For over 100 years the BUAV has been campaigning peacefully to create a world where nobody wants or believes we need to experiment on animals.
The BUAV is widely respected as an authority on animal testing issues and is frequently called upon by governments, media, corporations and official bodies for its advice or expert opinion.
We work lawfully and professionally, building relationships with MPs, MEPs, business leaders and other decision-makers. We also analyse legislation and sit on decision-making panels around the globe to act as the voice for animals in laboratories.
Our dedicated London-based team coordinates an international network of scientists, lawyers, campaigners, investigators, researchers, political lobbyists and supporters.
We do not receive any government funding or lottery money, and rely completely on the generosity of our supporters. To all, we'd like to say thank you.
The BUAV’s work includes
- undercover investigations
- political lobbying
- the promotion of cruelty free products
- legal and scientific expertise
- media activities
OUR MISSION AND VALUES
Our Mission:- Increase awareness by using all forms of media and public campaigning; reaching more people and developing new partnerships
- Assert the entitlement of animals to lives free from suffering, confinement and abuse
- Educate our audience by informing them of the facts
- Create change in policy, legislation and practice by influencing decision-makers
- Promote human health by advocating non-animal scientific methods and positive social change
- Inform, motivate and challenge by exposing the reality of animal experiments
Our Values:
- Compassion: We respect quality of life for animals and people
- Rational: We present scientific, factual, reliable information and reasoned argument
- Integrity: We are professional, honest, principled and proudly non-violent
- Determined: We are passionate and committed to realising our vision
BUAV Mauritius Primate Campaign
With the launch of a new travel awareness and advertising campaign, the BUAV is calling on tourists to help the monkeys on Mauritius.
With the launch of a new travel awareness and advertising campaign, the BUAV is calling on tourists to help the monkeys on Mauritius.
Ricky Gervais launches Cruelty Free International. the global organisation to end animal testing for cosmetics.
18/06/2012
Leading Mauritius religious and socio-cultural groups sign statement of concern in support of BUAV primate campaign
We, the undersigned, are concerned about the plight of the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fasciculari...18/06/2012
Religious and Socio-cultural groups in Mauritius support BUAV efforts to raise concerns about the trade in monkeys for research
At a news conference in Mauritius, the BUAV has announced a major development in its campaign to r...24/04/2012
BUAV Commemorates World Day for Animals in Laboratories
April 24th is World Day for Animals in Laboratories. This is an international event to commemorate...20/04/2012
Call to Spain to end the import of monkeys from Mauritius
A petition has been launched in Spain on Change.org by the BUAV and the Spanish animal protection ...20/02/2012
Save Our Monkeys team present at the Maha Shivaratree Festival in Mauritius
The Save Our Monkeys campaign team has spent the last few days attending the Maha Shivar...Humane Science
Harming animals in the name of science is morally indefensible, but there are also important scientific problems with using animals that cannot be ignored.
We estimate that on average 115 million animals are used and/or killed in the name of science every year, worldwide. The UK is one of the largest animal testing countries , carrying out over 3.6 million such tests in 2009 alone. Not only are these experiments conducted on animals people care deeply about such as primates, dogs and rabbits but only about a third of the experiments are actually testing new drugs for human diseases. More information.
Key Criticisms
Animal experiments can be criticised on a number of levels. Because animals do not get many of the human diseases we do such as heart disease, many types of cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s disease, or schizophrenia, these have to be artificially induced in the animal. The resulting ‘animal models’ are therefore usually crude and incomplete representatives of the human disease. Because the animals are often stressed the results may also be very variable and difficult to interpret. It is not surprising to find that treatments tested on these models rarely work in humans, with the danger that not only is animal life (as well as money and time) being wasted but that effective treatments are being mistakenly discarded. More information.
Animal Testing on Trial
Claims that animal testing has, or will, lead to cures for every human ailment are very powerful. It is this fear of not wanting to halt medical progress that allows animal researchers to continue largely unchallenged. However, there is very little scientific evidence for these grand claims. Indeed when scientists review the effectiveness of animal experiments over time, the results are damning. The promise of advanced models using genetically modified animals is also sadly doomed to failure. More information.
Alternatives
There are many alternatives to using animals and momentum in this area is growing. We can use cells or tissue grown in the test tube, imaging machines, computer models and volunteer studies. The alternative to not using animals is not harming patients or vulnerable people. It also doesn’t mean halting medical progress. It can in fact mean improving both the quality and humanity of our science. Examples of alternatives.
How do we get there?
So, why, given the lack of evidence for the validity of animal experiments and the promise of alternatives, are animal tests still permitted? Much of the reason is not scientific but down to conservatism within the scientific establishment and bureaucratic hurdles. More information.
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