Nobel Laureate J. M. Coetzee Believes Animal Experiments Are Morally ‘Unthinkable’

A new report by the prestigious Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics condemns experiments on animals as both morally and scientifically indefensible.

Cutting-Edge Toxicology Testing Doesn’t Involve Animals

PISC scientists attend the Society of Toxicology’s annual meeting to urge researchers from around the world to stop relying on archaic animal tests.

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Britain Takes First Step Toward Ending Animal Testing for Household Products

The government has taken a baby step toward ending the suffering of animals in laboratories, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough.

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Protesters Disrupt NIH Baby Monkey Experimenter’s Speech

This action is the latest salvo in PETA’s campaign calling for an end to NIH’s abuse of baby monkeys.

New High-Tech Virtual-Dissection Software a Hit at Okla. High School

Muskogee High School in Oklahoma is now using virtual dissection instead of cats to teach anatomy.

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PETA Study Shows a Staggering Increase in Animal Use in Experiments

They pay lip service to the “3 Rs” (reduce, replace, and refine), but a new PETA study reveals that experimenters are using more animals, not fewer.

Scientists Push for High-Tech, Humane Nanotechnology Testing Methods

The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. organizes a two-day workshop in D.C. to discuss the development of non-animal methods for nanomaterial testing.

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Experts: Tormenting Baby Monkeys Is Bad Science

Psychologists, other mental-health specialists, physicians, researchers, and primatologists slam NIH’s cruel maternal-deprivation experiments on baby monkeys.

James Cromwell Spends B-Day Addressing Congress on Monkey Experiments

Cromwell screens the video that prompted 175,000 people to demand an end to NIH’s maternal-deprivation experiments on monkeys.

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Victory! UW-Madison Closes Cruel Cat Lab

Following years of pressure from PETA, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ends its cruel cat experiments and adopts out the remaining cats.

Rats Feel Pain and Like Being Tickled—Why Use Them as Test Tubes?

Vivisectors have found that tickling rats helps them endure painful injections. But why are these smart, sensitive animals experimented on at all?

Unexpected Air France Flight Announcement Informs Passengers About Cruel Monkey Shipments

The announcement was heard by all passengers, who received leaflets on the treatment of transported monkeys. Many Air France fliers, including crew members, had questions for the activists.

Update: Meat Animal Research Center Ordered to Halt New Experiments

New experiments at the Meat Animal Research Center have been put on hold as the USDA and Congress continue to critique the cruel laboratory.

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These Baby Monkeys Have a Message for NIH

Thanks to a generous grant, PETA will be plastering buses and bus stops surrounding NIH’s Bethesda headquarters with ads blasting cruel experiments on baby monkeys.

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