Forced Swim Test

Love Island star Lucie Donlan “treads water” to highlight the cruelty of the forced swim test on animals.

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

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?

A PETA scientist and a representative of a pro–animal testing group took part in a Q&A about the cruel forced swim test at the University of Bath.

Hynde is no “pretender” when it comes to her passion for animal rights, and she’s calling out the University of Edinburgh for its worthless near-drowning tests on mice and rats.

Following urging from PETA, a Home Office–commissioned report recommends against using the forced swim test to screen new antidepressants.

The University of Edinburgh continues to use mice and rats in the notorious forced swim test.

What is the forced swim test? Does it harm mice or tell us anything about depression in humans? Read on to find out.

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.