{"id":36746,"date":"2023-05-30T06:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T04:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proefdiervrij.nl\/uncategorized\/nieuwe-campagne-dierproeven-zijn-niet-meer-van-deze-tijd"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:30:42","slug":"animal-testing-is-outdated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/updates\/animal-testing-is-outdated","title":{"rendered":"New campaign: animal testing is outdated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p><span style=\"color: #159cbd;\"><b>As many as 9 out of 10 drugs developed with animals, do not work on humans. Not surprising, of course, because an animal body is different from a human body. Yet animal testing is the norm within scientific research. It must and can be done differently.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #159cbd;\"><b>That is why today we are launching our new campaign &#8216;Animal testing is outdated&#8217;. Together with our animal-free scientists, this campaign shows that a world without test animals is better for humans and animals.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet ex-labanimal Lola\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop animal testing, start human-based research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government has to trust animal-free research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/dierproeven-niet-van-deze-tijd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign our petition!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">Meet ex-labanimal Lola<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Meet Lola. You wouldn&#8217;t know it when you see her happy face, but this beagle is an ex-labanimal. Before she was rehomed, months of painful and stressful experiments were performed on her to discover and test (new) drugs. Often with no results.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Lola, that&#8217;s in the past: she&#8217;ll enjoy the rest of her life in a warm home with a kind owner. Unfortunately, that doesn&#8217;t apply to the thousands of other laboratory animals that spend their days in the lab.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:6px solid #ffffff;border-radius:50%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"Lola\" title=\"Lola ex-proefhond\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lola-ex-proefhond-e1685012383250-200x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-36592\"\/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:#009abf;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"JsGRdQ\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Animals should not suffer unnecessarily<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: #ffffff;\">Sign the petition and call on the government to really invest in animal-free innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#d67910;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#d67910;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(214,121,16,0.85);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:rgba(214,121,16,0.85);\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/dierproeven-niet-van-deze-tijd\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Yes, I will sign the petition!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\">Stop animal testing, start human-based research<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>Many things that are possible today, are things we could&#8217;ve only dreamed of last century. Space travel, self-driving cars, AI&#8230; but then why are animals still being used in research? As far as we are concerned, animal testing is no longer appropriate for the time we live in.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists Abdoel El Ghalbzouri and Katja Wolthers, two researchers who have been working for animal-free innovation for years, agree.<\/p>\n<p>Katja Wolthers is a clinical virologist and conducts research on the development and progression of viruses in humans. For this she uses human material, as this gives her better results. Katja: &#8220;Our models have the same properties as, for example, our intestines or lungs and make animal testing unnecessary and virus research even better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_ENXhoDk8o?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>Abdoel El Ghalbzouri is a researcher at Leiden University Medical Center and has been using and developing non-animal skin models throughout his career. Abdoel: &#8220;In the past, mice were used to do research on skin cancer, for example. Now I use the tumor removed from the patient and donated for research. We keep the tumor alive in the laboratory and recreate skin cancer. We then do research on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LL7JGcDaK04?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1040px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><h2 class=\"blauwtweeregels\"><b>Politicians must trust animal-free innovation<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p>Animal-free research is no longer in its infancy. Instead it&#8217;s in its starting blocks. But to really make a difference, we need trust. Trust and confidence in animal-free innovation and in a policy that is actually implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time for the government to take the first step: no more words, but deeds. By actively promoting animal-free alternatives, the government will send a signal to our society that they&#8217;re addressing this unnecessary animal suffering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we want from the government?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Invest in animal-free innovation: Make sufficient funds available and encourage researchers, educational institutions and companies to develop and use animal-free alternatives.<\/li>\n<li>Make higher education animal-free: Stop the use of labanimals in education and give students more focus on animal-free alternatives.<\/li>\n<li>Prevent more animal testing through European regulations: Ensure that new European laws do not require additional animal testing and instead encourage the development and use of non-animal methods.<\/li>\n<li>Stop immediate licensing of unnecessary animal testing: End animal testing for which proven alternatives are available or no longer necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Raise awareness of non-animal testing opportunities among researchers: Launch an awareness campaign to highlight the possibilities of using non-animal innovation within European legislation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will you join us in calling on the government to invest in animal-free alternatives?<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#d47c22;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#d47c22;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#d47c22;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#d47c22;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/dierproeven-niet-van-deze-tijd\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Yes, I will sign the petition!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":36589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[962],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.proefdiervrij.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}