Animal Rights related content 

Initiative may not win full support from animal rights groups. The European Commission is weighing up whether to propose dedicated EU legislation on animal welfare, according...

Commission officials want a healthier menu. Since the end of April, more than 2,500 officials at the European Commission have signed a petition calling for healthier,...

Ester Peeters on job with the Belgian government that involves some trips to the countryside and handling religious sensitivities. There are not many government positions...

Are the claims made for the animal experiments directive correct? Some simple clarification would settle the questions. The European Parliament's agriculture committee on...

Much more needs to be done to ensure that animal testing is the last resort. It is surprising that your article on the REACH regulation on chemicals (“Complex legislation...

The Parliament's portrayal of its compromise on the directive on animal experiments was distorted. It is not often that an NGO congratulates the European Parliament press...

Laboratories that use animals in scientific experiments will be subject to new checks. Laboratories that use animals in scientific experiments will be subject to...

Parliament must do more to stop animal suffering. The revision of the EU directive on the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes has...

Trade minister says there is no justification for any ban on trade in seal products and will challenge a ban in the WTO. Canada has said it will challenge the EU in the...

Politicians in France don't seem to want integration, but a boycott of their goods would soon make them see sense French politicians seem to see no benefit from economic...

Deputies in row over revising 1986 directive on EU rules on animal experiments. A row has flared up in the European Parliament over a draft law to revise the EU's 1986 rules...

Nanomaterials under scrutiny; plans to phase out animtal tests unchanged. MEPs are expected to vote next week (24 March) in favour of scrapping more than 3,500 pages of...

Mojca Drčar Murko explains why she opposes the animal experiments directive. I wanted to explain why I took the highly unusual step of withdrawing my name from the opinion...

Seals are not simply government property. The Canadian government, politicians of all stripes and even the odd government scientist remain comfortable denying reality,...

Commission flags possibility of new rules after campaign for better treatment of animals in transit. The European Commission today said that it is considering tougher rules...

Proponents of total ban foreground public sentiment in their arguments. The European Parliament's internal market and consumer protection committee  will vote on Monday...

Author of European Parliament report describes proposed ban as “worst of both worlds”; Greenland brings case against ban to Brussels. A proposal from the European...

Commission's inexpert, untransparent committee has produced a one-sided and unscientific inquiry into the use of animals for research. The European Coalition to End Animal...

The European commissioner for research has never wavered in the search to alternatives to animal testing. In response to the article ‘Ban on primate testing opposed' (30...

Commission seeks to limit animal testing; animal-welfare group urges more spending on alternatives. Great apes – such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans –...