Primate Free Progress - help Advocates for animals' campaign to end primate experiments in Europe

Ricky Gervais, actress Joanna Lumley OBE and rockers Brian May CBE and Chrissie Hynde,  are joining tens of thousands of people taking part in the virtual march to Brussels  where the 20-year old law on animal experiments is up for review by politicians.

Today, for the first time in 23 years, the whole of the European Parliament voted on proposals to update the law governing the use of animals in experiments across Europe.

On 31 March, the European Parliament’s lead committee considering the proposal to revise the law voted for a series of changes (known as amendments) that seriously undermine the proposal from the European Commission to regulate animal testing across Europe.

The revision of the law governing the use of animals in experiments across Europe has reached a crucial stage.

Advocates for Animals and several other organisations have joined forces to press for measures that would improve protection for animals and humans.

An online poll carried out recently by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection has shown huge public support for an end to primate experiments.

The law governing the use of animals in experiments across the European Union (EU) is now being reviewed, for the first time in 22 years. Together we can influence a historic change.

Advocates for Animals fully supports Labour MEP David Martin’s call for a complete ban on primate experiments in the European Union.

A new report published in November entitled 'Replacing Primates in Medical Research' looks at the scope for replacing primate experiments with non-animal alternatives.