After hearing from PETA and Humane Research Australia, the University of Adelaide has become one of the first universities in Australia to stop subjecting mice and other animals to the cruel forced swim test. Experimenters at the school had published about conducting the bogus test as recently as April of this year.
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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