Victories: Animal Experimentation

The USDA has taken evidence and research done by PETA into consideration with its latest guidelines, and requests that drug manufacturers must be trained to reduce animal suffering.

In response to complaints filed by PETA and a series of significant animal welfare violations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture fined the Oregon National Primate Research Center nearly $12,000 for repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

Nippon Cargo Airlines officials were shocked to learn what happened to these animals in laboratories and immediately confirmed that it was implementing a worldwide ban on shipping any animals for use in experiments.

Tests used for years where state fisheries have used a painful and deadly test on mice to study whether shellfish caught for human consumption contain a lethal concentration of algal toxins have been put to a stop! A promising method developed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that will prevent the slow, painful deaths suffered by mice for shellfish toxicity detection.

Following five years of discussions wtih PETA, Intel, and the Society for Science & the Public, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), has banned all student experiments where animals die or are intentionally killed!

A training planned by the Pennsylvania Beef Council has been canceled after PETA spoke with organizers. Only videos and other simulation methods would be used in the future.

DOT finally published new guidance on its website that clearly instructs companies to use approved non-animal replacements wherever possible and removed the outdated guidance.

After eight months of pressure from PETA and our supporters, China Southern Airlines announced that it will no longer transport primates to the United States for use in experiments.

After a complaint filed by PETA about a monkey who was strangled to death, the USDA has found that Bristol-Myers Squibb has violated the Animal Welfare Act.

After more than two years of urging from PETA, the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) confirmed that it completely replaced its cruel use of ferrets for pediatric intubation training!

PETA convinced Brazil’s TAM airlines and China’s Hainan Airlines to stop transporting primates for cruel experimentation!

After tens of thousands of PETA members and supporters worldwide contacted Air France, the airline canceled the shipment.

PETA and PETA Germany contacted the school with information about existing humane and superior non-animal training methods.

After a complaint from PETA, the USDA has fined Texas Biomedical Research Institute $25,000 for violations to the Animal Welfare Act in response to the 2010 incident where two baboons escaped from their cages.

The Puerto Rico Supreme Court determined that Bioculture, Inc.’s monkey-breeding facility in Guayama is illegal and can no longer operate! This was a landmark decision for Guayama and also led to Guayama banning the import, export, and breeding of animals.