Media Resources
To encourage informed and accurate reporting on the complex issue of animal use in biomedical research, ASFA has created quick-reference media guidelines for journalists in both PDF and video formats:
Guidelines specifically for US Media Professionals can be found here.
Other helpful resources include our suite of media releases, internal news and broader industry news of interest.
Note: publications and resources from earlier than 2024 may refer to Animal-Free Science Advocacy using our old brand name, Humane Research Australia.
We are available for media comment
To request comment or a media interview, please contact our CEO Rachel Smith at info@animalfreesci.org.au or call us 1800 486 263.
Listen to some of the former interviews with AFSA spokespersons here:
- Freedom of Species Radio (interview with Dr. Dana Kolsky) – 26/04/26
- Vegan Global Action Podcast – 14/02/26
- ABC Mornings (1.08 into recording) – 09/02/26
- The Vegan Compass – 27/10/25
- Animal Rights the Debate episode 1 – 15/05/25
- Animal Rights the Debate episode 2 – 05/06/25
- Freedom of Species Radio – (interview with Primate Consultant Robyn Kirby) – 13/04/25
- Science Behind the Glass Podcast – 13/03/25
- Freedom of Species Radio – (interview with CEO Rachel Smith) – 14/11/24
- The Wire – 15/12/23
- Cuddly Podcast – 08/12/21
- The Latest Channel 7 – 27/02/20
- ABC Radio National – 26/12/20
Industry news of interest
Below is recent media coverage on animal research and related issues by external outlets unrelated to AFSA, providing a broader view of public discussion and developments across the field, and a resource for journalists seeking to understand current conversations.
- Adoption centre dedicated to rehoming small lab animals launches on NSW Central Coast
- Research Monkey Deaths Exposed in Australia
- “Absolutely Necessary”: The Standard Australia Sets and Never Enforces
- Could this Aussie AI start-up phase out lab testing on animals?
- The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health
- NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies
- Call to end experiments on caged monkeys bred at Monash University facility
- National advocacy group challenges Medical College of Wisconsin’s use of live animals in training
- Forty-three monkeys escape from US research lab
- The world is shifting away from using animals in research. Will Australia get left behind?
- Animal testing to be reined in with medical tech push
- ‘The furry face of hidden animal testing shame’, published by the Courier Mail, January 13, 2024. Accessible online via paid subscription.
- What’s worse than a cruel animal experiment? A cruel and fake animal experiment.
- What can caged lab monkeys tell us about free human beings?
- EU Commission Acts to Hasten Animal Testing Phase-Out
- Australian universities and institutes pledge transparency on animal research
- Australia launches animal research openness agreement
- UK government to make plan for speeding up animal testing alternatives
- Secretive baboon colony hidden in major Aussie city sparks scrutiny over animal research
- UK Lab Testing
- The Labour ban on peaceful protest at animal-testing centres slated as ‘draconian assault on democracy’
- Monkeys Upending the Animal Rights Movement
- NIH creates new office to lead shift away from animal testing
- The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us
- What you need to know about the new implants to patch up failing hearts – is it really a ‘breakthrough’?
- Animal rights advocates are ready for Trump’s war on science
- 43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. Should they return to Alpha Genesis or go free?
- Scientists who object to animal testing claim they are frozen out by peers
- Lab rats and science mice: Why are we using animals in research?
- Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
- As world shifts to non-animal testing CSIRO outlines opportunities for Australia
- We won’t always have to use animals for medical research. Here’s what we can do instead
- Plan for US ‘mini-city’ of 30,000 monkeys for medical research faces backlash
- NSW first in world to outlaw two “incredibly cruel” rodent research methods.
- Surgeons transplant world’s 1st genetically edited pig kidney into living human
- NIH ban on animal testing comments violates speech rules, court says.
- From US to UK , the world is moving away from primate research. An Australian petition wants the same
- Is animal laboratory testing a necessary evil?
- Are crabs animals and should we experiment on monkeys? Major review of Australia’s research code to mull tough questions
- Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility
- NIH Organoid Center to aid regulatory and industry acceptance of cruelty-free cosmetics testing
- FDA to move away from animal testing for drug development
- Domestic violence study that strangled rats should not have been approved, animal advocates argue
- Escaped primates open can of worms for South Carolina’s Alpha Genesis research lab
- Scientists kill 192 million lab mice each year. Is there a better way?
- Just 1 in 20 Animal Studies Yield Treatments That Make it to Humans
- Monkeys flown to UK for lab tests found ‘injured and terrified’ in blood-soaked plane crates
- Scientists Just Tried Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs
- Pig kidney works a record two months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
- 3D-printed chip showing body’s reaction to drugs could end need for animal tests
- Cloned rhesus monkey created to speed medical research
- Top medical research body says these two tests on mice and rats should end
- Animal Testing: What Was it Ever Good For?
- Historic $35M fine announced against company that surrendered 4,000 beagles
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