Why animal experiments cannot stop immediately

FRAME is often asked why it does not advocate an immediate end to animal experiments, unlike some organisations. 

FRAME takes a strictly scientific approach to the subject of laboratory animals. We are against their use because, in the majority of cases, the results obtained from them do not accurately predict anything about human reactions to drugs or any other substances.

For more than 40 years FRAME has been at the centre of campaigns to reduce, refine and ultimately replace the use of animals in laboratories. 

•             We search for effective,  alternative, non-animal methods to replace existing tests.

•             We lecture to scientists and universities to demonstrate that non-animal methods are better.

•             We teach animal scientists better techniques so that they use fewer animals in their research.

•             We publish validation studies to support official acceptance of alternative methods.

•             We campaign through the press and other public relations activities to spread better science.

•             We work with scientific organisations and government officials to bring about changes in legislation.

We were actively involved in the preparation and implementation of the 1986 Animals (Scientific Procedure)s Act, which introduced systematic controls over the use and welfare of lab animals in the UK for the first time.  We  also consulted on the latest European laws that now prevent the sale of cosmetics, anywhere within the EU, that have been tested on animals.

By taking a scientific approach, rather than the emotional one put forward by animal welfare organisations, we are taken seriously by the scientists who carry out animal experiments and the legislators who draw up the laws that control them.  We are able to have a real effect on  attitudes and therefore bring about meaningful improvements.

But we cannot do it all at once. UK laws still require that drugs and medical treatments are tested on animals before they are used on humans. Therefore an immediate end to animal experiments is not practical. FRAME is realistic in its approach and understands that something of this scale cannot happen overnight.  This is a process towards the elimination of animal use.

We are supported by a number of companies who believe that a reasoned, steady and scientific approach is the best way to bring about an eventual end to animal experiments.

With their help we are continuing to talk to scientists and government ministers in a bid to achieve our ultimate aim: a complete end to any kind of medical or scientific procedures using animals.

5 February 2014

FRAME

Anne Jeffery  (Communications organiser) 

96-98 North Sherwood Street
Nottingham
NG1 4EE
UK

0115 958 4740 

FRAME is the Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments.

It promotes the replacement of laboratory animals with non-animal methods, through better science. 

Its ultimate aim is the elimination of the need to use laboratory animals in any kind of scientific or medical procedures. 

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