The following letter has been sent to the Committee Secretary of the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications regarding the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Live Imports of Primates for Research) Bill 2015. This proposed bill would ban the Australian research community from importing primates for use in biomedical research. The following … Continue reading Open Letter to the Australian Senate regarding a proposed bill to ban the import of primates
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Background Briefing on Animal Research in Germany
Speaking of Research have now added a fourth background briefing on animal research to our list. We now have a German background briefing - in both English and German - to add to our briefings on the US, UK and Canada. We hope this briefing will offer journalists, politicians and the public a short, handy overview of the … Continue reading Background Briefing on Animal Research in Germany
Animal Research Statistics for Northern Ireland 2014
While England, Scotland and Wales (collectively “Great Britain”*) are regulated by the UK Home Office and produce one set of statistics together, Northern Ireland is regulated by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland, which produces its own statistics. According to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety … Continue reading Animal Research Statistics for Northern Ireland 2014
Why Testing on Prisoners is a Bad Idea
This post was originally written by Tom Holder and posted on the Understanding Animal Research blog. It has been reposted here (with permission). This is not the first time Speaking of Research has posted on this issue, with a previous post by Dario Ringach here. The original post was geared to UK audiences - we … Continue reading Why Testing on Prisoners is a Bad Idea
A request to our multilingual readers
To our multilingual readers (or our monolingual readers' multilingual friends), we need your help. We have been trying to build up a picture of animal research worldwide, however our efforts are limited due to language barriers in some countries. So far we have statistics for 13 countries and the EU, copied below. We are looking … Continue reading A request to our multilingual readers
Investigating New Zealand animal research statistics
Speaking of Research has prided itself on being the most comprehensive source of information on animal research statistics. We recently got in touch with the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC), who furnished us with their annual report for 2013. The National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) is a statutory body which provides advice to … Continue reading Investigating New Zealand animal research statistics
A successful year for Speaking of Research in the media
2015 was another successful year for Speaking of Research in the media. In February, Speaking of Research Director, Tom Holder, was invited to speak to BBC Look East (from 1:36 in video below) about the construction of a new medical research facility in Cambridge, UK. In the interview, Holder reminded viewers that "animal research plays … Continue reading A successful year for Speaking of Research in the media
Guest Post: The Importance of Animals in Neuroscience Research
Our guest post today is from Dr. Stacey A Bedwell, a postdoctoral researcher at Nottingham Trent University, whose work focuses in the prefrontal cortex of the mammalian brain. In this post she discusses her work with rats, and why it is important for neuroscience. If you are interested in writing a guest post for us, … Continue reading Guest Post: The Importance of Animals in Neuroscience Research
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