Forced Swim Test

A giant “rat” visited the University of Bristol today to hand out freebies to students – revealing a truth they perhaps didn’t know.

PETA activists stormed the University of Bristol’s 2022 open day with disruptive actions to warn prospective students about cruel forced swim experiments happening on campus.

We’re urging universities and research and testing facilities to stop intentionally stressing animals using the forced swim test.

The forced swim test is no fiesta for the terrified animals who may think they are going to drown, says PETA “rat”.

Experimenters absurdly claim that the forced swim test tells us about human mental health conditions, but the science does not hold water and distressing animals does not help humans.

The University of South Australia has become a little kinder to animals after dropping the forced swim test. When will the University of Bristol follow its lead?

Ahead of World Day for Animals in Laboratories on the 24th April, “grim reapers” haunted the University of Bristol for intentionally stressing rats in the cruel forced swim test and then killing them.

The Oscar-winning actor joins 30,000 people who want the university to stop the cruel tests.

PETA’s rat mascot – decked out as Cupid – and mayor Dan Norris urge the University of Bristol to break up with the forced swim test.

In collaboration with the University of Bristol’s Vegan Society, PETA proposed a motion to the Students’ Union urging it to oppose the cruel and debunked forced swim test.