This section is concerned with efforts to end the use of Apes in biomedical research. If you agree that Apes should not be used as living test tubes, please follow the links below to see how you can get involved.
Click here to view Ape Alliance videos.
To find out how you can help, visit the Action 4 Apes page.
Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Biomedical Working Group related articles.
04/09/2012
This year's International Primate Day will be used by Animal Defenders International to highlight the suffering of primates in laboratories.... Read more
28/08/2012
Animal Rights supporters scored a major victory recently when the Great Ape Protection Act passed through a key Senate Committee... Read more
27/03/2012
PLoS Biology | Frans B.M. de Waal | March 2012 When New Zealand, in 2000, became the first nation to pass legislation against research on the great apes, and Spain adopted a resolution to grant ... Read more
16/03/2012
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | Alex Phillipidis | March 2012 NIH says it will need more than a year to develop new policies to allow chimpanzees in biomedical research "only un... Read more
29/02/2012
A joint statement has been issued by the BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) and FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) calling on the Government to make ... Read more
21/02/2012
Every year, thousands of primates are captured in the wild and then transported in the cargo holds of commercial airlines to laboratories and intensive breeding facilities. Many are seriously injured ... Read more
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The following organisations are involved in the Biomedical Working Group.
Gorillas 
Orangutans 
Chimpanzees 
Bonobos 
Gibbons 
