Here’s a roundup of the week’s biggest news stories related to animal research — all the recent media coverage you need to know right now to be the most effective activist for animals in labs.
NIH Backs NAMS – Now We Must Guard Against Co-optation
Rise for Animals, 07/09/2025
Earlier this week, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – the world’s largest funder of animal research – announced a policy shift: going forward, all NIH grant applicants will be required to “consider” new approach methodologies (“NAMS”).
We must both commend the NIH’s espoused intent and guard against the animal research industry’s efforts to package NAMS alongside animal research – against the industry being allowed to treat NAMS as supportive tools rather than directives for change and disruptors of exploitation. 📰 Full Story →
E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats
Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times, 07/03/2025
“[Rats and zebra fish] have long been used at the E.P.A.[‘s research campus in North Carolina] to test the toxicity of chemicals. But as the E.P.A. shuts down its research arm as part of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to government scientific work, the animals need new homes. So employees . . . have set up an adoption plan . . . Staff members can take home the rats and fish and keep them at pets.”
“‘Adopt love. Save a life,’ read a poster displayed on campus last week….”
“The agency said the adoptions were unrelated to the funding cuts. Instead, they were driven by concerns over animal welfare, said Brigit Hirsch, the press secretary. ‘The Trump E.P.A. is working to get as many of the animals into loving homes as possible,’ she said.” 📰 Full Story →
Our macaque trade investigative work features in Emmy award-winning documentary
Cruelty Free International, 07/07/2025
“Bloomberg Investigates’ documentary on the trafficking of monkeys from Cambodia to the United States, has won the 2025 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary.”
“‘The Dirty Business of Monkey Laundering’ highlighted the investigation carried out by US government officials into the laundering of wild-caught long-tailed macaques in Cambodia, who were exported to American research laboratories with false paperwork and permits labelled as captive-bred. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honoured the documentary at the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City.” 📰 Full Story →
Scientists fear impact as senators back end to primate research
DutchNews, 07/09/2025
“Dutch university hospitals and scientific organisations have raised the alarm over a parliamentary decision to phase out government funding for medical research involving primates . . . Last week, a majority in the Tweede Kamer unexpectedly backed a proposal from the pro-animal PvdD to gradually withdraw €12.5 million in annual subsidies from the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) in Rijswijk . . . The change instructs the education ministry to redirect the funding towards alternative research methods and says the subsidy must be fully withdrawn by 2030.”
“The BPRC is the largest facility of its kind in Europe. It is involved in research on infectious diseases such as malaria and Covid, and on neurological conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Each year, a maximum of 150 monkeys may be used in studies.” 📰 Full Story →
Exclusive — GOP House Members Demand Termination of NIH Funding of Cruel Dog and Cat Experiments
Hannah Knudsen, Breitbart, 07/08/2025
“Several Republican House members, led by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), are demanding the termination of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding going toward cruel experiments on dogs and cats.”
“‘As Congress begins its work to implement the Trump Administration’s request for a 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget in Fiscal Year 2026, we are writing to request that the [sic] you immediately terminate funding for barbaric dog and cat experiments approved by Dr. Anthony Fauci and his Biden-era successors at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),’ the lawmakers write, noting that their previous request to Fauci’s successor under the Biden-Harris administration — Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo — was ignored . . . ‘It is time to end this waste and abuse for good,’ they wrote.” 📰 Full Story →
Delhi High Court Bars Private Lab from Animal Testing Over Cruelty Allegations
Law Trend, 07/10/2025
“The Delhi High Court has restrained Hyderabad-based Palamur Biosciences Pvt Ltd from conducting animal testing, following serious allegations of cruelty and neglect at its research facility. The court found merit in the claims raised by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and ordered urgent remedial steps to improve the condition of animals.”
“Justice Sachin Datta, examining a June 17 inspection report and photographs submitted by the Committee for Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CCSEA), observed that interim directions were necessary to address the ‘deplorable’ conditions at the facility.” 📰 Full Story →
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