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Doctors Against Animal Experiments (DAAE; Ärzte gegen Tierversuche) is an animal rights organization based in Cologne, which campaigns for the complete abolition of animal testing under the motto "Medical progress is important - animal testing is the wrong way".
Replacing Animal Research was founded as FRAME by Dorothy Hegarty, who was introduced to the Three Rs by the biologist Charles Foister. [2] It was registered as a UK charity in 1969. [1] Replacing Animal Research had a starting fund of £100 and was first based in a room in the Hegarty house in Wimbledon, London.
Animal Free Research UK (AFRUK), formerly the Dr Hadwen Trust, is a UK medical research charity that funds and promotes non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Established in 1970, the work undertaken by Animal Free Research UK develops reliable science whilst avoiding animal testing.
A spokesperson for the UK-based Understanding Animal Research organisation was sceptical about the scientists’ claims, saying: “Those who do animal testing are also the biggest investors in ...
The European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes, sometimes simply referred to as the animal experimentation convention or laboratory animals convention, [1] is an animal welfare treaty of the Council of Europe regarding animal testing, adopted on 18 March 1986 in Strasbourg, and effective since 1 January 1991.
In 1954, the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) decided to sponsor systematic research on the progress of humane techniques in the laboratory. [2] In October of that year, William Russell, described as a brilliant young zoologist who happened to be also a psychologist and a classical scholar, and Rex Burch, a microbiologist, were appointed to inaugurate a systematic study of ...
The AVC attracted local media attention in 2014 for protests against primate testing.The group launched an online petition against the use of taxpayer money for the UK Government funding of primate tests, signed by thousands of people, [2] and criticised Newcastle University's Institute of Neuroscience for conducting experiments on macaques, calling for the UK Government to stop funding the ...
Gillian Rose Langley (born 10 August 1952) [1] is a British scientist and writer who specialises in alternatives to animal testing and animal rights.She was, from 1981 until 2009, the science director of the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, a medical research charity developing non-animal research techniques. [2]