HLS once again felt the pressure of public protest when 400 activists marched through Huntingdon:

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/latest-east-anglia-news/
400-protest-against-animal-testing.3467741.jp (URL wrap warning)

HLS have in the past sought and received special protection from the courts so they can continue torturing animals in peace, but free speech has been slowly winning out and some of these protections have been wound back. This is the first huge protest in years; let's hope it the first of many to come.

A national prize was awarded to groundbreaking research into cancer drug resistance that did not use animals in the course of the study:

http://www.austmus.gov.au/eureka/
index.cfm?objectid=B8571A64-D8F5-0048-9648CB3A7B962EF8 (long URL warning)

The research saved time, effort and animals' lives (and in turn will save people's lives) - a win for all concerned (except animal testing labs).

For more info on cruel, wasteful, inaccurate animal testing, see http://www.stopanimaltests.com/index.aspx

Here is a good example of what happens when people are forced to preform genuine research rather than routine abuse of animals for their money:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19526144.100

All hail the EU for the ban which lead to some new science being done. If L'Oreal adopts this technology, perhaps they can get The Body Shop back on the Choose Cruelty Free list.

After Canadian passengers complained about their flight being disturbed by some annoying noises from dogs on their way to be tortured, Air Canada has decided to stop the shipments:

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/
story.html?id=165cfbef-d957-4e5c-9fd7-6411058cbe25&k=47351 (URL Wrap Warning)

Maybe the passengers should have put on some baby seal fur lined earmuffs? Bloody rich of them to complain about dogs, while seals are beaten to death on their ice every year. For more info on the seal hunt, go to http://www.furisdead.com/feat-harpseal.asp

Israel will bring itself in line with the EU and ban the import of animal tested cosmetics:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3412515,00.html

There is of course no need to test any of this on animals, as demonstarted by the large number of alternative products available e.g.: http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/

Alright, it's not actually called "World Fuck Proctor and Gamble Day" but it should be:

http://www.boycottpandg.co.uk/boycott.asp

Have a look at the products in your house. If they aren't made by P&G, they are probably made by GlaxoSmithKline or some other huge company that funds cruel, unnecessary animal testing. Throw out the animal tested products and buy cruelty free:

http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au/

In a suprising victory for anti animal testing protestors, the courts haven't sided completely with the people with the most money and not all the decisions in the HLS/SHAC court case went the lab's way:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/367425.html

[QUOTE] For the first year of the injunction (up to May 2004) he found that HLS were entitled to their costs. However, for the remaining period he found for SHAC. The basis for this decision was that on 16th October, 2006, the option for a final settlement had been put forward by SHAC, including some of the points which were found later in their favour in the final judgement and order. Justice Holland found that HLS had not acted in the right spirit by seeking to deal with the terms of the order. [END QUOTE]

IAMS has decided that killing animals in labs is not enough - it has to kill its customers' animals too:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/16/national/main2580525.shtml

For more info on the deplorable animal testing IAMS supports:

http://www.iamscruelty.com/

A European group reports that 70% of people in the EU find primate experimentation unacceptable:

http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=727

The battle with POM Wonderful is over:

http://www.peta.org/feat-pom-victory.asp

And now we do the dance of joy!

POM has finally given in under immense pressure from all corners, including retailers who would no longer sell their product:

http://cbs5.com/business/local_story_018014431.html

I love the smell of pomegranate juice in the morning; it smells like... victory.

UPDATE: Things may not be quite so simple:

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2007/01/is_pom_trying_t_1.php