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Bulletin Issue October 2005
Verheugen goes alternative
A high-level EU conference on alternatives is being sponsored by the Commission Vice-President, Gunter Verheugen. Commission Vice President Gunter Verheugen, who is also Commissioner for enterprise and industry, takes a particular...more
Impact assessment for the revised Directive
The Commission calls for tenders for impact assessment of the effect of revision of Directive. On 5 July 2005, the European Commission published an open call for tender to carry...more
UK Guinea pig farm closes
Breeder to shut down after enduring the longest-running extremist campaign to date. On 23 August, the family at the heart of one of longest-running campaigns of intimidation by animal rights activists...more
EFSA finalises report on 86/609
A report on changes to Directive 86/609 is about to be published by the European Food Safety Authority The Animal Health and Welfare Committee of the European Food Safety Authority will...more
Media training for UK scientists
A seminar is being held to help UK scientists speak in he media about animal research On 31 October the UK Science Media Centre will hold a seminar `Making the Case...more
EBRA at CER 2005
EBRA has been selected to run a session at the prostigious EU conference on science communicationThe European Commission hosts Europe's leading science communication conference "Communicating European Research 2005" in Brussels...more
Bulletin Issue June 2005
New Netherlands foundation launched
A new organisation has been launched to explain the importance of animal research to the Dutch public. After a lengthy preparation, the Dutch Foundation for Information about Animal Research launched...more
European Voice article attacks revision of the Directive
EBRA Council member Dr Francois Lachapelle published an opinion article in the authoritative journal European Voice.European Voice is the primary opinion leader publication for the European institutions. On May 15th...more
UK bioethics report on animal research
Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes a detailed report that does not raise any new questions.The United Kingdom’s leading bioethics body, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics recently released a lengthy report...more
Austria moves to ban use of great apes
No great apes are currently being used in Austria and this may become part of their law.Following the voluntary retirement of the only Austrian colony of laboratory chimpanzees in 2004,...more
New Directive may not reach national laws until 2010
Further delays to the revision of the Directive on animal experimentation mean that the changes may not be implemented into national legislation until as late as 2010 One of the most...more
French cosmetic testing appeal rejected
Europe's highest court has rejected the French appeal against the cosmetic testing ban. At the end of May, the European Court of Human Justice rejected the French appeal against the EU...more
UK review of the use of primates
The UK scientific community has set up a review of primate research. Four leading scientific organisations in the United Kingdom have announced that they will be conducting a major review of...more
Bulletin Issue March 2005
More animals used in basic research
The latest EU figures on animal experimentation show that their use in basic research is increasing. The European Commission has published its fourth report on the numbers and types of animals...more
Revision of Directive will take longer
The referral of several questions to the European Food Safety Authority will add another year to the process of the revision.It now looks as though the legislative proposal for the...more
Primate protests grow in Spain
Local protests against a new primate breding centre in nothern Spain have grown over the last few months. A new primate breeding facility built in Northern Spain by the long-established Mauritian...more
Opinion polls in France and Spain
The French and Spanish public show support for the use of animals in medical research.Recent opinion polls in Spain and France have found high levels of public support for the...more
More tough extremism laws in the UK
The UK government has announced further tough legislation to deal with animal rights extremism. The United Kingdom government has announced that it will bring in new laws which will make it...more
German researchers win welfare prize
Two German researchers have been awarded a new laboratory animal welfare prize. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has awarded a new laboratory animal welfare prize to two researchers in Hanover and Ulm. The...more
UK licence details to be published
The details of all licences for animal experimentation in the UK will be published in the form of abstracts. The UK government has announced that, from now onwards, it will routinely...more