Replace animal experiments with sophisticated alternatives
Every day, dogs, monkeys, mice and other animals endure a life of misery in laboratories around the world. They live in barren cages, might be forced to ingest toxic chemicals or be deliberately infected with diseases, and are typically killed when the experiments end, without ever having had the chance to experience life outside a laboratory.
But it’s not only animals who are negatively affected. A reliance on outdated animal experiments may also be hindering human cures and breakthroughs in medicine and preventing us from understanding how products like weed killer and bleach are affecting people’s health.
Because all animals (including humans) are unique, results from animal experiments are often not applicable to people. In fact, approximately 90% of medicines ultimately fail in human trials following extensive animal testing. And the inverse also occurs: A drug found to be toxic to animals will likely never advance to human clinical trials, meaning that potentially lifesaving medicines are not pursued.
In contrast, non-animal technologies based on human biology use cutting-edge methods including human cells and tissues, 3D bioprinting, robotics, and computational models to more accurately and effectively predict how the human body will respond to medicines, chemicals and other substances.
Yet investment in these sophisticated alternatives is limited—especially compared to the billions of dollars spent every year to experiment on animals. Your voice in this fight is crucial. Stand with us to demand that governments, regulators, companies and universities stop relying on outdated animal experiments and invest in—and use—non-animal science that is based on human biology!