EU: MEP exposes industry threat to lab animal welfare reform

25 February 2009

Slovenian liberal MEP Mojca Drcar Murko has publicly criticised excessive lobbying by the pharmaceutical industry aimed at defeating proposals that would significantly increase protection for animals in laboratories. The proposals have been put forward as part of the revision of EU Directive 86/609 on the use of animals for scientific research and testing.

The European Commission published proposals last November that would see a ban on experiments on great apes and tighter regulation of animal experiments.......

Source: MEP exposes industry threat to lab animal welfare reform

Link: Replacing laboratory primates in Europe 'a matter of moral and scientific urgency' says Dr Hadwen Trust


Other EVANA-articles about this topic:
Campaigners celebrate the coming into force of the European Union ban on cosmetic testing on animals (en)
Europe/ADI: Deadline approaches for crucial vote on protection of animals used in scientific tests (en)
Yet another failed monkey 'model' of HIV signals need for replacements (en)
EU animal testing review gets under way - but how tough will the new rules be? (en)