Baby animals used to grow pathogens at secret government laboratory
Animal Aid has discovered further terrible ways in which animals are made to suffer at Porton Down, the secret government laboratory.
Posted 02 Jul 2019
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Exposure to Ebola caused monkeys to bleed from their genitals
Animal Aid is today highlighting the terrible ways in which thousands of animals are suffering and dying in warfare experiments. The main location for these macabre tests is the government laboratory at Porton Down, which...
Posted 12 Apr 2019
Terrible warfare experiments exposed in our newest campaign
Today we are launching a new campaign to raise awareness of, and ultimately stop, all warfare experiments involving animals. All animal experiments are cruel and unreliable, but warfare experiments are particularly heinous. This is because...
Posted 21 Feb 2019
Horrific laboratory deaths described in annual report
Yesterday, 3 December, the Home Office department that regulates animal experiments published its annual report, and it makes for grim reading. The report covers 2017, and outlines 40 cases of ‘non-compliance’ with the law on...
Posted 04 Dec 2018
Newly published figures reveal shameful face of ‘science’ in Great Britain
Today (8th November) the Home Office released figures showing that, in addition to the 3.72 million animals who were used in scientific procedures in Great Britain in 2017, another 1.81 million animals were bred for...
Posted 08 Nov 2018
Parkinson’s UK’s support for horrific experiments on monkeys
Animal Aid has discovered that Parkinson’s UK will provide funding of more than £780,000 for work which will include testing a drug named NLX-112 on primates.
Posted 28 Sep 2018
Animal Experiments – scandalous annual statistics
Home Office statistics, released today, reveal the horrifying scale of experiments on living animals in Great Britain. In 2017, 3,721,744 animals were used for the first time, including monkeys, dogs, cats, horses, mice, rats and...
Posted 19 Jul 2018
Cruel experiments on marmosets in misguided attempt to help humans
Animal Aid has uncovered shocking experiments involving monkeys being brain-damaged with a toxic chemical. Later, they were force-fed different drugs and observed for ten hours, while blood samples were regularly taken from their thighs.
Posted 24 Apr 2018
Horrific dental experiments on rabbits
Researchers wishing to conduct animal experiments must produce a ‘non-technical summary’ of what they plan to do. These summaries are published once the experiments are authorised, often more than a year after they have started....
Posted 17 Apr 2018
Chilling ‘shopping list’ of rodents used in experiments
When researchers apply for permission to carry out animal experiments, they must produce a ‘non-technical summary’ of what they will be doing. These summaries are published after the experiments are authorised, often a year or...
Posted 11 Apr 2018