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.
University of Adelaide Ends Forced Swim Test on Animals
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