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...
Trinity College Dublin slammed for using 100,000 live animals for research
Rats, mice, pigs and rabbits have been used in biomedical research at Trinity since 2012
‘It’s behaviour from the Dark Ages’ – Outrage as Trinity experiments on 110,000 animals
In 2016 Trinity spent more than €310k buying nearly 25,000 animals and €10k to dispose of them Nearly 110,000 animals have been used in medical...
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...
Ireland agrees dedicated funding for research into alternatives to live animal testing in an historic first anti-vivisection step
There is now a very real hope that thousands of animals in Ireland will be spared from painful laboratory testing thanks to new funding from...
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...