News Source: EU Observer
| about 1 year ago
20 CET The European Commission has proposed stricter controls on the use of animals in medical testing, including a symbolic ban on experiments on great apes, worrying the scientific community...About 12 million animals are used in experiments each...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| about 1 year ago
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed legislation to strengthen the protection of animals used in scientific experiments and to minimize the number of animals being tested on. The proposal, which intends to strengthen existing...
News Source: Financial Times
| about 1 year ago
The proposal would extend the ethical evaluations required before experiments with animals were authorised and set minimum requirements on housing and care.
News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
European Commission proposes ban on experiments involving great apes The commission wants to tighten controls on animal research across Europe, including a ban on the use of gorillas, orang-utans and chimpanzees The use of great apes such as...
News Source: Uinta County News
| about 1 year ago
Commission for taking this once in a generation opportunity to address the suffering caused to the 12m animals used in laboratories across the EU every year by recognising the need to replace its outdated animal testing laws (EC86/609). Environment...