Have a read of just some of HRA’s 2020 achievements
Extensive media coverage on the plight of primates in research following the ‘baboon escape’, which resulted in a doubling of our ban primate experiments petition signatures
Upgrading the HRA and Humane Charities List websites
Outreach at the Sydney Road Street Festival
Becoming a corporate member of Transparency International Australia to advocate for open and transparent Government
Joining an international coalition, United4Animalsin Labs, to campaign during World Week for Animals in Laboratories for non-animal alternatives in COVID-19 research
Presentation by our adviser Doctor Brett Lidbury during National Science Week
The launch of the HRA podcast channel
Uniting with Choose Cruelty Free and LUSH for an in-store and online campaign to strengthen the Industrial Chemicals Act
Two Australian universities deciding not to approve forced swim test research
Publishing many non-animal case studies
Celebrating Leo-the-ex lab cat’s 10 year anniversary during HRA’s cat month in August, during which supporters donated copies of Leo the Ex Lab cat to schools and libraries across Australia
Creating a new resource for those working in the animal research industry
Watch our 2020 highlights and 2021 hopes video here.