Posted: 18/12/08
BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
The number of scientific procedures carried out on laboratory animals have risen by six per cent in one year.
Despite calls from animal protesters to end testing on animals, their use in medical research reached 3.2 million last year, according to the latest Home Office figures.
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Posted: 10/12/08
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. The call follows the findings of the BUAV’s investigation into the trade in long-tailed macaques for the international research industry. The BUAV report released on the 24th November raises serious concerns, regarding the cruelty involved in the trade and the conservation status of the long-tailed macaque.
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View Press Release Posted: 24/11/08
Europe urged to take action following exposé of monkey cruelty in unprecedented undercover footage
First ever covert filming shows appalling suffering inflicted by trapping and factory farming of monkeys in Cambodia for global research industry
The BUAV has today launched the findings of its investigation of the primate trade in Cambodia. The findings include shocking never-before-seen undercover video and photographic evidence of the suffering endured by monkeys trapped in the wild in Cambodia to populate appalling industrial-scale factory farms which supply the global animal testing industry, including Europe.
Read More View Press Release Posted: 08/10/08
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. An extensive analysis carried out by the animal protection organisation as part of its promotion of cruelty-free consumer choice has revealed that major airlines including US Airways and Eva Air have pulled out of the business while some of the world's largest airlines, including United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Northwest Airlines, Qantas Airways, South African Airways, Delta Airlines and China Airlines have re-confirmed their commitment to eliminating 'cargo cruelty' by opting out of carrying non-human primates as freight for the research industry.
Read More View Press Release Posted: 01/10/08
BUAV response to LASA/APC Laboratory Animal Suffering report
BUAV Chief Executive Michelle Thew said: ‘The BUAV has long been calling for retrospective assessment and reporting of lab animal suffering so strongly welcomes the recommendations in today’s report from the LASA/APC working group as a step in the right direction. Where research is reported in journals, full information about animal suffering should be given, and retrospective reporting should improve the annual statistics issued by the Home Office.
Read More Posted: 30/09/08
BUAV statement on 2007 animal research statistics for Scotland
Home Office Minister Meg Hillier today revealed the extent of animal testing that took place in Scotland in 2007 in a written answer to questions tabled by Labour MP for Ayrshire North & Arran Katy Clark*.
Read More Posted: 24/09/08
BUAV: PM must direct money into humane medical research to deliver cures
The BUAV this week 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.
Read More View Press Release Posted: 18/09/08
EU must stop animal testing law delay today
The BUAV is deeply disappointed that the European Commission has once again broken its promise to improve the protection of laboratory animals by pulling out of publishing its proposals for the revision of twenty year old animal testing rules.
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