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 the NSW Government 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 the NSW Government 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

Tameka Whiteley
Ruth Byrnes
Alex Coughlan-Stevenson
Zali Brown
Rose Coventry
Melissa Fichera
Anra Elissa Rae
Nadine Prole
Leoni Zakarias
Wayne Towell
Natasha E Manzi
Belinda Marsh
Wendy Fisher
Michael Lenaghan
Georgia Pitt
Lesley Millward
Ash Stevens
Joselyn Cepeda
Jane Whittaker
Peta Taylor
Vanessa Harkess
Mitch Watson
Tani Cornish
Vanessa Velasquez
Alison Whitelaw
Linda Phillips
Ana Novic
Maggie Aird
Sadie Haynes
Cass Kufner
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