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EC Directive 86/609 Ban Primate Experiments Campaign Released Laboratory Dogs IAMS Botox Articles Of Interest		CAMPAIGNS AND NEWS 2010 February 2010 Superdrug becomes HCS approved The IAVS is pleased to announce that the high street giant Superdrug has been approved as an animal testing free cosmetics and toiletries retailer under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetic Standard (HCS). There are currently 5 Superdrug branches in The Republic of Ireland. The Square SC, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Omni Park SC, Santry, Dublin 9 North Main Street, Wexford Town William Street, Limerick City Letterkenny, Co Donegal source: BUAV & Superdrug Monkey Misery in Laos A BUAV investigation uncovers a massive and expanding lucrative trade in primates for research from Laos to feed the international research industry... source: BUAV Israel to vote on world's first fur ban As the UK gears up for London Fashion Week, where fur will no doubt make an appearance on the catwalks, Israel is preparing for something far more innovative - a complete ban on all fur... source: WSPA Argos becomes HCS approved The BUAV is delighted to announce that Argos, the UK’s leading general merchandise retailer, has joined other major high street retailers such as Marks and Spencers and been approved under the BUAV’s internationally recognised Humane Cosmetics Standard (HCS), for not testing its products on animals.... source: BUAV Botox rival in testing scandal A recent report has exposed a controversial test being used on animals to gauge the toxicity of botulinum toxin... source: Professionalbeauty.co.uk Please Help IDA Stop NASA Radiation Experiments On Monkeys Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), a Department of Energy lab, is currently considering whether or not they will perform a NASA-funded experiment involving the irradiation of 18 to 28 squirrel monkeys... source: IDA Live pigs blasted in terror attack experiments! LIVE pigs are being blown up with explosives at Porton Down, the British government’s secret military research laboratory, to simulate the effect of terrorist attacks on civilian targets ... source: BUAV January 2010 Stop avalanche experiments on pigs! The Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck plans to bury 29 pigs alive for avalanche research in the Tyrolean valley Ötztal. Ten pigs have already died in the experiments. ... source: Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany back to top




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