13.7 Billion Years: Jane Goodall Urges EU to Review Animal Testing

Monday, June 9, 2008

Jane Goodall Urges EU to Review Animal Testing

Speaking to a group of European MPs and animal rights activists in Brussels, famed chimpanzee expert and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall urged the European Union to develop "new ways of testing and experimenting that will not involve the use of live, sentient beings." She presented a petition with 150,000 signatures to support her case and also suggested the creation of a new Nobel Prize to award advances in the field. Each year in Europe, approximately 11 million animals are used in testing.

GET INFORMED

Read the BBC News story
Read about the EU petition and an expert report by the Dr. Hadwen Trust for Humane Research and the Humane Society

GET INVOLVED

Sign a petition to end animal testing (US)
Sign a petition to end animal testing (UK)
Sign the Universal Declaration of Animal Welfare
Download a PDF file of companies that do and don't test on animals

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