We are delighted that Nexus Magazine has featured a 5-page excerpt of Rat Trap in its August-September issue. The excerpt (Chapter 1) is available for download for a small fee here
We are delighted that Nexus Magazine has featured a 5-page excerpt of Rat Trap in its August-September issue. The excerpt (Chapter 1) is available for download for a small fee here
We are delighted that the BMJ has published an Opinion article by our research director, Dr Pandora Pound and Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, professor of evidence-based transition to animal-free innovations at Utrecht University.
You can read the article here: https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q1600.
The opening and closing paragraphs are below:
We must develop a funded, evidence based transition programme to enable a shift to safe and effective human biology based approaches in research
In February 2024, the Conservative government announced its intention to accelerate the development and uptake of technologies to reduce the use of animals in science, promising publication of a transition strategy this summer.1 Hopes are high that Labour will honour this commitment since, according to its manifesto, the party aim to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing.” In our view, a transition away from reliance on animals in research cannot happen soon enough; we believe that pre-clinical animal research is impeding medical progress, wasting resources, and resulting in enormous unmet need for patients.
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The notion that animal research saves human lives has become part of our collective belief system. But this belief is not based on scientific evidence. The debate about animal research has traditionally been portrayed as an animal welfare issue, but we need to grasp that this is about human health too. This is a public health issue. Let’s hope the new government recognises this and acts accordingly.
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/animalfreescienceadvocacy/episodes/2024-01-28T14_44_14-08_00
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Dr Pandora Pound is Research Director at the Safer Medicines Trust. Dr Pound has written numerous influential papers on the scientific drawbacks of using animals as models for humans. Her newly published book ‘Rat Trap’ is a must-read.
www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/computing-science-education/rat-trap
Many thanks to Rachel Smith and Animal-Free Science Advocacy for this great podcast.
We at Safer Medicines Trust are absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted for the wonderful Lush Prize in the Public Awareness Category for our book, Rat Trap!! Thank you so much to everyone who is reading and sharing it!
Many thanks to The Medicine Maker magazine for publishing this article
Safer Medicines Trust is very grateful to the Alliance Exchange for the opportunity for Pandora to speak about Rat Trap.
Medical science must move away from animal testing and embrace modern techniques, says Dr Pandora Pound
https://www.humanimaltrust.org.uk
Many thanks to Humanimal Trust for inviting Pandora to present a webinar for the One Medicine series
Many thanks to Ilina Jha and Redbrick Sci&Tech, the student publication of the University of Birmingham, for this interview with Pandora Pound.
Independent Living Guest Blog By Dr Pandora Pound.
independentliving.co.uk/guest-blog/why-the-slow-progress-on-medicines/
Many thanks to Pam Osenkowski and NAVS US for this excellent interview.
Many thanks to Patient Safety Learning for publishing our blog
Rat Trap lets the data speak for itself, plainly revealing how 150 years of animal testing have succeeded only in thwarting medical progress.
Dr. Pound’s historical investigation explores how animal experimentation became the default method, despite an overwhelming lack of reliable, systematic evidence to support its effectiveness.
Many thanks to What Doctors Don’t Tell You for including an abridged excerpt from Rat Trap in their magazine and online
Many thanks to Cygnus magazine for this great review in their Autumn 2023 Issue 4:
You need to know that the subtitle of this book is The Capture of Medicine by Animal Research and How to Break Free, which is probably going to get you to pay attention. Written with pace and passion, this book reads almost like a thriller: “Learn how an experienced medical professional takes on the establishment with expert use of science and data and is criticised and pilloried only to fight on and bring change” sort of thing. The evidence she presents is pretty devastating and depressing, because it clearly shows that the experiments carried out in the name of our health are not fit for purpose and with the massive advances in modern research and technology, they are outdated. This is a powerful book and hopefully it will change some minds.
Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Professor Thomas Hartung, has written a detailed and thoroughly positive review of Rat Trap in the journal Altex (published October 17th 2023). He praises the book’s balance as well as its reliance on evidence, concluding, ‘Rat Trap is essential reading for funders, policymakers, scientists and ethicists seeking an unflinching empirical appraisal of animal research and constructive paths forward.’
Prof. Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga’s inaugural lecture at Utrecht University
In a moving and inspiring speech, Professor Ritskes-Hoitinga said: “The Netherlands is unique in the world with its national and Utrecht policies on Transition to Animal-Free Innovation. The whole world is watching us. I promise to do everything in my power to live up to our exemplary role from the Netherlands as much as possible.”
We are honoured to work alongside Merel and congratulate her on so many ground-breaking achievements. May her vision soon be realised.
Enlightening conversation with Carla Owen, CEO of Animal Free Research UK
