PETA’s newest billboard will let motorists know that parents who are concerned about kids and kittens want an end to animal experiments funded by the March of Dimes.
 While no money has been allocated for such useful research tools as a birth defects registry to help determine patterns in children’s disabilities, March of Dimes-funded experimenters have spent funds sewing shut the eyes of newborn kittens. They have also strapped primates into restraining devices for days at a time; cut open the skulls of ferrets and injected chemicals directly into their brains; they even administer cocaine, alcohol, and nicotine to pregnant and newborn animals, despite the fact that we’ve all known for decades that all of these substances are harmful to developing babies!
This spring, PETA is launching this provocative billboard in cities nationwide to coincide with the March of Dimes “WalkAmerica,” to let people know that when they donate to the March of Dimes, their money could pay for cruel and ineffective experiments on animals, rather than lifesaving programs for babies.
Since PETA’s campaign began, many corporations—Sara Lee, Publix Supermarkets, and Jamba Juice, to name a few—and individual donors have redirected their gift-giving to the March of Dimes by earmarking funds for direct care, community education, and prevention. Recently, Kmart—the March of Dimes’ largest donor—announced that it would no longer support the March of Dimes’ animal-testing.
Hundreds of charities, including Easter Seals and Birth Defect Research for Children, fulfill their important missions of helping babies and families living with birth defects without wasting a single dime on animal experiments. Click here for a complete list of cruelty-free charities.
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