EPA to Reduce Animal Use in Pesticide Testing
In a recent letter to stakeholders, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that its Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is working to… Continue reading
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Hopkins Researchers Develop “Mini-Brains” to Study Neurological Diseases
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed three dimensional, human-relevant “mini-brains”… Continue reading
Why Haven’t the Retired NIH Chimpanzees Been Placed in Sanctuaries?
In 2013, we celebrated the announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that it would substantially reduce chimpanzee use in biomedical research. The majority of the chimpanzees owned and supported by the NIH, over 300 animals, were designated for … Continued
Chimpanzee Experiments Are Winding Down—Are All Nonhuman Primates Next?
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is preparing to conduct a review of the ethics surrounding its experiments on nonhuman primates. For animal advocates, the news calls to mind similar discussions concerning the fate of laboratory chimpanzees that took place … Continued
Animal Research Numbers Continue Downward Trend According to Newly-Released Report
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has just released its most current statistics on the number of animals used for research, testing, teaching and experimentation by USDA licensees—and revealed a promising trend. … Continued