National Anti-Vivisection Society

As World Pet Memorial Day approaches on June 9, we remember the animals who shaped our lives with love and companionship—and the countless animals exploited in laboratories who never had the chance to know that same kindness.

Through NAVS’ Tribute Gifts Program, you can honor a beloved animal or animal lover while helping advance our mission to end animal experimentation and promote more effective, ethical science.

Upon request, we will send a commemorative card by mail or email to notify a loved one of your gift.

Make a tribute gift in honor or memory of someone special for World Pet Memorial Day: https://bit.ly/498VaKo

At Petal High School in Mississippi, 120 forensic science students in Sara Zimmer’s classroom explored human anatomy using 4-D torso models, completely replacing traditional rat dissections.

The results?
-Higher student engagement
-100% positive student feedback
-Zero discomfort or ethical concerns
-Real-world relevance with human anatomy
-40 animals spared!

Students leaned in, collaborating, discussing organ functions, and even treating the models like puzzles to solve. The experience sparked curiosity, critical thinking, and teamwork in ways traditional dissection never could.

“There was not any student who did not enjoy this activity, so it will successfully replace all rat dissections for my forensic science classes in the future,” said Zimmer.

These results are what the future of education looks like.

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NAVS is gathering signatures to send to the U.S. Secretary of Defense urging the Department to:
- End all invasive and violent military trauma training involving live animals
- Redirect taxpayer funding to the validated, humane simulation methods that are already available
- Establish a transparent, time-bound plan for full implementation of non-animal alternatives

If this issue matters to you, we urge you to take just a moment to sign onto our petition. Change does not happen on its own. It happens because people like you choose to act.

Together, we can stand up for the animals relying on us and end their suffering in military labs once and for all.

Sign Our Petition: https://bit.ly/4uIYXGv

When Lucy Luo began her scientific training, she never really questioned the role of animal models in research. Like many young scientists, she was taught they were simply part of the process. “It’s just kind of a given that… you should not skip the animal part,” Lucy said.

Now an MD-PhD student at Northwestern University and an IFER Fellow, Lucy spends her days moving between medicine and research, studying chronic lung transplant rejection through computational models built from real patient data.

“In the world of lung transplant, the animal models are very bad,” she said. “There is a real rationale to use these computational models with actual human data,” she said.

Rather than relying on animal models, Lucy’s research uses patient-derived molecular and clinical data to identify early signs of transplant rejection before irreversible damage occurs.

NAVS is proud to support IFER and researchers like Lucy who are helping move science toward approaches grounded in real human biology.

Every day, animals are subjected to horrifying forms of violence in the name of military medical training, including blunt force trauma, deep burns, and stab wounds intended to simulate battlefield injuries.

When the training ends, their lives end as well.

This practice persists, even though advanced, validated, humane alternatives already exist that replicate human anatomy and trauma response with greater precision than animal models ever can.

NAVS is working to end this senseless cruelty, but we cannot do it without you. Your support today will accelerate our efforts to end this horror for good.

Give Now: https://bit.ly/3R6t6kD

Dowlette Alam El Din’s path in science was not a straight line.

After an early experience in an animal research lab, she realized that approach was not right for her.

“I passed out… I love animals and it wasn’t the kind of science I wanted to do.”

But she did not give up on science.

Today, she is developing lab-grown human brain models at Johns Hopkins to better understand how chemicals affect learning and memory.

Her story is about persistence and finding a better way forward.

Where does change begin?

At Loyola University Chicago, one student turned compassion into action by starting PAWS, with support from NAVS and Dr. Pam Osenkowski.

What began as an idea has grown into a community of students organizing, educating, and making an impact for animals.

This is what the next generation looks like.

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4uyY5nB