July 2004 Another 675 animals were saved by PETA’s review of all testing proposals made by companies under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s notorious high production volume chemical-testing program. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) was planning to run a reproductive/developmental toxicity test on benzoyl chloride. In PETA’s June 2004 comments on this test plan, we pointed … Read more »
April 2004 Upon learning that mice were being used in radiation demonstrations at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, PETA sent a letter to the university administration asking for an immediate end to these cruel and unnecessary exercises. In a timely and compassionate response, the university agreed.
January 2004 Through the use of action alerts, e-mail alerts, and automated phone messages, PETA mobilized thousands of its members in a successful effort to help end the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s dog labs. The 100 dogs who would have otherwise been cut into and killed every year are being replaced by humane and … Read more »
April 2003 State health departments across the country keep sentinel chickens in barren cages as mosquito bait to help detect pathological organisms like the West Nile virus. PETA wrote to health departments in every state asking them to discontinue the programs, which involve regularly subjecting the birds to painful blood tests. Testing dead wild birds and … Read more »
April 2003 Chemical company, AmeriBrom, planned to kill 900 rabbits to retest a chemical already known to be hazardous. Thanks to calls and letters from PETA and activists, AmeriBrom and its parent company, the Dead Sea Bromine Group, reconsidered the proposal and, based on existing data, have decided against performing this test. Read more about unnecessary … Read more »
April 2003 Following PETA’s testimony to the Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, both committees officially advised the Environmental Protection Agency to develop chemical-testing methods that reduce and/or replace the use of animals.
January 2003 The National Toxicology Program (NTP) has a history of asking only for animal-testing methods when soliciting proposals for new methods of testing chemicals for toxicity. After persistent contact with the organization, PETA convinced the NTP to include a request for non-animal methods in future solicitations. Read about the safe and effective alternatives to animal … Read more »
April 2002 Thirteen-year-old PETA member Laurie Wolff led an effort in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, to convince school administrators to adopt a dissection choice policy. Previously, dissecting in school was mandatory. Thanks to Laurie’s efforts, 230,000 will be able to make a compassionate choice. Read about how to cut out dissection at your … Read more »
October 2001 PETA wrote to Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center after receiving reports that medical students were cutting off the nipples of live dogs and then sewing them back on as a surgery exercise. According to students who participated in this exercise, dogs woke up during “surgery” and were kept alive for up to two weeks … Read more »
April 2001 PETA wrote to the St. John Health System in Detroit, Michigan, after receiving numerous complaints about its use of cats to teach endotracheal intubation (ETI) in pediatric advanced life support (PALS) classes. These classes were optional training for nurses and emergency-room physicians. We informed St. John Health System that there are humane alternatives to … Read more »
