Breaking! Animal Equality Releases New Undercover Footage of Animal Experiments in Laboratories
Coinciding with World Day for Animals in Laboratories, Animal Equality releases new footage of animal experiments in Spain.
Investigators have documented the practices carried out on mice at the Medical School of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Our undercover investigators also filmed the experiments on pigs at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital.
Mice, one of the animals most commonly used in experiments, are often subjected to genetic mutation studies. As these animals reproduce so quickly, many of them are discarded. One of the methods used to kill them is by breaking their neck.
Each year, 11,5 million animals are used in experiments in the European Union. More than 4 million animals are used in experiments in England every year. In the US, the numbers are much higher, more than 100 million animals are tested on each year.
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animal equalities investigators have
documented the practices carried out on
mice at the medical school of the
compense University of Madrid Spain
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our undercover investigators also filmed
the experiments on pigs at the Gregorio
Maron
Hospital mice one of the animals most
commonly used in experiments are often
subjected to genetic mutation studies as
these animals reproduce so quickly many
of them are discarded one of the methods
used to kill them is by breaking their
nck
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one of the experiments documented by our
investigators consisted of students
dissecting a pig and splitting his
sternum with a hammer in order to
observe various internal organs as well
as learning how to stitch after this
procedure the animal was killed
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in most universities the idea that
animals are objects is ingrained early
on there's virtually no information
about the possibility of objecting to
these practices contrastingly most
medical schools in the United States
including acclaimed colleges such as
Harvard Yale or Stanford have already
replaced the use of animals in courses
such as pharmacology and physi ology as
well as in surgical
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procedures in 2013 we published
groundbreaking images of a facility in
Cales taragona that Brad mcox used in
experiments these Macks are flown to
Laboratories across the world in the
cargo of companies such as Air
France in these Laboratories researchers
inflict painful diseases on them or
Force massive doses of chemicals into
their bodies the newspaper El Mundo
published an extensive two-page article
about this investigation titled the
guano of the Apes the images appeared in
numerous media Outlets reaching millions
of people generating debate on the issue
and forcing authorities to inspect the
facility beagles a popular breed of dog
are also one of the animals most used in
experiments this is mainly due to their
small size and docility
in Catalonia Spain a farm breeds these
animals for experiments animal equality
supporters rescued 36 dogs from this
facility bringing the suffering these
animals suffer to light this action led
to a huge media impact making more
people aware of the reality within these
places and the horrors these animals
endure the view of animals as machines
without emotions was banished long ago
and today there is a consensus amongst
scientists regarding their capacity to
suffer and their emotional Worlds the
animals in these Laboratories feel fear
hunger stress
depression the public has a right to
know what is happening behind the
laboratory walls and the debate on
animal testing is necessary and
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Urgent millions of lives depend on it
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