While the steps the FDA is taking may eliminate the use of dogs in these very limited veterinary studies, we remain concerned about the fact that dogs are being used for these studies at all. Continue reading
State Legislation Animals used in scientific research are all-too-often regarded as disposable “commodities” and are needlessly killed following their use in the lab. NAVS has been working steadily over the past several years to help introduce and encourage the passage … Continued
While experimentation with these devices is making incredible progress here on Earth, exciting research using tissue chips is also taking place high above our planet. Continue reading
This week, Take Action Thursday makes a New Year’s resolution to continue and strengthen efforts aimed at ending the use of animals for cosmetics safety testing . Legislative sessions are getting underway in Congress and in many states, bringing with … Continued
The start of a new year brings with it the opportunity to re-evaluate what matters most to us and resolve to make an even stronger commitment to those things. Continue reading
This week’s Take Action Thursday looks at the possibilities for the new legislative session in Congress. Federal Legislation January 3, 2019 is the first day of the 116th Session of Congress. At the end of the 2018 session, three new bills were introduced … Continued
This year marked a momentous shift in the battle to end animal testing and experimentation: a Pew research survey showed that, for the first time, a majority of Americans oppose the use of animals for biomedical research. But alongside this exciting … Continued
Who would have thought that what happened this year in the small village of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin would reverberate throughout the world of animal research? This fall, NAVS got word of a small group of compassionate citizens who were appalled … Continued
In 1998, NAVS was struggling with important questions that were on the minds of our staff and supporters: When we fulfill our mission to end animal testing and experimentation, where will the animals currently in laboratories go? As we … Continued
It wasn’t long ago—less than a decade—that our close cousin, the chimpanzee, was used in invasive biomedical research. Hundreds of these highly intelligent and social animals were kept in isolated in cages where they awaited uncertain fates as test subjects … Continued
