Pharma Giant Amgen Confirms: No Near-Drowning Tests

Amgen confirms no more forced swim tests! This follows PETA scientists’ outreach to the biopharmaceutical company to urge it to enact a policy prohibiting the use, commission, or funding of the tests, in which small animals are often dosed with a test substance, dropped into inescapable beakers of water, and made to swim for their lives. We applaud Amgen’s position on this cruel and unnecessary test.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind