TAKE ACTION: Sign the petition to end testing on dogs and other animals

A petition to the UK Government, titled ‘End testing on dogs and other animals for development of products for human use’ has already received over 100,000 signatures, suggesting that a significant portion of the public in the UK is against the use of animals in testing.

The petition states: “We think government-led action is required to radically divert funding and evolve policy to implement the use of existing and the development of new Non-Animal Methodologies (NAMS). We believe the current testing paradigm is failing both animals and humans and is holding back medical advances.”

Animal testing is an unreliable, exploitative process that is still routinely used across the UK. The Home Office reported that 2.6 million tests were conducted on animals in British laboratories in 2024, with 1.2 million of these carried out for the creation and breeding of genetically altered animals, 48 thousand assessed as ‘severe’, 16 thousand carried out on specially protected species (cats, dogs, horses, and monkeys), and almost 12 thousand LD50 procedures were carried out.

Animal Concern urges supporters to sign and share the petition, which is still open. Let’s show how the Government how many people want to bring an end to testing on animals.