As founder of PCFC, and a patient with multiple sclerosis, I am affected by the results of experiments on animal models every day, and there is no relief. Animals are now proven to be the reason medical research is getting nowhere fast. When this evidence was heard in 2002, at a planning inquiry to decide… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Holding the Funding of Animal Experiments to Public Scientific Account
Acclaimed actor, Peter Egan, star of Downton Abbey highlights penicillin and Fleming’s opposition to animal testing
We’re delighted that the acclaimed actor and Downton Abbey star Peter Egan has published an important post on penicillin, the life-saving medicine highlighted in Parliamentary EDM 373, arguably the most important example of a cure derailed by animal models. To read Peter Egan’s post please visit this link. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and understood the harm caused to… Read more »
Landslide victory MP POLL
Landslide victory poll for human patients Dodds Polling have interviewed 95 MPs and 90 of those support the need for a thorough medical science hearing, to expose false claims that animal models can predict the responses of human patients. Please visit the new PR company Speaking of Human-Based Research who commissioned the poll, or this… Read more »
Our expert medical Board, alongside Dr Andre Menache, helps us respond to criticism from the DHT, following our opposition to their funding of animal modelers and the 3Rs
Our expert medical Board, alongside Dr Andre Menache, helps us respond to criticism from the Dr Hadwen Trust, following our opposition to their funding animal of modelers and the 3Rs Introduction We’re a relatively new initiative run by patients for patients, but our medical Board is the leading in its field, having published five books on the… Read more »
Important new science report flags up the 3Rs as blocking progress.
Important new science report flags up the ‘3Rs’ as blocking progress Dr Andre Menache, who testified at the EU Parliament with on May 11th with the president of our medical Board Dr Ray Greek, has published an important new science report against using primates as claimed surrogate humans in medical research. Dr Menache’s report incudes… Read more »
TEMPLATE LETTER to respond to standard pro-animal model letter, from MPs
Some MPs are responding to requests to sign EDM 400 with a standard letter that ignores up-to-date medical knowledge. We have drafted a template letter for you to respond with – below – simply cut and paste it into an email, or contact us if you need additional help. We appreciate that our text is a little… Read more »
Downton Abbey stars Peter Egan and Lesley Nicol publicize Parliamentary EDM 373!!
What a week we’re having! Downton Abbey stars Peter Egan and Lesley Nicol are advertising Parliamentary EDM 373 which highlights our new campaign (less than a year old!). We are simply thrilled to pieces that such influential stars are beginning to tweet this issue as one of great trauma and concern for human patients too…. Read more »
Referenced list: fifty failures of animal testing which have led to human deaths
This is a helpful document which is referenced, and provides fifty examples of failed experiments on animal models which have led to human deaths; please read more. We are honored to be highlighted in the new Parliamentary EDM 373, please click on the image below to send your MP up-to-date information about current medical understanding, so… Read more »
We’re honored as Parliament recognizes the harm caused by animal testing is a human, patient rights issue
We are not yet a year old, yet we are already being named and recognized in Parliament by a new Early Day Motion, number 373, tabled by Kelvin Hopkins MP and calling for the false claims that animal experiments can ‘predict’ the responses of human patients to be held to effective public scientific account. Britain’s foremost human… Read more »
We have published a statement in response to misleading claims about medical science by the Govt. and CFI
Our founder, Rebecca Groves, is a very inspiring 27 year old young lady who has multiple sclerosis. Rebecca’s life is constantly enriched and uplifted by the devoted companionship of her gorgeous Jack Russel dog, Patch, and Rebecca also always buys Cruelty Free products. So this post about Cruelty Free International’s (CFI) misleading statements about medical… Read more »