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The LUSH Prizes celebrate people from around the world who are leading the way in scientific, campaign and political work to end animal testing and replace it with humane and biologically relevant 21st century research. We are pleased to share that one of the scientific advisors for our sister organization, Progressive Non-Animal Research Society, Zheng Tan, […]
Image above: ADAV’s banner for it’s Humane Charities Website on display at the protest On April 27, 2024, as part of the Global Anti-Vivisection World Protest being coordinated by TAVA, ADAV conducted a live performance in downtown Vancouver. A video showing the event appears below. Special thanks to Sanaz Mani, Writer and Director. To see […]
Today is Victoria Day. We wanted to take a moment to remember what she did for animals. Image by Graham Harrop Queen Victoria had a commitment to anti-vivisection and to animal welfare. She was horrified to learn of the work of Claude Bernard, a French physiologist who conducted experiments on animals, particularly dogs, that included […]
Image by Twyla Francois Did you know that Canada still requires new drugs to be tested on animals but that the U.S. ended its own federal mandate for the animal testing of new drugs and for biosimilars back in 2022? It’s time Canada followed the American example and ended this cruel and outdated requirement. ADAV […]
Image by Petra from Pixabay We wish to thank G. Williams for her excellent work on the use of dog crates. She wrote the article below. The version you see here was updated Aug 28, 2024. She gave us permission to share it. We haven’t included photos of the crates because so many things are copyrighted these days, […]
Image by Janusz Walczak from Pixabay We are horrified by the practice of pound seizures that send animals from pound or shelter to research or educational facilities in Ontario and happy to share the change.org petition on the issue. Please read and sign. It only takes a moment! We are residents of Kingston, ON, Canada […]
Image by Konstantin Kolosov from Pixabay There are a number of problems with using animal models for researching treatments and cures for human medical conditions. It is cruel. Animal physiology is different than ours so there is a certain amount of guesswork involved in applying findings to humans. There are also problems in reliably creating, […]
Image by Katharina N. from Pixabay Our thanks to Nicole Corrado for starting this petition. Please stop the “acute lethality tests” on rainbow trout, three lined stickleback, and other fish species. These tests involve pumping effluents into fish tanks about once a month, and if more than half the fish die, the experiments are repeated. There are animal free […]