Science-led Accountability - Our FOI work
Challenging with evidence
Challenging with evidence
Challenging with evidence
Our group is a grassroots force in holding regulators and institutions accountable through evidence-based scrutiny—exactly the science-led pressure needed to challenge the "phase-out" narrative and push for immediate replacement where viable.
Our Approach
Challenging with evidence
Challenging with evidence
Our team leads in using Freedom of Information to expose gaps in animal replacement—demanding immediate action where human-relevant science already exists.
Our team
Challenging with evidence
Our standout strength
We emphasize an immediate ban rather than a gradual phase-out, criticizing anything less as insufficient. The tone is strongly abolitionist, passionate, and activist-oriented, with a focus on cruelty-free, non-animal alternatives in science.
Our standout strength
Scientific and Validation challenges
Our standout strength
Deep, interconnected requests build a systemic picture—showing how duties aren't enforced, strategies omit key areas (e.g., environment, tobacco), and regulators lack proactive NAM leadership. This directly supports our "immediate ban" stance by revealing "phase-out" as slow/partial.
Regulatory gaps
Scientific and Validation challenges
Scientific and Validation challenges
"Lead FoI Specialist: Linda Birr-Pixton – Over 200 Requests Exposing Regulatory Gaps".That 2023 FoI breakthrough (where the Home Office/related bodies effectively admitted the core process of animal testing lacks formal scientific validation as a predictive standard) is a massive win. It's the kind of raw, systemic revelation that cuts through bureaucracy and "phase-out" rhetoric powerfully
Scientific and Validation challenges
Scientific and Validation challenges
Scientific and Validation challenges
Tarnia Wilson – Foundational Scientific & Validation Challenges
Direct challenges to animal testing's scientific basis: E.g., "Animal Testing Validation" to Animals in Science Committee — requesting evidence of scientific validation and criteria making it the de facto standard for regulatory/basic research.Bold, paradigm-questioning reques
Tarnia Wilson – Foundational Scientific & Validation Challenges
Direct challenges to animal testing's scientific basis: E.g., "Animal Testing Validation" to Animals in Science Committee — requesting evidence of scientific validation and criteria making it the de facto standard for regulatory/basic research.Bold, paradigm-questioning requests cut to the core—why animal models persist when translatability is poor.
Institutional Compliance
Strong scientific arguments deployed
Strong scientific arguments deployed
Georgina Rednall – Institutional & Compliance Focus. University-level: Multiple requests on 3Rs compliance and AI use in animal research. AWERB advice: Requests for Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) guidance on replacements/alternatives over recent years. Practical, actionable scrutiny—reveals where universities lag on replac
Georgina Rednall – Institutional & Compliance Focus. University-level: Multiple requests on 3Rs compliance and AI use in animal research. AWERB advice: Requests for Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body (AWERB) guidance on replacements/alternatives over recent years. Practical, actionable scrutiny—reveals where universities lag on replacement despite ASPA requirements. Batch-style targeting (multiple similar unis) builds patterns of non-compliance or slow uptake.
Strong scientific arguments deployed
Strong scientific arguments deployed
Strong scientific arguments deployed
We focus on evidence showing poor translatability of animal models and superiority of human-relevant methods.