Is the use of animal hide for fashion fur enough?

The Big Questions: Why are animals suffering for their skin? Should designers use synthetic alternatives? Megan Packer | @meganannepacker Why are we asking this now? In February, the animal rights group Surge, launched a Change.org petition just weeks before London Fashion Week in attempt to ban designers from using real fur items on the catwalk. […]

If mice are so similar to humanity, then why are our rights so different?

In 2015 a total of 4.14 million animal procedures were conducted, a considerable rise on the previous year. The government have committed to ‘replace, reduce and refine’ the use of animals in testing. Yet the figures are rising… by Megan Packer In laboratories throughout the UK, millions of animals are used for medical research. Primates […]

Captivity or conservation: can animals in the entertainment industry live a fulfilled life?

Circuses, zoos, safari parks and aquariums are all responsible for confining wild creatures and putting them on display for human benefit. But it is difficult to know how the animals feel about it… by Megan Packer Something changed the day that Nadia, the Sumatran tigress was found dead in her enclosure. The usual upbeat spirit […]