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The London Anti-Vivisection Society was formed in 1876 and became known as the London and Provincial Anti-Vivisection Society (LPAVS) from 1907. The Society advocated total abolition of vivisection, not restriction. [9] Its president was the Earl of Tankerville. [10] An active member of LPAVS was a former British Union of Fascists member Norah ...
Rise for Animals (formerly New England Anti-Vivisection Society) is a national, registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rights organization which aims to end nonhuman animal experimentation. [1] It has been described as "one of the oldest and wealthiest anti-vivisection organizations in the United States".
The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) is a Jenkintown, Pennsylvania-based animal protectionism organization created with the goal of eliminating a number of different procedures done by medical and cosmetic groups in relation to animal cruelty in the United States. It seeks to help the betterment of animal life and human-animal ...
The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research (LDF) [1] – a department of the National Anti-Vivisection Society, [2] the world's first anti-vivisection organisation – awards grants to scientists undertaking medical research which benefits humans, without the use of animals.
It was founded in 1898 by Irish writer and suffragette Frances Power Cobbe as the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. In 2012, the BUAV joined with the New England Anti-Vivisection Society to establish a new international organisation to campaign against the testing of cosmetics on animals —Cruelty Free International.
The European Society of Toxicology in Vitro (ESTIV) focuses on New Non-animal Approaches(NAMs) in Toxicology, including in vitro, in silico, and in chemico technologies and promotes science based on the AOPs knowledge. It organises bi-annual conferences in Europe and an annual ESTIV Applied in Toxicology Course, recognised by EUROTOX for ...
Representatives of the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) told a House of Lords select committee the Boyd Group is a "talking shop" with a "pre-set agenda." [ 5 ] However, Les Ward defended Advocates for Animals' membership of the group and the effectiveness of a collaborative approach:
At the same time, he sought middle ground between the anti-vivisection societies, which called for the abolition of all experimentation and those who rejected any restraints. Leffingwell also was concerned with meat safety, believing that lax regulations, in particular allowing cancerous animals into the food chain , were responsible for ...