Macquarie University Ends Forced Swim Test on Animals

After hearing from PETA, PETA Australia, and Humane Research Australia, Macquarie University in Sydney decided to prohibit the forced swim test. The school’s Animal Ethics Committee reviewed the scientific literature on the test and reached the same conclusion as PETA scientists: The forced swim test is bad science. In 2021, Macquarie University experimenters published a paper describing the use of at least 96 rats in the test.