September 16,2015
Following complaints filed by PETA, a brief public campaign, and criticism from international media, the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, the University of Otago, and the University of Auckland announced that they’ll no longer use live pigs for crude forensics experiments in which the animals were repeatedly shot in the head at close range just to examine the blood-stain patterns.
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“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
