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Imagine if the university you attend or plan to attend harmed and killed monkeys, dogs, cats, rats, mice, and other animals in its laboratories. đ° Based on the school, you might not have to imagineâhelp stop the widespread use of animals in university experiments!
In this video included in a paper authored by experimenters at the University of California-Davis, a distressed infant monkey, the victim of a misguided experiment ostensibly aimed at understanding autism in humans, was separated from his or her mother and paces frantically in a cage.
For decades, universities have hyped their commitment to âreplacing, reducing, and refiningâ the use of animals in experiments, aka the 3Rs principle. The 3Rs refer to reducing animal use, replacing animals with animal-free methods, and refining experiments on animals to be less cruel.
But there seems to be no evidence that the 3Rs are real. Here are just a few examples of what universities have done:
- At the University of Michigan, pigs had heated rods pressed against their skin to severely burn them. The animals were forced to suffer for three weeks before being killed.
- At the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, 3-day-old mouse pups were exposed to alcohol vapors for four hours a day, supposedly to study the effects of alcohol exposure on brain development.
- At the University of California-Davis, experimenters at its primate research center inflicted spinal cord injuries on rhesus macaques, forcibly separated baby monkeys from their mothers, and played audio recordings mimicking baby monkeysâ cries for help to their caged fathers.
Some universities, including the University of Pittsburgh, are increasing the number of animals used in pointless experiments. đ¤Ź
Experiments on animals are bad science and have no place in schools. Studies show that 90% of basic research, most of which involves animals, doesnât lead to treatments for humans, while 95% of new drugs that test safe and effective in animals later fail in humans.
Urge Universities to PROVE IT!
Please TAKE ACTION todayâurge universities to prove their commitment to the 3Rs principle and move toward compassionate and effective non-animal research. Then, share this alert with your friends to amplify your impact! đ¨