The UK Home Office this morning agreed arrangements to deliver two Coalition commitments relating to the use of animals in scientific research
'The question is not can they reason nor can they talk, but rather can they suffer?' Jeremy Bentham
New animal research regulations from Europe will enhance the welfare of animals, facilitate modern science and cut through excessive red tape.
The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) is to coordinate a major, new, EU funded, research project to create a Centre of Excellence in Animal Welfare Science.
From our archive - this video about the care of laboratory animals was produced by the Biomedical Research Trust in 2003.
Each year the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) awards a prize for innovative research which has an impact on the use of animals in life sciences.
The UN has just announced that rinderpest, a virus that used to cause deadly outbreaks in cattle, has been eradicated in the wild.
A recent study suggests that the chemical industry will have to spend €9.5 billion (US$13.6 billion) on safety testing over the next decade.
Why is the concept of animal research so difficult to grasp?
The law of unintended consequences may have led to saving rabbits at the expense of a two incredible species: a prehistoric invertebrate and a small bird with one of the most impressive known migrations.
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