The government have committed to creating a roadmap for the total phase out of animal testing in the UK. This is a huge step forward, as laid out in their 2024 General Election manifesto, but to ...

Basic biological research constitutes the most common use of animals in experiments around the world. These experiments are designed to answer ‘interesting’ scientific questions that animal ...

Our views have been sent to the European Commission as part of their ‘Call for Evidence’ to evaluate whether the current ...

An animal test is any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm. Animal experiments are ...

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Hundreds of cosmetics, personal care and household brands are approved cruelty free under our Leaping Bunny programme. It’s the best assurance that a company has made a genuine commitment to help end ...

The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also often ineffective. Animals do not naturally get many of the diseases that humans do, such as major types of heart disease, many ...

We are the leading organisation working solely to end animal experiments worldwide. Cruelty Free International is the leading organisation working to create a world where nobody wants or believes we ...

Millions of animals are used and killed in scientific procedures every year. According to the latest Government figures, a total of of 2.68 million (2,681,686) procedures on animals were completed in ...

Whenever a new product is brought onto the market, companies refer to official guidelines which set out how they must attempt to demonstrate it is safe to the relevant regulators. Sadly, these ...

It may be commonly assumed that tests on animals that have non-animal replacements are no longer conducted, or only vary rarely. The reality is that such tests can persist, and even increase, long ...

A breaking investigation released by Cruelty Free International once again reveals the extreme suffering and cruelty endured by animals in Europe’s laboratories. Here is what was found at Vivotecnia, ...