11. Alternatives to animals
effective than the original rabbit Draize skin test which it replaces.
Volunteer studies
Examples of this include Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which generates detailed pictures of the brain and, when used in conjunction with other
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12. BUAV – saving animals’ lives
tell you that up to 38,000 rabbits and mice will be saved from cruel tests as a direct result of the BUAV’s undercover investigation at Wickham Laboratories .
We are told by the research industry that animal tests only take place when
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13. BUAV remembers the plight of rabbits this World Day
test instead of live rabbits. Thankfully, one company subsequently contacted by the BUAV to tell us that it has stopped using the pyrogenicity test - saving the lives of countless rabbits.
The rabbit is also the most well-known
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14. BUAV investigation stops cruel animal tests
was conducting horrendous rabbit and mouse tests for some veterinary drugs that international regulations no longer required.
It is a disgrace that animals have continued to be used for years in tests that were no longer required by
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15. BUAV shocked at lack of progress to reduce animal suffering despite governme...
on rats down 9% (305,139), rabbits down 10% (14,833), cats down 32% (187), dogs down 2% (5,782), horses down 5% (8,324). There has been an increase in the re-use of dogs in procedures. The numbers of dogs decreased by 10% but the number of
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