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New Report: Class B Dealers Problematic
June 25, 2009
Momentum is building in Congress to eliminate Class B dealers of live, random source dogs and cats after an independent evaluation confirmed that this system of funneling dogs and cats to research is flawed and unnecessary. Take action to eliminate these dirty dealers for good. |
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Connecticut Senate to Vote on Dissection Choice
May 22, 2009
A bill that would give Connecticut students the ability to choose humane alternatives over animal dissection will be decided by a senate vote in the next few weeks. Connecticut Residents: Tell senators that students in Connecticut should be able to opt out. |
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USDA Cites Primate Lab Exposed in HSUS Undercover Investigation
April 24, 2009
Following The HSUS’ release of disturbing video footage from a 9-month undercover investigation at the world’s largest chimpanzee lab, the USDA has cited the New Iberia Research Facility for multiple Animal Welfare Act violations in the first step of its investigation into The HSUS’ allegations. |
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Q&A: The Campus Pledge to Help Animals Used in Research
April 17, 2009
Has your college or university made a commitment to animal welfare? Thirty-seven schools have already pledged that animals in their laboratories will not experience severe and unrelieved pain or distress. Find out if your school is one of them. |
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Nature: System That Protects Animals in Laboratories Needs Revamp
March 27, 2009
The system that’s supposed to protect animals in laboratories is inadequate, and animals are paying the price. Now, an editorial in the journal Nature is calling on the U.S. federal government to fix the failing framework to allow for stiffer penalties when research facilities don’t follow the rules. |
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Undercover Investigation Reveals Cruelty to Chimps at Research Lab
March 4, 2009
Chimpanzees and other primates are suffering in shocking conditions—and American taxpayers are footing the bill. That’s the finding of a nine-month undercover investigation at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. View the HSUS’ undercover footage, then take action to help chimpanzees and primates used in research. |
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Jane Goodall Responds
March 4, 2009
Dr. Jane Goodall's responds to The HSUS's undercover chimps investigation. |
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Chimps Undercover Investigator Speaks Out
March 4, 2009
As part of the investigation into the New Iberian Research Center, an HSUS investiagator spent nine months working undercover at the facility, which houses approximately 6,000 monkeys and 325 chimpanzees. |
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We’re Too Fixated on Mice Says Leading Researcher
February 20, 2009
The old way of doing things isn’t always the best way. That’s the argument of a leading researcher who’s asking his colleagues to look beyond experimenting on mice and instead emphasize sophisticated and ethical studies of human biology. |
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Michigan Shelter Pets Given to Class B Dealer, Sold into Research
February 13, 2009
The Montcalm County Animal Shelter is hardly a refuge for homeless animals. For the last five years, the Michigan facility has been providing pets to a local Class B dealer who then sells the dogs and cats into research. Find out more about dealers across the U.S. who continue to make a living profiting from pets. |
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Biotech Firms Urged to Halt Use of Chimpanzees in Invasive Research
January 26, 2009
In an effort to change corporate policies on the use of chimpanzees in invasive research, The HSUS is asking research companies to reject the practice and join the growing chorus of voices demanding that chimpanzees not be used in ways that are physically and psychologically harmful. |
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Online Promotion of Alternatives to Animal Testing Gains Momentum
January 23, 2009
It’s been an impressive first year for AltTox.org, an online community of professionals devoted to alternatives to animal testing. Take a tour of the site and find out what The HSUS is doing to help the millions of animals used in toxicity tests each year. |
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Botox-Maker Allergan Pressured to Cut Out Lethal Animal Tests
January 16, 2009
Botox makes wrinkles disappear, but its effect on animals isn’t so pretty. The deadly LD50 test is the method used to assess every batch of the drug. Join The HSUS in pressuring Botox-maker Allergan to replace its controversial animal testing methods with a humane alternative. |
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Just Released, in Expanded Form: USDA Animal Welfare Act Enforcement Report
January 9, 2009
The USDA’s annual report on enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act just got bigger. The expanded report provides detailed information and statistics that have not been publically available since 2001. Get the facts on exactly how—and how many—animals are used in research, testing and teaching in the U.S. each year. |
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Expanding Protections for EU Animals
December 29, 2008
Mice, dogs, rabbits, monkeys and other animals in research and testing laboratories in the EU would be better protected under a new proposal by the European Commission to update existing laws. Learn more about the proposed changes, then find out how to help animals used in research in the U.S. |
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Trapped and Traded
December 18, 2008
A recent undercover investigation discovered wild monkeys in Cambodia being violently snatched from their habitat and confined to breeding farms or sold to research labs around the world. Watch the video footage, then contact Cambodian officials to demand that this practice be stopped. |
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Primate Publications Fuel Debate
December 12, 2008
Recent publications that address the use of primates, including chimpanzees, in biomedical research are helping to propel ongoing discussions on the subject by legislators, scientists and others. While the debate continues, more than 1,000 chimps languish in laboratories around the U.S. Find out what you can do to help. |
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Chimpanzees in Sanctuaries Get New Standards
December 3, 2008
New standards for the care of chimpanzees living in the federally-funded sanctuary system will help ensure that these former research subjects live out the remainder of their lives in peace. But there are more than 1,000 chimpanzees still languishing in biomedical research labs. Learn how you can help. |
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Standing Behind the Pledge
November 21, 2008
An alarmist letter is attempting to scare colleges and universities into not signing an HSUS-backed pledge ensuring that no animals in their care experience severe and unrelieved pain and/or distress. Find out how we’re responding, then help get your school on board. |
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Class B Dealers Under Federal Scrutiny
November 10, 2008
The industry that rounds up dogs and cats and sells them to research facilities once consisted of hundreds of animal dealers. Now there are fewer than a dozen. Class B dealers of “random source” dogs and cats, and the “bunchers” who supply them, have a dismal 40 year record of compliance with the Animal Welfare Act. Now animal lovers have a historic opportunity to finally put an end to this rough and archaic business. |
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World Congress on Animal Alternatives Set for Next Summer
November 7, 2008
Rome is the setting for the Seventh World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, where scientists and others committed to replacing animals in experiments with alternatives will gather to exchange ideas and goals late next summer. |
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