PETA Scientists Reveal Step-by-Step Plan for Ending Cruel Near-Drowning Test on Animals [Video]

PETA scientists are once again leading the charge against scientifically unfit experiments on animals. This time, their new paper tackles two of the most thoughtless pharmaceutical tests that make mice and rats fear for their lives in inescapably terrifying situations.

In the paper, published in esteemed journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, PETA scientists and advocates from around the globe teamed up to provide real-world guidance for stopping the forced swim test, in which animals swim for their lives in beakers of water, and the tail suspension test, in which animals are hung upside down by their sensitive tails.

These experiments are not only cruel but also bad science. They consistently fail to provide reliable results about which drugs can help humans, yet they are commonly used by pharmaceutical companies to test antidepressants.

PETA vs Cruel and Unreliable Science

Headed by lead author PETA US neuroscientist Dr Emily Trunnell, the new paper, titled “The Need for Guidance in Antidepressant Drug Development: Revisiting the …