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

Maree McPherson
Jo Ferguson
Nicholas Milligan
Tracy Chapman
Horst Bleuel
Kathryn Anstiss
Marcos Chaves Ladeira
Claudia Kendall
Carla Ginocchio
Patricia Bleuel
Vanessa Wells
Elisabetta Cont
Courtney Ross
Elle Hassani
Leonie Smith
Kerryn Marr
Stacey Conridge
Roxane Pocthier
Elizabeth Pritchard
Gaby Gonzalez
Lara Drew
Jon Daley
Sam Lena
Jacob Vivek
Robyn Miotello
Jacob Nathan
Sandra Gangemi
Julie Wamsley
Nerida Fearnley-Gill
K Hughes
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