No More Monkey Torture!

PETA has joined a coalition of dozens of animal protection groups from around the world in signing a resolution that calls for an end to the use of primates in biomedical research and testing. Noting that primates are highly intelligent animals who form intricate social relationships, experience a wide range of emotions, and exhibit a capacity for suffering similar to that of humans, the resolution urges governments, regulators, industries, scientists, and research funding agencies worldwide to work together to facilitate an immediate end to the use of primates in experimentation. Read the resolution.

Every year in the United States, more than 50,000 nonhuman primates are used in experiments that are often painful and frequently lethal. While it is well known that nonhuman primates are very similar to humans in their emotional traits and social organization, these animals are still subjected to abuse in laboratories, where they are used as “research tools” and treated as inanimate objects.

Read about PETA’s undercover investigations at Columbia University and Covance.

Give the Animals 5

PETA has identified five tests on animals that could be stopped today without any threat to public health and safety. Simple, effective alternatives to 5 common animal tests.

Cut Out Dissection

Dissection is the practice of cutting into and studying animals. Every year, millions of animals are used in secondary and college science classes. Each animal cut open and discarded represents not only a life lost, but also one piece of a trail of animal abuse and environmental havoc.

Help Modernize Medical Education

The majority of medical schools in the United States, including Harvard, Stanford, and Yale, have replaced their use of live animals in physiology, pharmacology, and/or surgical-training exercises with humane and effective non-animal teaching methods.

"Life Sciences" Kill

Each year, college and university "life sciences" programs consume thousands of animal lives in cruel, crude, and unnecessary physiology demonstrations.

Medical Training

Read how the TraumaMan® non-animal training simulator is changing the face of medical education.

PCRM's Dissection Alternatives

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