Anti-Vivisection Coalition
Pressure group | |
Focus | Opposition to animal testing |
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Location |
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Area served | UK wide |
Key people | Danny Flies (Chairman) Sophie Kennerley (UK Coordinator) Dr Andre Menache (Scientific Consultant) |
Website | www.stopvivisection.org.uk |
The Anti-Vivisection Coalition (AVC) is a United Kingdom-based
History
The AVC attracted local media attention in 2014 for protests against
More than fifty people attended a protest outside of the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control in Potters Bar, which the AVC claims continues to test old drugs on animals unnecessarily. The National Institute, in response, described their experiments as "crucial".[2] The AVC also campaigns against Cambridge University's experiments on primates. The group's efforts rejuvenated a prior campaign against the practice, stating:
"2014 marks 10 years since the British people spoke out against sickening primate experiments by stopping a new monkey laboratory being built in Cambridge. This was a call for change, but the government continues to present money from the very people who oppose these tests to fund the vivisectionists who undertake them."[4]
University spokespeople rejected the calls from the AVC to stop the testing, with one saying that "Without animal research, which is only used when there is no alternative, many treatments we take for granted today would not be possible."[4]
On 15 February 2014, members of the AVC gathered outside
The group has not posted on Facebook since October 2015, and its website is no longer up. However, the Belgian/Dutch counterpart, Anti-Dierproeven Coalitie, remains active.
See also
References
- PMID 24499902.
- ^ a b Slater, Anna (21 January 2014). "Thousands sign petition against monkey testing at NIBSC, Potters Bar". Newsquest. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Lawson, Ruth (4 January 2014). "Newcastle University under fire from animal rights group". The Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ a b Winters, Joseph (6 February 2014). "University of Cambridge rejects claims of "sickening" cruelty". The Cambridge Student. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Day, Jordan (16 February 2014). "Anti-Vivisection Coalition (AVC) protest outside Cambridge University's Senate House". Cambridge News. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "Mice experiments cruel, say vivisection campaigners". Oxford Mail. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.