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Scientists Converge on Johns Hopkins to Discuss Animal-Free Labs

Three days at Johns Hopkins could spare countless animals a painful death in a laboratory.

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Terrified Rats Are Tormented in Antiquated Classroom Tests

PETA is calling on the University of Houston–Clear Lake’s animal care committee to rescind its approval for the abuse of rats in cruel classroom experiments.

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Victory! Europe’s Largest Primate Testing Lab Told to Phase Out Experiments

The Netherlands is a step closer to ending cruel experiments on animals.

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Animal-Free Research Is Changing Minds—and Winning Awards!

And the award goes to … researchers who studied an innovative animal-free method to test for medical device–related skin allergies.

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Nothing Could Break Ponso’s Spirit

Called the “loneliest chimp in the world,” Ponso was left alone on an island for years after being used in cruel experiments. His luck is finally changing.

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Scientist Trained on Animals Urges Schools to End Animal Use

Dr. Frances Cheng was made to test on animals in school. Now at PETA, she is imploring schools to stop recently exposed experiments on dogs.

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Scientists Close to Zika Breakthrough, Thanks to Humane Research

Modern non-animal research moves us closer to a Zika breakthrough, but animal experimenters are only too willing to exploit fears about the disease.

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ING’s New Policy Signals That Animal Exploitation Is Bad Business

Banking conglomerate ING nets a PETA prize for recognizing that industries that exploit animals are a bad investment.

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Thousands of Animals Have ‘Vanished’ From U.S. Biotech Lab Supplier

One of the world’s largest providers of animal-derived antibodies has a lot to answer for.

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UPDATE: NIH Sets Date for Workshop on Ethics of Experimenting on Primates

After a push from PETA and demands from members of Congress, the National Institutes of Health set a date for its ethical review of experiments on primates.

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PETA Warns Florida Residents of the Zika Threat on Their Doorsteps

With dozens of Zika cases confirmed in the state, Florida’s squalid monkey prisons have the potential to harm more than just the monkeys.

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How You Can Help Monkeys in the Year of the Monkey

PETA is working hard to free monkeys from laboratories, and you can help us.

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To Win the War on Cancer, Dishonorably Discharge Tests on Animals

We must abandon ineffective tests on animals, which have hobbled cancer research since the war on cancer was declared nearly half a century ago

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Experimenters Perform Frankenstein-Like ‘Head Transplants’ on Animals

Experimenters cut animals’ heads off and suture them onto the bodies of others. The bodies remain fully or partially paralyzed, and the animals soon die.

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This Is What Tests on Animals Get You: Drug Injures Five, Kills One

A pain medication that was tested extensively on animals has left one person brain-dead and five others hospitalized in its first human clinical trial.

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