Animal testing remains an important part of pharmaceutical research, vaccine development and medical science in India. But a proposed overhaul of the rules governing laboratory experiments has ...

The draft Rules on animal experiments seek to regulate the use of animals in research, including the procedures permitted and safeguards against suffering. What experiments are allowed, who authorises ...

PETA said that any changes to the regulations governing experiments on animals will lead to an increase in cruelty towards them. It is worth noting that the government intends to amend these ...

Animal protection is being redefined to serve Hindutva politics by allowing trade and diluting the rights of some creatures ...

New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) Animal rights activists have flagged potential gaps in the Centre's proposed rules governing laboratory animal experimentation, warning that allowing institutional committees to ...

The draft rules, issued by the government, would replace the 1998 framework. Under the existing rules, experiments involving animals larger than rodents and rabbits require approval from the CCSEA.

Members of Congress exploded Thursday over reports that taxpayer money has paid for experiments using “transgender lab rats,” saying it was time to shut down the government’s animal-testing industry.

When biologists study cooperation in animals, they usually offer just a single task at a time. But what happens when animals can choose among several opportunities to work together? Biologists at ...

We’re starting to see great progress in alternatives to animal experimentation in the medical field. Universities are focusing on humane methods that are more accurate than using non-human animals in ...