PETA International Science Consortium Publishes Paper on Ending the Use of Animals in Antibody Production

The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. co-authored a paper with a government agency that will help end the use of animals to produce antibodies—a process in which hundreds of thousands of animals each year are injected with foreign substances and then are repeatedly bled or endure needles being inserted into their abdomens to extract the antibodies that their immune systems produce. The paper, published in ALTEX, describes a meeting led by PETA scientists that outlined a plan to implement a large-scale transition to animal-free antibodies.

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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