Medical Testing

Defenceless mice are subjected to terrifying near-drowning experiences at the university.

Eli Lilly has terrified 3,400 mice and rats in the test since 1993. The abuse must stop now.

A pig was starved, baboons were denied veterinary care, and animals were dying at the University of Alabama–Birmingham, says whistle-blower.

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented shortfalls in funding for medical research – but this could be the start of a stronger era in medicine.

Experimenters spent decades studying monkeys to see how imprisonment in laboratories drives them mad.

Inspire students to be interested in STEM fields by exploring the innovative non-animal methods being developed to fight COVID-19.

With hospitals overrun with COVID-19 patients desperate for treatment, there was no time to waste on animal trials in developing life-saving ventilators.

Following discussions with PETA and our affiliates, British multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline confirmed that it has permanently ended the use of the forced swim test on mice and other animals.

We need a COVID-19 vaccine, and we can’t waste time on ineffective animal testing. Luckily for us, medicines regulators agree.

PETA has joined forces with Cruelty Free Europe, Eurogroup for Animals, and Cruelty Free International to speak out against coronavirus tests on animals.