUAV approved cleaning products in their offices based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
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Press release date: 14th June 2010
Marks & Spencer launches national advertising campaign to promote its approval by the BUAV cruelty-free standard
The BUAV is delighted that major high street retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a national advertising campaign showcasing its non-animal testing policy and BUAV Approved status as part of its ‘Plan A’ ethical initiative.
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Press release date: 4th June 2010
BUAV condemns provisional agreement on new European animal experiments law
The BUAV has strongly condemned an agreement reached by the 27 EU member states on what the new EU animal experiments law should look like.
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Press release date: 3rd June 2010
BUAV condemns the use of animals in grotesque and cruel UK warfare tests
The BUAV has called for an end to the cruel use of animals in warfare experiments following further revelations of the severe suffering inflicted on animals at the top secret Porton Down military laboratory in Wiltshire.
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Press release date: 21st May 2010
BUAV accuses European ministers of misleading the public over animal experiments law
The ECEAE (European Coalition to End Animal Experiments), of which the BUAV is the UK member, has today accused European ministers of seriously misleading the public over a new law about animal experiments. The current law, Directive 86/609, is being revised.
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Press release date: 11th May 2010
Household product testing ban imminent – as General Election candidates back BUAV’s call to end cruel animal tests
In the run up to the Election, the BUAV has sent a questionnaire to all parliamentary political candidates from the main parties to gauge their views on animal research, including household product testing. So far over 435 candidates have responded with an overwhelming 98% of them agreeing that household products should not be tested on animals. This response mirrors the support the BUAV has gained from all major political parties.
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Press release date: 28th April 2010
BUAV sponsors 'Science without Cruelty' competition in Russia
The BUAV has joined forces with the Russian Animal Rights Center (VITA) to highlight the issue of animal experiments in Russia with a ‘Science without Cruelty’ competition.
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Press release date: 26th April 2010
Animal groups unite on World Day for Animals in Laboratories to stop the construction of an animal testing laboratory in Malaysia
The BUAV has joined with other animal protection groups to launch an international effort to stop the construction of an animal laboratory in Malaysia.
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Press release date: 23rd April 2010
BUAV appeals against Newcastle University's attempt to avoid disclosing details on monkey research
The BUAV has lodged an appeal with the Information Tribunal following last-ditch moves by Newcastle University to avoid releasing information about primate research, under freedom of information legislation. The university has made the extraordinary claim that its animal researchers do not need to have their official licence available when experimenting on animals.
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Press release date: 15th April 2010
Coalition sues U.S. government over failture to respond to animal testing petition
The BUAV has joined forces with a coalition of animal protection groups in the USA to file a lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C. against the Food and Drug Administration, accusing the agency of violating its mandatory duty under the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Press release date: 6th April 2010
BUAV exposes outrageous animal tests
The BUAV decided to use April Fool's day as an opportunity to highlight some of the more outrageous and frivolous experiments to which animals in laboratories are subjected.
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Press release date: 1st April 2010
Adrian Sanders, the MP for Torbay, has joined forces with the BUAV to Clean Up Cruelty
Adrian Sanders, MP has declared his constituency office cruelty-free by ensuring that all the cleaning products used are only those approved under the BUAV’s humane standard.
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Press release date: 30th March 2010
BUAV urges airlines to maintain a humane stance and not ship animals for the research industry
The BUAV has accused IATA (International Airline Transportation Association) of far exceeding its brief and expertise by entering the controversial area of animal research.
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Press release date: 24th March 2010
National No Smoking Day – if you won’t give up for your health, do it for the animals! BUAV exposes continued animal testing of cigarettes
To coincide with National No Smoking Day on March 10th, the BUAV is highlighting the shocking smoking experiments that continue to be carried out on animals by tobacco company giants Philip Morris (manufacturers of Marlboro®) and RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company (manufacturers of Camel®).
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Press release date: 10th March 2010
Sandra Gidley MP puts Romsey on the cruelty-free map!
Sandra Gidley has joined forces with the BUAV to Clean Up Cruelty; supporting the campaign to end animal testing for household products and their ingredients.
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Press release date: 8th March 2010
BUAV welcomes Guidance to reduce animal testing
The BUAV today welcomes the production by the Health and Safety Executive of Guidance on how to minimise animal testing under REACH.
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Press release date: 25th February 2010
Undercover investigation exposes shocking and expanding role played by Laos in the international trade in primates for research
BUAV exposes a shocking trade in primates from Laos to China and Vietnam for the research industry. BUAV investigators were able to secretly film inside the country's largest monkey farm in the first exposé of the primate trade in Laos.
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Press release date: 23rd February 2010
Argos becomes BUAV Approved
The BUAV is delighted to announce that Argos, the UK’s leading general merchandise retailer, has been approved under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS), for not testing its products on animals.
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Press release date: 13th February 2010
Paul Rowen MP puts Rochdale on the cruelty-free map!
Paul Rowen has joined forces with the BUAV to Clean Up Cruelty; supporting the campaign to end animal testing for household products and their ingredients.
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Press release date: 25th January 2010
The BUAV has launched its new student guide to animal experimentation
‘What is wrong with animal experiments? A guide for students.’ The guide is written for secondary pupils aged 11-16 years old and is designed to provide them with the key arguments against the use of animals in experiments.
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Press release date: 14/01/10
Martin Horwood MP wins Animal Welfare Award
The BUAV, the UK’s leading organization campaigning to end animal experiments, is delighted that Martin Horwood, MP for Cheltenham, is the winner of the 2009 Animal Welfare Award at the Dods Charity Champions Award ceremony which took place in Westminster in December. The Awards recognise the parliamentarians who have made the biggest contributions in a number of different areas and in 2009, the Animal Welfare award was sponsored by BUAV.
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Press release date: 11/01/10
Ricky Gervais and Chrissie Hynde join BUAV call to end shocking and cruel animal botox tests
The BUAV is delighted that Ricky Gervais and Chrissie Hynde have joined its call to end the cruelty and suffering inflicted on mice for botox products.
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Press release date: 15/12/09
BUAV condemns cruel and unnecessary pain research for 'health tea drink'
The BUAV has criticised Newcastle University for allowing extremely cruel experiments to be carried out on mice.
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Press release date: 25/11/09
Chichester company goes cruelty-free - the first in the country!
The BUAV is pleased to announce that Chichester company FivepointZeroOne has gone cruelty-free by adopting a policy to only use cruelty-free cleaning products in its office.
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Press release date: 24/11/09
Shock findings from UK undercover investigation shows inadequacies of proposals for EU animal directive
The BUAV is handing over a crucial dossier of evidence this week to the European Commission and key MEPs, Members of the Agricultural Committee.
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Press release date: 19/11/09
Animal experiments rise in Northern Ireland
The BUAV has expressed its concern following a worrying 15% increase in the number of animal experiments carried out in Northern Ireland.
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Press release date: 17/11/09
Animal group urges shoppers to go cruelty-free this Christmas
As the festive season approaches, the BUAV is calling on Christmas shoppers to make sure the cosmetic and toiletry products they purchase are cruelty-free.
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Press release date: 17/11/09
Enfield Council Goes Cruelty Free - The First in the UK!
The BUAV is delighted that Enfield Council has voted to go cruelty-free at its meeting on the 11th November.
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Press release date: 12/11/09
Animal group welcomes House of Lords report on animal experimentation in the EU
The BUAV, the UK’s leading organisation campaigning to end animal experiments, has today welcomed aspects of the report published by the House of Lords EU Committee.
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Press release date: 10/11/09
Animal testing highlighted in run-up to Glasgow North East by election
As polling day approaches in Glasgow North East, the BUAV, the UK’s leading organisation campaigning to end animal experiments, is calling on voters to consider candidates views on animal testing when casting their vote.
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Press release date: 10/11/09
Exposed: botox and animal cruelty - the shocking connection
The appalling price animals have to pay for our vanity and the loophole that allows this cruelty despite a UK and EU ban on animal testing for cosmetics purposes.
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Press release date: 03/11/09
Lorely Burt, MP for Solihull has launched a cruelty-free office
Lorely Burt MP puts Solihull on the cruelty-free map!
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Press release date: 03/11/09
Undercover investigation exposes shocking animal cruelty and major failings by the UK government
The BUAV has revealed graphic disturbing evidence of the cruelty and suffering inflicted on thousands of animals every year in UK research.
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Press release date: 02/11/09
Powys to discuss going cruelty-free at their next Council Meeting
Powys Councillor, Clair Powell, has introduced a motion which supports our Clean Up Cruelty campaign.
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Press release date: 13/10/09
BUAV appears in science journal
An article written by BUAV scientists, Dr. Katy Taylor and Dr. Jarrod Bailey, has been published in the Alternatives to Laboratory Animals (ATLA) journal.
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Press release date: 12/10/09
Leaked document moves BUAV to action
The BUAV has today condemned the EU for ignoring public opinion after a leaked document shows that the Council of Ministers wants researchers to have the right to cause suffering to animals in laboratories which is severe and long-lasting.
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Press release date: 05/10/09
Mummy Delivers is BUAV Approved
Mummy Delivers has been approved as an animal-testing free brand under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS).
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Press release date: 01/10/09
4.5 million animals expected to be spared in the EU!
The BUAV, along with other groups applaud swift action by EU chemicals agency.
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Press release date: 16/09/09
BUAV calls on Enfield councillors to go cruelty free at their next meeting
Enfield Councillor Christopher Cole has introduced a motion, which supports our Clean up Cruelty campaign; if the councillors vote, 'yes', then Enfield will become the first council in the UK to Clean Up Cruelty.
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Press release date: 15/09/09
International acceptance of alternatives to cruel rabbit Draize eye test finally achieved
The BUAV today welcomed the publication of the OECD's (Organisation for Economic Cooperative Development) final guidance on how to conduct eye irritation tests without using live rabbits. If properly implemented, this move will prevent the untold suffering of thousands of rabbits throughout the world who would otherwise be forcibly restrained while potentially irritating chemicals and cosmetics were dripped into their eyes.
479 Draize eye tests took place in the UK during 2008 and around 4,000 rabbitsare used in the EU annually.
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Press release date: 10/09/09
Local MP joins animal campaigners in call for changes to Freedom of Information Act
Portsmouth South MP, Mike Hancock, has introduced an Early Day Motion (EDM) to Parliament calling for a key change in legislation.
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Press release date: 7/09/09
The BUAV urges shoppers to shun the continued cruel use of animals in cosmetics and toiletry testing
Press release date: 30/07/09
EC approves in vitro methods to replace skin irritation tests
The BUAV attend a press conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Press release date: 22/07/09
The Home Office release their annual statistics on animal testing
Press release date: 21/07/09
Chris Mullin, MP, speaks up for monkeys in Cambodia
Press release date: 16/07/09
Campaigners urged the new European Parliament to promote humane, modern science
The BUAV, in conjunction with the ECEAE are working together to put animal protection on the European agenda.
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EU medicine regulators accused of allowing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary animal tests
Press release date: 30/06/09
BUAV and IPPL staff met in London to deliver letters of protest to the Malaysian Embassy
Malaysia is in discussion with a number of research companies to construct a primate testing facility.
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Press release date: 30/06/09
BUAV asked to give evidence to House of Lords committee on proposed EU animal testing legislation
The House of Lords ask the BUAV to give evidence on proposed EU legislation
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Press release date: 22/06/09
Mick Bates, AM for Montgomeryshire has launched a Cruelty Free office
Assembly Member, Mick Bates, is the first in Wales to Clean up Cruelty.
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Press release date: 22/06/09
Puerto Rico breeding facility exposed
The BUAV join an international campaign to stop the construction of a monkey breeding centre in Puerto Rico.
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Press release date: 15/06/09
Patrick Harvie, MSP, has launched a Cruelty Free office
Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow has made his offices Cruelty Free.
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Press release date: 15/06/09
Major political parties commit to end testing for household products
Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and The Green Party commit to end animal testing on household products.
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Press release date: 03/06/09
Paddy Tipping, MP for Sherwood has launched a Cruelty Free office
Read about the latest MP to sign up to Clean up Cruelty.
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Press release date: 01/06/09
MEPs have turned their back on animal welfare and public opinion
British MEPs have shocked the BUAV by voting in favour of the multi-million pound pharmaceutical industry.
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Press release date: 20/05/09
Gerry McHugh MLA has launched first Cruelty Free office in Northern Ireland
Gerry McHugh has become the first MLA in Northern Ireland to join the BUAV's Clean up Cruelty campaign.
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Press release date: 06/05/09
European animal welfare groups launch scathing attack on MEPs
European animal welfare groups launch scathing attack on MEPs
A coalition of animal welfare groups across Europe has launched a scathing attack on MEPs following their decision in Strasbourg today on the revision of the animal experiments directive.
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Press release date: 05/05/09
European ombudsman asked to investigate ‘deeply flawed and biased’ report about monkeys in research
The charge is made by the EU-wide European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), which has submitted a 26-page complaint.
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Press release date: 05/05/09
Exposed - Indonesia's shocking trade in primates for research
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Press release date: 30/04/2009
Information Commission orders universities to release animal experiments information in landmark ruling
Some of the UK’s most respected universities have refused to disclose key information to animal rights organization, BUAV.
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Press release date: 25/04/09
Local MEPs, are urged to vote for animal welfare at key EU vote
The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), a coalition of 17 animal protection organisations from across Europe, is leading the campaign to persuade Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to support substantial improvements to animal welfare at a key session during the revision of the EU legislation governing animal experiments (Directive 86/609/EEC). The vote is expected to take place on 7 May.
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Press release date: 24/04/2009
Balm Balm goes cruelty free with the BUAV
Balm Balm has been approved as an animal-testing free cosmetics brand under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS).
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Press reelase date: 21/04/2009
Frida goes cruelty free with the BUAV
Frida has been approved as an animal-testing free cosmetics brand under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS).
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Press release date: 21/04/2009
David Drew, MP for Stroud has launched a Cruelty Free constituency office
David Drew, MP for Stroud has launched a Cruelty Free constituency office
David Drew, has joined forces with the BUAV to Clean up Cruelty;a campaign to eliminate the animal testing of household products and their ingredients.
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Press release date: 20/04/2009
Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East has launched a Cruelty Free office
Five leading animal protection organisations have joined forces to put pressure on UK candidates, calling on them to take animal issues seriously ahead of June’s European election. The non-partisan alliance, called Vote Cruelty Free, comprises the BUAV, Compassion in World Farming, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), League Against Cruel Sports and Respect for Animals.
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Press release date: 20/04/2009
Campaigners celebrate the coming into force of the European Union ban on cosmetic testing on animals.
Wednesday 11th March marks the banning of cosmetics testing on animals within the European Union, potentially saving thousands of animals from appalling suffering every year. For nearly two decades.
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Press release date: 10/03/2009
Hundreds of dogs suffered and many were killed in tests for canine "lifestyle" drug
The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) and the Irish Anti-Vivisection Society (IAVS) have exposed the plight of almost 300 dogs to test the effects of dirlotapide (Slentrol®), a drug recently marketed to manage canine obesity.
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Press release date: 02/02/2009
Europe urged to take action following exposé of monkey cruelty in unprecedented undercover footage
The BUAV has today launched the findings of its investigation of the primate trade in Cambodia.
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Press release date: 24/11/2008
Call for CITES to investigate Cambodia's primate trade
The BUAV is calling on CITES (The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species) to conduct an inquiry into the trapping and farming of long-tailed macaques in Cambodia.
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Press release date: 09/11/2008
Airlines refuse to transport primates for research following public outcry
The BUAV has today applauded those airlines that have responded to public concern and stopped transporting primates destined for the research industry.
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Press release date: 07/10/2008
BUAV: PM must direct money into humane medical research to deliver cures
The BUAV today welcomed Gordon Brown’s commitment to boost spending on finding treatments for diseases, but called for it to make a bold commitment to modern, humane research.
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Press release date: 23/09/2008
New research reveals 115 million animals subjected to experiments worldwide
An estimated 115 million animals are used in laboratory experiments around the world each year, according to the first ever statistical analysis of global animal testing published this week in the journal ATLA.
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Press release date: 13/08/2008
Court of Appeal shuts down informed public debate on animal experiments
The Court of Appeal has today issued a ruling giving researchers the power to choose what information they reveal to the public about animal experiments - delivering a devastating blow to reasoned debate about this controversial subject and a major step backwards in a democracy.
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Press release date: 30/07/2008
New MP for Glasgow East to push constituency as a centre for non-animal research
The Scottish National Party winner of the Glasgow East by-election, John Mason, has made a commitment to promote his constituency as a centre for non-animal research.
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Press release date: 25/07/2008
Animal testing has increased for the sixth consecutive year
Government figures reveal that animal testing has risen by 21% since the Government came to power.
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Press release date: 21/07/2008
New Henley MP says rise in animal testing under Labour is "unacceptable"
The new Conservative MP for Henley, John Howell, has told the BUAV that "a 15 per cent rise in the number of living animals used in scientific procedures since 2001 is unacceptable and the Home Office has shown scant regard for this spiralling trend."
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Press release date: 19/07/2008
Animal campaigners renew call to end primate testing in Europe following shocking evidence of animal suffering
The BUAV has today renewed its call for an urgent ban on the use of primates in European laboratories in response to evidence of widespread cruelty in the trade in wild primates from Tanzania, uncovered and reported by The Sunday Times.
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Press release date: 07/07/2008
Animal testing survey puts Henley candidates under the spotlight
Henley by-election candidates from all five main political parties are considering their views on animal testing after being contacted by the BUAV.
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Press release date: 17/06/2008
Labour's record rise in animal tests "unacceptable", says new Crewe & Nantwich MP
The new Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich, Edward Timpson, has told the BUAV that the Conservatives are "open" to the prospect of a ban on the use of animals to test household products.
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Press release date: 28/05/2008
REACH pre-registration begins – but promotion of non-animal methods hindered by Brussels red tape
European hold-ups and bureaucracy have prevented new non-animal methods appearing on the official guidelines of methods for testing the safety of chemicals, adopted today by the European Commission on the eve of the pre-registration phase for REACH, the new European law about the safety of chemicals.
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Press release date: 28/05/2008
'Leaping Bunny' joins cosmetics industry conference
Visitors to the recent ‘In-Cosmetics’ Conference in Amsterdam had an introduction to the internationally recognised cruelty-free scheme, the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
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Press release date: 12/05/2008
Judge suggests major changes to law governing secrecy of animal experiments
A High Court judge has signalled that the law which governs secrecy surrounding animal experiments should be overhauled to allow greater transparency.
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Press release date: 25/04/2008
Key principle on Home Office assessment of animal suffering upheld at Court of Appeal
The BUAV has had its main argument vindicated in the Court of Appeal over the way the Home Office classifies the seriousness of experiments on animals.
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Press release date: 23/04/2008
Government told to stop licensing household product animal tests
The Government must listen to the majority of the British public and finally ban animal testing for household products such as washing-up liquid and laundry powder as a priority, campaigners have urged.
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Press release date: 02/04/2008
M&S becomes first high street retailer to exclusively offer BUAV certified beauty & household products
Marks & Spencer has announced it is the first high street retailer to exclusively offer BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) "Cruelty Free" approved household cleaning products and beauty collections.
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Press release date: 19/03/2008
Campaigners celebrate as Malaysia halts monkey exports
The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE), which represents groups in 17 countries, welcomes the recent announcement made by the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment that the government intends to reinstate the ban on the export of macaques from Malaysia.
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Press release date: 03/02/2008
Campaigners win key animal test freedom of information court victory
The Government has been unlawfully withholding the details of the animal experiments it licenses in the UK, according to a key ruling from the Information Tribunal released today.
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Press release date: 30/01/2008
The BUAV has criticised Newcastle University for allowing extremely cruel experiments to be carried out on mice.
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Press release date: 25/11/09
