Giant PETA ‘Mouse’ Will Appear at VP Debate to Call Out Wasteful Animal Tests
For Immediate Release:
September 27, 2024
Contact:
Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382
: A giant PETA “mouse” bearing evidence of laboratory testing will share the message “Save Me and $22 Billion: End NIH Animal Experiments!” outside the vice presidential debate in New York City—urging candidates to end the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) annual waste of billions of tax dollars on cruel and archaic experiments on animals.
NIH squanders nearly half its annual budget on animal experiments—although 90% of basic research, most of which involves animals, fails to lead to effective treatments for humans and 95% of new drugs that test safe and effective in animals go on to fail in humans, sometimes causing serious side effects such as anaphylaxis or even death.
“NIH kills animals and throws billions of dollars down the drain every year on painful and pointless experiments that benefit no one,” says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. “PETA urges the candidates to redirect taxpayers’ money to modern, human-relevant research that leaves animals in peace.”
Where: Outside CBS Broadcast Center, 524 W. 57th St., New York
When: Tuesday, October 1, 5 p.m.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to experiment on”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness.
For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
Note: PETA supports animal rights and opposes all forms of animal exploitation and educates the public on those issues. PETA does not directly or indirectly participate or intervene in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office or any political party.
