Insight into views of UK public with opinion poll on animal research
Around two thirds of the UK public accepts the use of animals for research where there is no alternative, according to a government...
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Bob Tolliday
- Apr 24, 2019
- 1 min
‘Additional’ animal statistics now being published in EU
The UK has, this week, become the first country to submit ‘additional’ animal statistics under a new EU reporting requirement. The EU...
Bob Tolliday
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
EARA pinpoints potential problems for transport of animals in a no-deal Brexit
EARA has highlighted the issues that could affect the efficient transportation of animals and animal related products used for research...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 2 min
Great Britain’s biomedical research statistics for 2017 indicate fewer animals used for second conse
The latest figures released by the Home Office show a decrease in the overall use of animals in biomedical research in Great Britain’s...
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...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 4 min
The wild card of animal rights’ groups: Freedom of Information requests
EARA and Understanding Animal Research, one of our UK partners, promote the importance of universities and other research institutions...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 3 min
Hundreds of scientists sign letter supporting primates in neuroscience
Over 400 primate and neuroscience researchers signed a letter supporting the use of non-human primates in neuroscience, which was...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 8, 2019
- 1 min
EARA backs UK commitment to animal welfare
The European Animal Research Association (EARA) has backed the UK government’s recent statements on its commitment to animal welfare. The...
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
- Nov 26, 2018
- 1 min
Top ten UK universities for animal research announced
A list of the ten UK universities that conduct the highest number of animal procedures has been published by Understanding Animal...
Bob Tolliday
- Jan 5, 2017
- 1 min
UK Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, 2014
London, 22 October 2015 The Home Office, the UK Government department for Internal Affairs, has today released the annual statistics on...
Bob Tolliday
- Aug 19, 2015
- 4 min
Why People Are Wrong to Oppose the New UK Beagle Breeding Facility
Where do medicines come from? It’s not a question most of us bother with when we take advantage of the huge array of medical treatments...
Bob Tolliday
- May 8, 2014
- 3 min
Ill-informed arguments perpetuate ‘misunderstanding and misrepresentation’ of animal research
To describe animal testing as ‘outdated and fundamentally flawed’ is inaccurate and unhelpful Article published in The Parliament...
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