Anti-Vivisection Coalition

Anti-Vivisection Coalition
Type	Pressure group
Focus	Opposition to animal testing
Location	London, United Kingdom;
Area served	UK wide
Key people	; Danny Flies (Chairman) ; Sophie Kennerley (UK Coordinator) ; Dr Andre Menache (Scientific Consultant)
Website	www.stopvivisection.org.uk

The Anti-Vivisection Coalition (AVC) is a United Kingdom-based pressure group which campaigns against animal testing. The AVC are described as 'main driver' of the Stop Vivisection Initiative, a petition launched in November 2012 which attracted more than a million signatures. The Stop Vivisection Initiative called upon the European Union to ban animal testing. If the signatures are verified, "the initiative will be granted hearings at the European Commission and the European Parliament".^[1]

^ Abbott, Alison (6 February 2014). "Biomedicine: The changing face of primate research". Nature. 506 (7486): 24–6. doi:10.1038/506024a. PMID 24499902.

[Nature-1] Abbott, Alison (6 February 2014). "Biomedicine: The changing face of primate research". Nature. 506 (7486): 24–6. doi:10.1038/506024a. PMID 24499902.

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