Rescue + Freedom Project, PETA, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston ends live animal use, HB 1615 in Indiana, Texas A&M Is Hiding Dog Abuse, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Bans Swim/Water Test, Dow AgroSciences (Corteva Agriscience) stop pesticide test on 36 beagles & do you know which countries have banned cosmetics tests on animals!
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| The Physicians Committee has learned that
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston has ended live animal
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To help build momentum, more than 19,000 petition signatures from Physicians Committee supporters were sent to the college. And on March 21, we held a physician-led demonstration and posted billboards calling out Baylor for its continued use of live animals. Thank you to our members who were able to join us for this event.
Our persistence
paid off! In a statement to media, Baylor confirmed that it is no longer
using live pigs to train emergency medicine residents. This is the
third emergency medicine residency program since the beginning of the year—and
the 10th since the beginning of 2018—that the Physicians Committee has convinced
to exclusively use human-relevant training methods. The college now joins the 95
percent (255 of 267) of surveyed emergency medicine residencies in the United
States and Canada that do not use live animals for training.
We congratulate
Baylor for making this decision. Please help us
use this victory to urge the University of Missouri School of Medicine to
modernize its training program!
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Indiana's Legislature is considering a landmark bill that would establish stricter penalties for animal cruelty to discourage the abhorrent practice.
The bill, HB 1615, would provide clearer definitions
of animal torture and abuse and make it easier for the crimes to be
prosecuted.
Most of all, the bill will send a message to
all potential animal abusers that they cannot get away with their terrible
crimes.
Thanks
to the support of caring PETA donors, attention-grabbing campaigning, and
cutting-edge scientific investment by PETA's international affiliates, more
cosmetics tests on animals are heading to the grave.
Business-savvy companies are listening like never before to PETA and the
millions of caring consumers like you who support us, and they're moving to
embrace animal-friendly products and test methods as a result.
Yet,
despite so much terrific progress, millions of animals are still suffering in
tests for cosmetics ingredients, chemical toxicity tests, and worthless studies
that offer no insights into human health. Through our campaigns, exposés, and
social media advocacy, PETA and our international affiliates are working to end
such tests and increase the demand for products for which no one is harmed.
We
saw more progress last month as Australia's Parliament passed a bill that will
end reliance on deadly tests on animals for ingredients
used exclusively in cosmetics. This is an important milestone that
will soon prevent experimenters from applying chemicals to animals' eyes or skin
in agonizing, ineffective tests for cosmetics ingredients. PETA Australia and
its supporters are now keeping the pressure on politicians to ensure the bill's
timely implementation.
The
new legislation still allows products tested on animals in China to be sold in
Australia, so consumers there will still need to consult the PETA U.S. "Beauty Without Bunnies"
database to verify which cosmetics products are truly
cruelty-free.
That
popular database now includes an exciting newcomer, as PETA U.S. recently welcomed iconic global brand Herbal
Essences to the cruelty-free list. The cruelty-free bunny logo will
be hopping onto some of the brand's packaging soon. And although Herbal
Essences is sold in China—where tests on animals are required for many
products—its parent company, Procter & Gamble, has worked within Chinese
regulations to make sure that its products will be cruelty-free everywhere
they're sold.
We're
inching closer to a cruelty-free future, but animals in laboratories and other
dismal places still need our assistance. Will you help
them?
As a animal & wildlife supporter, you're a vital part of our groundbreaking work to stop tests on animals and promote cruelty-free research methods.
But do you know which countries have banned cosmetics tests on animals—and which ones still require these cruel tests?
Test your knowledge right now:
In which countries or regions do regulatory authorities demand that cosmetics ingredients be tested on animals as standard practice?
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You spoke—Dow AgroSciences listened. Together, we can do even more!
Half a million people demanded that Dow AgroSciences (Corteva Agriscience) stop their unnecessary pesticide test on 36 beagles. The overwhelming outrage convinced them to stop the test and rehome the dogs through our shelter partner, Michigan Humane Society.
As we celebrate the freedom of these dogs, our work is far from over. There are more than 60,000 dogs across the country enduring painful, often unnecessary experiments. With your help, we can change the lives of countless animals by working with federal agencies and industries to update testing requirements and promote more accurate, non-animal alternatives for research. In addition to helping dogs who are suffering in labs, your generous gift makes a difference in the lives of other animals enduring the cruelties of factory farming, trophy hunting, puppy mills and so much more. Exclusive insight straight from the undercover investigator on this extraordinary victory proves the power of compassionate supporters like you—step up for other animals who are waiting for our help!
Undercover work is never easy. Seeing those 36 beagles suffer day in and day out as part of an unnecessary pesticide test was unlike anything else. We did everything we could to gather the information needed to find a way to free them. I couldn't have imagined a better end. Help us save more animals just like them, who need our help right now.Because half a million people (like YOU) spoke out, Dow AgroSciences agreed to halt their test and relinquish the dogs to our shelter partner, Michigan Humane Society.
These dogs will never again know barren cages and force-feeding. But the fight is not over—there are 60,000 dogs still suffering in labs.There are more animals in labs, on fur and factory farms, in puppy mills and out in the wild who need our help every day. A dog being tested onWhether it's a pig trapped in a crate where they can't turn around for their entire life, a fox stolen from their home in the wild and killed for their fur or other dogs like these waiting in fear in labs, we'll be there. Join us in making this world a more humane society for all. A dog with an implant languishing in a barren cage
A dog with an implant languishing in a barren cage
Beagle desperate to get out of a cage
Johnson & Johnson Bans Test in Which Small Animals Nearly Drown in Beakers of Water. Victory! After talks with PETA, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has changed its policy to state that it won't conduct or fund the cruel "forced swim test." Now, urge Bristol-Myers Squibb and other pharmaceutical companies to follow suit. Send a message!
Texas A&M Is Hiding Dog Abuse. PETA's legal team is suing Texas A&M University for records about the dogs who are tormented in its cruel laboratory experiments. Help fight for animals being tested on.
A Living Nightmare: Monkeys Caged, Poisoned, and Killed in Laboratories. At the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands, approximately 1,500 monkeys at a time are used for breeding or experimentation. The Dutch government must end the use of primates in experiments immediately and make the transition to animal-free science.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs May Use Pigs in Deadly Cardiac Experiments. Because of immense public pressure, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is considering ending its use of dogs in horrifically invasive and cruel cardiac experiments, but it's now looking into tormenting and killing pigs instead. Join us in urging the VA to adopt more humane, non-animal testing methods immediately.
China Greenlights New Non-Animal Cosmetics Tests After PETA Push. More than ever before, consumers and companies are realizing that no animal should be poisoned or blinded for a consumer product—or any other reason. Now, after years of pressure from PETA, the Chinese government has approved two more non-animal methods for testing cosmetics products in China.
Learn more, and visit our Beauty Without Bunnies database, which currently lists more than 3,800 compassionate companies that don't test on animals anywhere in the world.
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Don Lichterman
Sunset Corporation of America (SCA)
Sustainable Action Network (SAN)
Don Lichterman
Sunset Corporation of America (SCA)
Sustainable Action Network (SAN)