HB 6329: "An Act Concerning Dissection Choice" passed a House vote and is now on the Senate calendar! Thank you Connecticut supporters for contacting your legislators to give students the right to learn through superior dissection alternatives. Please take the time to now contact your state… read more…

TAKE ACTION WITH NEAVS April 20-28 is World Week for Animals in Laboratories, a time to reflect on and share with others the reasons why animal research and testing must end. In honor of WWAIL, please help make a difference for animals in labs. WHAT YOU CAN DO 1. Be a… read more…

Did you know that helping animals in labs also helps the environment? In addition to the suffering and bad science resulting from animal use, NEAVS asks you give thought to the tons of dead bodies disposed every year by biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Labeled “biological waste,” let’s never forget they were all once living, thinking, and feeling animals whose… read more…

Primates Suffer in Cargo Transport Airlines transport primates packed into small wooden crates to research facilities worldwide, including to the U.S. Some die in transport because of the deplorable conditions of being shipped as cargo. Others endure and survive only to reach a cruel fate in research.  More and more transportation and airline companies are ending the… read more…

HB 6329 is a long overdue bill giving students with conscientious objections the right to abstain from classroom dissections or experiments on animals. HB 6329 has already passed favorably out of the Joint Committee on Children, the Office of Legislative Research, the Office of Fiscal Analysis, and the Committee on Education. It now awaits a vote on the… read more…