Britain is set to phase out Animal testing in science faster under a new plan unveiled by the government today. The roadmap backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to replace ...

Staff at a German laboratory firm that was accused of carrying out cruel experiments on animals have claimed they were told to falsify the tests - making them pointless. Whistleblowers who said they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The affectionate nature of beagles makes them suitable for use as test animals. Photo: Getty Images/izanbar Beagles are often used ...

An EU-wide campaign to stop laboratory experiments on animals has failed to persuade the European Commission to impose a ban. The Commission said the EU was aiming to phase out animal testing, but it ...

Up to 2,000 activists plan an “open rescue” of 2,000 Beagles from America's Ridglan Farms, backed by Ricky Gervais, as ...

After the discovery was made public thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hamburg to demonstrate against animal testing. However, the laboratory may be able to reopen at the end of August, ...

More than 4 million procedures were carried out on live animals in UK labs in 2015, the bulk of them rodents (Getty) More than four million procedures on live rodents, monkeys, pigs, horses, cats, ...

The FDA has released draft guidance that aims to clear up how drug developers can use alternative testing – but that doesn’t mean animal testing in the US is over.

A new row over animal testing broke out today after it was revealed that millions more laboratory tests will be carried out on dogs, rabbits and rodents. The Government is backing moves to adopt a ...

Other countries, like the U.K, the United States and the European Union have all dedicated funding and detailed roadmaps to ...

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