Petition: End animal experimentation in NSW

Millions of animals including primates, cats, dogs, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, birds, fish, reptiles farmed and native animals, are subjected to horrific experiments across Australia every year.

Up to 96% of drugs tested ‘successfully’ on animals fail when they are translated to humans. With a range of new cruelty-free technologies producing far more valuable outcomes, animal experimentation is not only cruel but it is unnecessary.

That is why I am calling for both the NSW Government and the Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park MP, to urgently investigate the use of animals in experimentation here in our state and fund humane research alternatives.

New experimental methods are now producing more dependable and accurate results than research conducted on non-human animals. These include:

  • Computer-based methods
  • Algorithmic testing
  • Simulators based on virtual reality or physical models
  • In-vitro testing/stem cell testing

By signing the petition below, you’ll be telling both the NSW Government and the Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park MP, to urgently fund these humane research alternatives and investigate the true extent of the use of animals in experimentation here in our state.

Who's signing

Maree Holton
Jan Park
Veronica Mather
Nicola Burdett
Gabrielle Van Daatselaar
Penelope Watkins
Ceelsan Hu
Jacqueline Pettit
Jesse Whale
Maureen Gray
Jenny Eldridge
Kerry McGrath
Bernardine Mead
Joan Legg
Cyndy Young
Vicky Sooriah
Theresa Bradley
Ashwin Bandy
Alexandra den Hertog
Sally Boteler
Anja Rau
Nicholas Milligan
Patricia Adcock
Margarida Serras
Crystal Edwards
Anupama Bohara
Grant Morgan
Mary Maistrello
Maxine Prado
Joanna Pohl
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