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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to improve methods to evaluate the validity and relevance of animal experiments by requiring that (i) animal researchers are trained in experimental design and statistics (ii) each licence application includes references to systematic reviews of existing relevant studies (iii) approved applications are made available to researchers and others with relevant interest and (iv) only the highest quality experimental designs of animal studies and laboratory practice are permitted. More details
Submitted by Susan Green of SABRE Research UK – Deadline to sign up by: 21 August 2008 – Signatures: 305
Petition update, 29 September 2008
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "improve methods to evaluate the validity and relevance of animal experiments by requiring that (i) animal researchers are trained in experimental design and statistics (ii) each licence application includes references to systematic reviews of existing relevant studies (iii) approved applications are made available to researchers and others with relevant interest and (iv) only the highest quality experimental designs of animal studies and laboratory practice are permitted."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17007
Prime Minister's Office
More details from petition creator
Surveys suggest that the public supports animal research providing a)it leads to improvements in human health, b)non-animal technologies are unavailable, c)it is not duplicated unnecessarily, d)it is not done for trivial reasons, e)it cannot be ethically performed in humans and f)suffering of laboratory animals is minimised. Animal experiments have been associated with important advances in medicine. However, uncertainties remain about their predictive value for human health and recent research has found serious inadequacies, both in the design and performance of animal studies. This petition calls for revisions to ensure that evidence-based research methods and training are implemented with the aim of fulfilling the conditions the public place on it’s acceptance of animal experiments in a transparent and accountable manner. The experimental designs should use concealed random allocation, blinding and adequate sample sizes and systematic reviews should be performed to reduce bias and address questions about validity, alternatives and confounding variables e.g. genetics, species differences, feeding, housing and handling in the laboratory.
Current signatories
Susan Green, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Andrew Herxheimer
- David Menkes
- Pablo Perel
- Professor Peter Sandercock
- Sandra Anthony
- Matt
- philip walker
- Dick King
- S King
- Mary Banks
- meredith robson
- Mike Hersee
- Nicole Newton Schmitt
- Sarah Warwick
- Pandora Pound
- Dr Suzanne Richards
- Raff Potter
- Louise Locock
- James
- ANdy Thomson
- Eileen Kucek
- Nicola Bourne
- zachary walsh
- Malcolm Macleod
- Dr. Michael Festing
- Guillaume Lyons
- Caroline Bergmann
- Liane Goryl
- N King
- sheila samuels
- Jo Morgans
- Caroline Jackson
- Claire Williams
- Dr Cathie Sudlow
- Rachel Burrow
- William Whiteley
- Dr Jon Stone
- Charles Warlow
- Imogen Sherwood
- Vincent Moran
- Charlotte Taylor
- Tony Morgans
- C Grant
- Alison Bowyer
- Alison Clark
- stephanie sherwood
- Morwenna Fisher
- Iain Chalmers
- E Sanders
- Sarah Layzell
- Dr Patrick Zentler-Munro
- Dr Timothy Palmer
- Alastair MacGilchrist
- Lynn Dolman
- Laura Bond
- Gemma Mullaghan
- Joanne Robaczynski
- Emma Jordan
- Dan Bourne
- Fiona Fothergill
- Ian Roberts
- khalid saeed khan
- Luciano Mignini
- Hazel Thornton
- Robert Matthews
- Dr. L.Birke
- Professor Diane Waller OBE
- Mark Selinger
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- Joanne Morris
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