After discussions with PETA, Bayer, the fifth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has banned the forced swim test, in which small animals are dropped into inescapable beakers of water and made to swim for their lives. Company employees’ last documented use of the test was in 2006.
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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?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
