Advocates for Animals welcomes new report calling for an end to EU primate experiments
A new scientific report calling for an end to the use of primates in experiments in the EU has been produced jointly by the St Andrew Animal Fund, the Dr Hadwen Trust and FRAME. You can download the report here.
Order your Advocates for Animals Christmas cards
Advocates for Animals promotes compassion and respect for all animals. This year's Christmas card depicts a beautiful grey squirrel.
You'd be nuts not to buy them!
Cards come in packs of 10 and are priced at £3.95 per pack.
LOOK OUT for SEALS
Thousands of seals are shot in Scottish waters every year. We think this killing should stop. We are calling on the Scottish Government to include full protection for seals in its new Marine Bill.
Ban snares
Scottish Government Minister for Environment, Michael Russell MSP, recently announced that he has decided not to ban snares and would introduce measures to regulate the continued use of these cruel and indiscriminate traps.
Tesco - Please Go Cage-Free!
After months of campaigning by Advocates and other animal protection groups, Tesco still continues to sell eggs from chickens kept in battery cages. With no room to stand up, stretch their wings or experience the outdoors, battery hens face a short and miserable life behind battery cage bars.
Replacing Animal Experiments
Click here to read our animal experiments factsheet
We recently hosted a sell-out public talk: Replacing Animal Experiments, Highlights and Headlines 1979-2009, given by Dr Gill Langley, Science Director of the Dr Hadwen Trust. Read the transcript of the talk and view photos from the event.
Putting animal welfare into the national food policy
The Scottish Government has opened a much-needed debate on a national food policy. Advocates for Animals has submitted a detailed response to the consultation, expressing our view that the provision of verifiable standards of good animal welfare is not only an ethical imperative, but would also benefit consumers and producers, improve public health and be better for the environment. Advocates believes that achieving high standards of animal welfare should be central to a national food policy for Scotland...
