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This page contains all the news outputs from EARA, including press releases and videos, EARA policy and news briefings, plus opinion pieces and significant media articles.

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The case for proactive communications of animal statistics

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
3 min

The case for proactive communications of animal statistics

Every year the United Kingdom’s Home Office (the UK ministerial department of internal affairs) publishes its statistics on animals used...

EARA looks ahead with strategic objectives for next five years

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
2 min

EARA looks ahead with strategic objectives for next five years

EARA has set out the association’s vision and mission and its strategic objectives up until to 2023, following its General Assembly in...

Commission announces infringement procedure against restrictive Italian animal research law

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
2 min

Commission announces infringement procedure against restrictive Italian animal research law

The European Commission has announced the start of an infringement procedure against Italy, whose animal research law it calls ‘too...

Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
7 min

Studying the Zika virus in rhesus macaques

The 2016 Olympic Games are due to begin in Rio de Janeiro this weekend. In the lead-up to this year’s Games, the Zika virus has never...

EARA voices concerns to UK Parliament on implications of no-deal Brexit

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
1 min

EARA voices concerns to UK Parliament on implications of no-deal Brexit

EARA’s Brexit Taskforce has made a submission to the UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee inquiry concerning the animal science...

Bob Tolliday

Jan 8, 2019
1 min

EARA Brexit briefing published

EARA Brexit Taskforce Briefing on the potential implications for animal science in the UK and EU stemming from Brexit EARA has brought...

Ebola vaccine in use thanks to ‘curiosity-driven’ basic research

Bob Tolliday

Nov 11, 2018
2 min

Ebola vaccine in use thanks to ‘curiosity-driven’ basic research

There was no known widespread outbreaks of Ebola when the vaccine was developed 15 years ago using animals, says Kirk Leech, EARA...

The Times opinion piece: ‘Mob rule by animal rights activists cannot be allowed to stop research’

Bob Tolliday

Sep 19, 2018
1 min

The Times opinion piece: ‘Mob rule by animal rights activists cannot be allowed to stop research’

A leader column in The Times newspaper has called on governments across the world to require airlines to carry animals used for research....

Bob Tolliday

Jan 29, 2018
1 min

EARA advises CITES working group

EARA is urging all CITES participant countries, where substantial biomedical research takes place, to make a small investment now to...

Bob Tolliday

Aug 31, 2016
4 min

Personhood for animals?

Animals are not capable of taking responsibility for their own actions, never mind having a say in how society is run, says EARA...

Scientists’ engagement in animal research policy-making – Lab Animal Europe column

Bob Tolliday

Aug 13, 2016
1 min

Scientists’ engagement in animal research policy-making – Lab Animal Europe column

The November issue of Lab Animal Europe magazine features an Outreach article written by Emma Martinez, EARA Communications and Policy...

Заявление в поддержку Директивы 2010/63/EU

Bob Tolliday

Jan 28, 2016
2 min

Заявление в поддержку Директивы 2010/63/EU

Заявление в поддержку Европейской Директивы 2010/63/EU (Директива) о защите животных, используемых в научных целях. Использование...

Statement from European Directive 2010/63/EU (“Directive”) the protection of animals used in Science

Bob Tolliday

Jan 27, 2016
2 min

Statement from European Directive 2010/63/EU (“Directive”) the protection of animals used in Science

The use of animals in research has facilitated major breakthroughs in medicine which have transformed human and animal health. We support...

Statement in support of European Directive 2010/63 features in Lab Animal Europe

Bob Tolliday

Jan 27, 2016
1 min

Statement in support of European Directive 2010/63 features in Lab Animal Europe

The European Animal Research Association (EARA) has published a statement on behalf of leading biomedical research organisations, learned...

Two Reasons to Engage in a Pan European Network of Private and Publicly Funded Animal-Research Organ

Bob Tolliday

Oct 5, 2015
8 min

Two Reasons to Engage in a Pan European Network of Private and Publicly Funded Animal-Research Organ

Emma M. Sanchez, Press and Communications Officer, the European Animal Research Association (EARA). 23rd September 2015 Executive Summary...

Bob Tolliday

Jul 6, 2015
1 min

EARA’s Editorial – Lab Animal Europe

Here you can read EARA’s editorial for Lab Animal Europe May’s issue. Lab Animal Europe is the biggest and most widely read magazine in...

The Challenging Road towards a Unified Animal Research Network in Europe

Bob Tolliday

Jun 16, 2015
1 min

The Challenging Road towards a Unified Animal Research Network in Europe

Animal models are key in biomedical research as a proof of concept to study complex processes in a physiological context. Despite the...

Bob Tolliday

May 15, 2015
8 min

Myth Busting: Stop Vivisection

In their most recent statement, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) Stop Vivisection calls for a ‘new paradigm in biomedical...