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Proposals to replace European rules on animal experiments are discussed in Brussels

Save the primates will draw attention to efforts to protect our fellow primates. In the coming months our focus will be the draft proposals to revise European rules on animals in experiments – the revision of EC Directive 86/609. In 2007, the European Parliament adopted a Written Declaration 40/2007 after it was signed by 55% of MEPs. The Declaration called for the revision of Directive 86/609 to urgently end the use of great apes and wild-caught monkeys in experiments, and for a timetable to be established to replace the use of all primates in experiments. This is a remarkable opportunity to end the suffering of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. We will report everything you need to know on these events, how you can help, and we’ll highlight other primate stories.

House of Lords backs end of capture of wild monkeys...

...and to restrict monkey experiments. Yearly, thousands of monkeys are torn from their families in the wild for factory farm breeding to supply European lab. Read more ...

KEY MEPs DEBATE THE FUTURE OF PRIMATES IN LAB TESTS

As part of its ongoing lobbying work in the European Parliament pushing for stronger legislative protection for primates, Animal Defenders International (ADI) participated in a special MEP briefing in Brussels on 4 November 2009. Read more ...

Critical week for Europe’s lab animals

Trialogue meeting to consider steps to end the capture of wild monkeys by dealers. Read more ...

Lab Animals, Europe Decides.

Between January and May the European Parliament considered new rules for lab animals proposed by the European Commission. Read more ...

MEPs condemn UK animal experiments rise.

Two leading MEPs have criticised the sharp rise in animal experiments in the UK announced by the Home Office yesterday. The number of animal experiments increased by 454,000 (14%) to 3.7 million experiments – the highest level in over 20 years. Read more ...

ADI/NAVS is heard by the House of Lords.

ADI/NAVS was invited to present evidence to the House of Lords EU Committee on the July 9 2009 about the new Directive on animal experiments proposed by the European Commission.

Undercover Exposé of the Primate lab trade launched in Spain

Animal Defenders International (ADI) and Animanaturalis (AN) screened exclusive and dramatic footage in a new documentary on the laboratory primate trade. The event was chaired by Catalan MEP Raul Romeva in his Barcelona office. Read more ...

MEPs buckle under vivisection industry pressure 6 May, 2009

MEPs vote to support non-animal research but strip away protection from wild caught primates; and remove prior authorisation requirements for over 4million experiments. Read more ...

MEPs vote to allow severe and prolonged suffering of animals and say its in the interests of animal welfare

Today in the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee MEPs have backed a series of amendments that seriously weaken proposals from the European Commission to regulate animal testing across Europe. Some measures could set animal protection back decades. Read more...

ADI hits back at claims better animal protection will drive scientific research out of the EU

Research by Animal Defenders International shows that industry scare stories that improved animal protection will force scientific research abroad, are unfounded and misleading. Read more...

Vote in European Parliament could send laboratory animal protection back to the Dark Ages

A crucial vote that poses the biggest threat to laboratory animal welfare in decades takes place on 31st March 2009 – and MEPs are being urged to take a stand against moves that would tear the heart out of existing animal protection legislation across Europe. Read more...

Vision for Europe

Vision for Europe published by ADI, NAVS, and Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research sets key areas of concern for MEPs, as they discuss the new rules on animal experiments. Read more...

Committee Digest

Each time the committee discusses the new Directive on animals used for scientific purposes, we will report on progress here...

Brussels 19.1.09

Consideration of European Commission Proposal on the use of animals for scientific purposes in European Union starts in the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). Proposal includes a ban on the use of great apes and wild-caught primates in experiments. Campaigners seek to close loopholes... Read more...

Help stop experiments on wild-caught owl monkeys in Colombia

Colombian animal researcher, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, accused of involvement in illegal trafficking of his monkey victims. Read more...

Chance to change history

The long awaited revision of the 22-year-old EC Directive 86/609 on the use of animals for scientific purposes, goes before the European Parliament Agriculture Committee in Brussels in January. A once-in-a-generation opportunity to influence experimentation across the EU. Read more...

European Commission proposes overhaul of rules on animal experiments

The European Commission has published its proposals for a new Directive on the use of animals for scientific purposes. Read more...