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Mar 2, 2023

You’ve Got Catmail, Minister Robertson

We sent a special ‘cat mail’ delivery to Minister Robertson to send a clear signal that you and other influential NZAVS supporters care about cats and the other 300,000 animals used for science in Aotearoa.

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Mar 1, 2023

Action Required - Thank Those Steering Clear of the Forced Swim Test

We asked all NZ Universities to find out if they have used the use of the Forced Swim Test recently, and the positive news is that none of them has!

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Dec 19, 2022

Exposed: Lasers Used on Cats in NZ Experiment

Cats from a breeding unit were used in a research study using lasers to test pain relief.

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Dec 8, 2022

Exposed: Cats Fed Poison in Cruel Experiments

Cats were fed different types of toxic bait and within 20-60min they began to vomit, had trouble walking and getting up, and/ or they became unconscious.

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Nov 30, 2022

Exposed: Kiwi Scientists Suffocate Baby Pigs in Cruel Experiments

During an investigation, we found proof of Kiwi scientists suffocating baby pigs in experiments funded by the American Pork Board.

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Nov 25, 2022

NZAVS Presents at AALAS in the USA

NZAVS presented at the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) Conference - the largest gathering in the world of professionals concerned with the production, care, and use of laboratory animals.

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Nov 18, 2022

NZAVS Awarded the 2022 LUSH Prize

NZAVS won a LUSH Prize for our campaign against the use of the cruel and invalid Forced Swim Test in NZ.

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Oct 13, 2022

Our First Look into How Animals Are Used in NZ Schools

We conducted a nationwide survey about animal use in NZ schools (from primary to high schools). The project was designed to better understand which types of animals are used, how they are used, and how confident schools are with the current animal welfare laws and regulations.

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Sep 23, 2022

Learn Something New About Cattle

Hundreds of thousands of cattle (cows, calves, heifers and bulls) have been used for science in NZ. Learn all about these four-legged, gentle giants!

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Sep 21, 2022

Why Using Animals in Alzheimer’s Research Isn’t Working

A shocking 99.6% of Alzheimer’s drugs that test successfully in animals fail in human trials. To make this failure even more obvious, in the last decade, no new drugs have been developed that can treat Alzheimer’s effectively.

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