PETA Global Issue 3

Members of the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd.: PETA UK | PETA US | PETA Germany | PETA India | PETA Asia | PETA Australia | PETA France | PETA Netherlands

Produce an antitoxinwithout using horses as living blood banks: $80,000

Develop cell and tissue tests that replace animals, including a method now approvedworldwide to spare rabbits from corrosion testing: $600,000

Purchase and distribute virtual dissection software: $63,000

Develop computer models to predict chemical hazards without poisoning animals: $350,000

‘Smoking Robot’ image: © Vitrocell | EpiAirway image: © MatTek Corp.

Funding the Future of Science Here are just sumof the cutting-edge technologies and advancements the PETA International Science Consortiumand its members have funded directly and supported by obtaining donations of equipment and services.

Purchase and provide simulators that replace animals in surgical training: $2,675,000

Replace guinea pigs andmice in painful skin tests: $115,000

Replace animals forced to inhale chemicals before being killed: $625,000

Contests and awards for scientists to develop and use animal-free test methods: $40,000

Replace animals in shellfish toxicity tests that causemice to suffer seizures, paralysis, and death: $12,000

Replace animals in lethal poisoning tests: $60,000

which requires the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce and replace animal use, will modernize chemical testing and has the potential to save millions of animals’ lives. By funding non-animal test method development, working with companies and government agencies to implement these superior newmethods, hosting free workshops and webinars, and presenting and publishing papers on all of it, the Consortium is revolutionizing chemical and product testing. Consortium scientists participate in international conferences, are published in respected scientific and trade journals, and have earned the prestigious Lush Prize Training Award for replacing animal tests through education and training. That’s quite an anniversary present for this hard working team of scientists, but it’s only the beginning: With your support, they’re sure to celebrate many more global victories for animals in the future.

Replacing Animals in Inhalation Testing

From rats stuck in inhalation tubes ...

P U T T I N G V I V I S E C T I O N U N D E R T H E M I C R O S C O P E

… and three-dimensional human lung tissue models, the Consortium is modernizing laboratories

around the world with animal-free methods

Take Action Now Please visit PETA.org/UrgeFDA to urge the agency to accept superior, non-animal

test methods that result in safer drugs.

... to a “smoking robot” ...

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