28.092025September 28, 2025
Stop Experiments on Monkeys in Germany

Stop Experiments on Monkeys in Germany

By In Primate Experiments

Every year, more than 1,600 monkeys are used in experiments in Germany, many of them in particularly severe procedures such as toxicity tests, organ transplants, or invasive brain surgeries. During years in captivity, the monkeys are poisoned, suffer drill holes in their skulls, and are being restrained and kept thirsty.

Doctors Against Animal Experiments, together with PETA Germany, has submitted a petition to the Bundestag, the German parliament, calling for an end to experiments on non-human primates in Germany.

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03.072025July 7, 2025
Netherlands Ends Funding for Monkey Experiments

Netherlands Ends Funding for Monkey Experiments

By In Primate Experiments

House of Representatives will no longer provide money for monkey testing!

Today, the House of Representatives took an important step towards a future without monkey testing. An amendment by Member of Parliament Ines Kostić (Party for the Animals), which advocates a gradual shift of research budgets for the BPRC to animal-free methods, was adopted.1

The BPRC currently receives 12.5 million euros per year from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). This amendment will not change this amount, but the BPRC will have to spend an increasing part of its budget on alternatives to animal testing over the next five years.

The amendment was co-signed by Members of Parliament from various political parties: Laurens Dassen (Volt), Laura Bromet (GroenLink), Joost Eerdmans (JA21), Doğukan Ergin (DENK), Sandra Beckerman (SP) and Dion Graus (PVV).

20.022024February 27, 2024
Temporary experiment ban at French primatology center

Temporary experiment ban at French primatology center

By In International News, Primate Experiments

Pro Anima Scientific Committee has been working for more than 30 years to accelerate the transition to non-animal research for the benefit of our health.

At the request of the Pro Anima Scientific Committee association, the Administrative Court of Strasbourg, by judgment of January 30, 2024, deliberated in favor of the cessation of the activities of the primatology center of the University of Strasbourg (UNISTRA) due to possible risks of environmental contamination.

Since the very beginning of this case, the Pro Anima Scientific Committee has been concerned about the multiple risks linked to experimentation on non-human primates, which could cause health problems and risks for the environment.

To this end, the Committee asked the Huglo-Lepage advocate firm to take charge of this file.

On January 30, 2024 and after several years of proceedings, the Court ruled in favor of stopping the center’s activity, with immediate effect.

09.012024January 9, 2024
Charles River’s plan for massive monkey prison

Charles River’s plan for massive monkey prison

By In Charles River, Primate Experiments

PETA has uncovered a scheme by Charles River Laboratories, the largest importer of monkeys used for laboratory experiments, to build the biggest monkey-holding facility in the history of the U.S., targeting 500 acres of ecologically sensitive land in Texas. The company is going ahead with the proposal despite the objections of local residents and representatives.