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  CLASS B DEALERS

    

Dog and Cat Dealer Out of Business

Another random source animal dealer has shut down. Chestnut Grove Kennel, whose owners were charged with conspiracy and fraud, has closed its doors, and will no longer be selling dogs and cats to research. There are now only eight random source Class B dealers operating in the U.S. But we still need your help to ban all random source Class B dealers!
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Dogs and Cats Need Our Help!

Urge your U.S. Representatitve to support the Pet Safety and Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit random source Class B animal dealers from selling cats and dogs to research facilities.
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  PROTECT GREAT APES

    

Help End Experiments on Chimps

The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act was recently introduced into the 112th Congress. Let's make this the year for the chimps!
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Chimps Receive Reprieve from Research

AAVS is pleased to announce that the Alamogordo chimpanzees, who had faced a return to biomedical research this year, will remain at their New Mexico home and will not be subject to experimentation.
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  GE ANIMALS

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Speak Out Against GE fish

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is close to approving genetically engineered (GE) salmon for food, despite the fact that these fish often suffer serious health problems. GE salmon are only one of several GE animals in the pipeline, just steps away from reaching grocery store shelves.
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Keep GE Fish off the Menu

Recent reports indicate that the Food and Drug Administration is in the final stages of approving AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon for food, despite the fact that these fish often suffer serious health problems. In an outrageous move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture just gave $500,000 of tax-payer money to AquaBounty to develop its GE fish.
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Ending the Use of Animals in Science