New 2016 statistics reveal increased suffering in Irish animal labs New figures covering 2016 released by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) have revealed a disturbing trend...
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New Irish legislation for laboratory animals
IAVS leads animal protection at Brussels Earlier this year, at the end of March 2017, the IAVS was invited to a critical meeting in Brussels...
IAVS calls for openness on animal experiment inspections
IAVS News Release - for immediate use The Irish Anti-Vivisection Society (IAVS) has criticised government animal testing inspectors for seeking to conceal their reports on...
IAVS slams continuing official indifference to cruelty in animal experiments
IAVS News Release - for immediate use The Irish Anti-Vivisection Society (IAVS) has strongly criticised the European Commission and Irish Government for ignoring its legal...
IAVS prompts historic new funding to replace animals in painful testing
Science Foundation Ireland move warmly welcomed The Irish Anti-Vivisection Society (IAVS) is delighted to announce that the Irish Government is, for the first time, explicitly...
2015 Statistical Report for Animal Experiments
Irish Government springs ‘nasty surprise’ with 2015 increase in animal testing The Irish Government’s Heath Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), which also enforces animal experimentation regulations, has just...
Irish Government breaching European law by withholding critical details of animal tests
Controversial Botox poisoning tests obscured The HPRA’s publication of Ireland’s 2015 animal testing figures reveals that the Government continues to breach European Union legislation on...
2014 Statistical Report for Animal Experiments
Irish Anti-Vivisection Society Response to 2014 animal experimentation statistics for Ireland Figures recently published by the Government’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) reveal that it...
IAVS persuades Government to correct false figures exaggerating medical benefits of licensed animal tests
The IAVS has scored a significant victory after the Department of Health agreed to correct a false statement claiming that 157,924 lethal dose animal poisoning...
Implementation of non-animal Botox test hindered for commercial reasons
Dramatic increase in animal experimentation over recent years, due to botox testing The IAVS has been protesting against the dramatic increase in animal experimentation over...