Working Group - Biomedical
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.

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Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Biomedical Working Group related articles.
Related news & 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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Organisations Involved
The following organisations are involved in the Biomedical Working Group.
International Primate Protection League (U.K.)
Gilmore House
166 Gilmore Road
London SE13 5AE
People Against Chimpanzee Experiments
Janie Reynolds
South House
Queen's Park Mews
Queen's Park Rise
Brighton
BN2 9YY
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Wilberforce Way
Southwater
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 9RS
World Society for the Protection of Animals
5th Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB
United Kingdom