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Every Animal Testing Laboratory Needs an Exit Plan

The UK Government has finally acknowledged what PETA supporters have said for years: the future of science must be animal-free. 

The Government's Replacing Animals in Science Strategy sets out a vision for phasing out experiments on animals, but a national strategy alone is not enough to save animals trapped across UK laboratories. 

The real work must happen where animals are actually being bred and used. 

A dog rescued from laboratory experimentation. Credit: PETA US

Universities, pharmaceutical companies, contract testing laboratories, breeding facilities, and other Licensed Establishments continue to breed, confine, injure, poison, and kill animals for experiments. If the UK is serious about replacing animal testing, every institution that breeds, houses or uses animals for experiments must have a clear plan for ending that use. 

Add your name to our open letter calling for every UK institution licensed to breed, house, or use animals for experiments to develop and publish its own roadmap for ending animal use at its institution. 

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The Government's Replacing Animals in Science Strategy sets out a vision for phasing out experiments on animals, but a national strategy alone is not enough to save animals trapped across UK laboratories. 

Universities, pharmaceutical companies, contract testing laboratories, breeding facilities, and other Licensed Establishments continue to breed, confine, injure, poison, and kill animals in experiments. If the UK is serious about replacing animal testing, every institution that breeds, houses, or uses animals for experiments must have a clear plan for ending that use. 

Just as the Government now has a roadmap, every laboratory should have one too. 

These institution -level roadmaps should: 

•    Set measurable targets for replacing and phasing out animal use at its institution
•    Identify opportunities to adopt modern, non-animal research methods
•    Provide training and support for scientists to use advanced non-animal technologies
•    Report publicly on progress every year
•    Share successful approaches across the sector
•    RHelp ensure that funding and infrastructure decisions support animal-free science

Without transparent plans and clear deadlines, promises of progress risk becoming little more than words on paper while animals continue to suffer behind closed laboratory doors. 

Together, we can help turn the Government's ambition into real action for animals suffering in UK laboratories and accelerate the transition to animal-free science across the UK. 

Please sign the open letter today. 

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Working Together to End Experiments on Animals

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We support institution roadmaps to end the use of animals in science. 

The UK Government’s Replacing Animals in Science Strategy sets out a vision in which animals are no longer used in experiments. Achieving that vision will require action across the scientific community. 

Universities, companies and other Licensed Establishments that breed, house, or use animals for experiments are uniquely placed to examine their own practices, identify opportunities to phase out the use of animals and replace them with advanced humane approaches, and demonstrate how they are contributing to ending the use of animals in experiments. 

Each institution should publish its own roadmap that identifies where animal use can be replaced or phased out, sets priorities, and measures progress. These plans should include measurable targets for training, funding, support, and incentives for replacing animal use, as well as targets specific to different research areas. Institutions should report on progress annually, share best practices across the sector and integrate replacement goals into funding and infrastructure decisions. 

Government departments, funders, scientific bodies, and other stakeholders also play an important role in supporting institutions in developing and delivering their roadmaps. Progress must be bold and transparent to ensure meaningful action is taken to replace and phase out the use of animals. 

We therefore call on everyone with a role in shaping the future of UK science to support the development of institution roadmaps. Together, we can turn national ambition into action and accelerate the transition towards animal-free science. 

Signed, 

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