We applaud the government’s bold new strategy working towards ending the suffering of animals in laboratories and promote ...

We acknowledge the slight decrease in animal testing in Great Britain, as published by the Home Office today, but remain highly concerned that the pace of change remains so painfully slow that cruel ...

We contributed to Committee’s report – and now await government response. The UK Home Office has now received recommendations on improving public transparency on the use of animals in science, after ...

We welcome the release of Canada’s final Strategy to Replace, Reduce or Refine Vertebrate Animal Testing under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This important milestone, announced jointly by ...

We applaud the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) decision to stop funding new research grant applications which only use animal testing. The announcement, made by Acting NIH Deputy Director for ...

We are disappointed that the Nevada state governor has vetoed bill SB167 We are disappointed that the Nevada state governor has vetoed bill SB167, which would have made Nevada the first U.S. state to ...

We met with Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, Lord Patrick Vallance, to discuss the UK’s transition towards a future free from animal testing. We shared our vision for a modern ...

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced new initiatives aimed at reducing the use of animals in NIH-funded research by accelerating the development and adoption of human-based ...

Cruelty Free International welcomes major shift towards humane, modern approaches to drug development and testing The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new roadmap to reduce and ...

The UK Home Office is taking a significant step towards higher quality and more transparent project licence applications relating to the use of animals in scientific experiments. These documents, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finally restored a degree of transparency to its reporting of animals used in experiments, which reveals a meagre 1% fall in 2023 – and an alarming 9% ...