British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection

Founded in 1898, the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection is one of the oldest groups dedicated to ending medical research with animals. It has a web site at http://www.buav.org/. Articles about BUAV on this web site:

Animal Rights Groups Call for End to Primate Experimentation - 27 Sep 2005

Groups sign on to resolution calling for worldwide ban on primate experimentation.

Activists In Monkey Suits Turn in Anti-Primate Research Petition - 14 Aug 2005

Meanwhile, idiot journalist says toxicology tests are not medical research.

New Leader, Same Old British Union Against Vivisection - 20 Feb 2005

Adolfo Sansolini falls in to his position of distorting animal research just fine.

British Universities Struggle to Preserve Researchers' Anonymity - 9 Feb 2005

Universities try to comply with new Freedom of Information Act while also trying to shield researchers from being targetted by animal rights extremists.

Number of Animals Used for Research in UK Increase Slightly - 9 Sep 2004

Increase is driven largely by genetic research.

BUAV's New CEO: Ignore the Violent Man Behind the Curtain - 28 Aug 2004

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection's new CEO talks out of both sides of his mouth on animal rights violence.

Why Create Drugs Like Viagra? - 5 May 2004

Activists attacked Viagra research because that drug wasn't a life saving treatment -- tell that to infants whose lives are being prolonged thanks to Viagra.

Number of Scientific Procedures on Animals in the UK Increased Slightly in 2002 - 9 Aug 2003

Release prompts RSPCA and BUAV representatives to lie about efforts made by UK researchers to reduce the number of scientific procedures on animals.

Michelle Thew Named Animal Protection Institute President - 26 Jun 2003

API likely to focus more on animal experimentation.

Home Office Investigation Clears Cambridge University Laboratory of Wrongdoing - 16 Mar 2003

Home Office report thoroughly debunks British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection's distortion of conditions at Cambridge University primate facility.

Europe Approves Eventual, Someday, Maybe "Ban" on Animal Testing - 20 Jan 2003

The European Parliament approves a ban on cosmetics testing that might actually go into effect someday.

Cambridge Research Facility Hearings - 30 Nov 2002

Proposed primate research center receives third planning hearing after two previous rejections based on fears of animal rights protests.

Steve Coogan's Animal Rights Controversy - 21 Nov 2002

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection is upset over a proposed animated series in Great Britain.

European Union Agrees on Cosmetics Testing Ban -- Well, Sort Of - 20 Nov 2002

The European Union says it reached agreement to ban animal tests on consumer products, but the ban probably won't take place in our lifetime.

Americans for Medical Progress Reports on Animal Rights 2002 - 8 Jul 2002

AR 2002 received little media coverage, but AMP has an extensive report on the conference.

Brian Cass Awarded CBE - 17 Jun 2002

Award is widely viewed by animal rights activists and their opponents as a message that the Labour Party is serious about its committment to stop animal rights extremism.

BUAV Release Video Purporting to Show Cruelty at Cambridge University Labs - 28 May 2002

The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection says its conducted a secret 10-month investigation of a Cambridge University laboratory. So then why did it release just a heavily edited 21-minute video?

'My Daughter Deserves the Chance to Live' - 24 Apr 2002

Are the lives of mice more important than the lives of people suffering from cystic fibrosis?

British Health Minister Says Animal Research Is "Absolutely Essential" - 18 Apr 2002

Lord Philip Hunt reaffirms that the UK government is solidly behind animal research.

It Doesn't Work Perfectly Yet, So Lets Ban Cloning - 9 Jan 2002

Dolly, the cloned sheep, has arthritis, so obviously all animal cloning research should be banned.

Number of Animals Used for Medical Experiments Increases in the UK - 25 Jul 2000

The Labour government in Great Britain won't win any friends among animal rights activists when it announces. . .

Activists in Great Britain ‘fabricated cruelty evidence' - 20 Mar 2000

Last June the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) filed a complaint with the Home. . .

Procter and Gamble Abandons Animal Testing, But Activists Still Not Satisfied - 12 Jul 1999

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals takes credit for the Procter and Gamble announcement, but what is the company really promsing to do?

Will transplant recipients be less than human? - 9 Nov 1998

Activists opposed to xenotransplantation claim that people who received animal organs and tissue won't really be human any longer.

Animal rights activists oppose xenotransplantation - 28 Sep 1998

If there's a way to save a human life, you can be certain that animal rights activists will protest it.