Today, partying students looking to rehydrate during Bristol Freshers Fortnight had their thirst quenched – while receiving a lesson about the University of Bristol’s cruelty to animals – when our giant “rat” handed out free rodent-themed water bottles during the student union’s “How to Make… Read More »PETA Hands Out Freebies to University of Bristol Students – But They Come With a Harsh Truth
Ahead of the University of Bristol’s 2022 open day, PETA supporters unfurled a giant banner reading, “Uni of Bristol: Stop Torturing Animals! Ban the Forced Swim Test”. The enormous statement could be seen between Gatton Road and Waverley Street, hanging from the footbridge over the… Read More »Visitors Warned of Animal Torture Ahead of University of Bristol Open Day
A growing number of experts agree that animal “models” for human mental health conditions simply do not work, yet some experimenters keep tormenting mice, rats, and other small animals in an attempt to learn something about post-traumatic stress disorder and other human mental health conditions.… Read More »Why Tormenting Mice Tells Us Nothing About Human Stress
Just as the balloons were ready for lift-off today at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, our massive “rat” had an important message: “The Forced Swim Test Is Full of Hot Air”. We attended the fiesta to demand that the University of Bristol ban the controversial… Read More »PETA Crashes the Balloon Party With a Giant ‘Rat’
Following discussions with PETA entities, 15 companies and three universities, including King’s College London, have declared that they do not intend to use the forced swim test (FST) in the future. Despite this, some institutions are still carrying out or refusing to ban the cruel… Read More »Why Intentionally Stressing Animals Is Not Good Science
Following discussions with PETA entities, 15 companies and three universities, including King’s College London, have declared that they do not intend to use the forced swim test (FST) in the future. Despite this, some institutions are still carrying out or refusing to ban the cruel… Read More »Why Intentionally Stressing Animals Is Not Good Science
Good news for mice in Australia! The University of South Australia (UniSA) has confirmed on its website that it will no longer permit the use of the widely discredited and cruel forced swim test. The decision comes after PETA Australia, Humane Research Australia, and thousands… Read More »A Uni Down Under, the University of South Australia, Comes out on Top for Mice
Ahead of World Day for Animals in Laboratories on the 24th April, “grim reapers” haunted the University of Bristol for tormenting and killing rats. The ‘Grim Reapers’ are a haunting reminder for Vice Chancellor Brady to drop the cruel forced swim test before he leaves… Read More »PETA Haunts the University Of Bristol with Grim Reapers
Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance – who just finished performing in Dr Semmelweiss at the Bristol Old Vic – sent a letter to the University of Bristol’s vice-chancellor, Hugh Brady, appealing to him to end the university’s use of the “cruel and useless” forced swim… Read More »Mark Rylance Urges the University of Bristol to Stop Tormenting Animals
As an early valentine for University of Bristol Vice-Chancellor Hugh Brady, Mayor of the West of England Dan Norris and PETA’s rat mascot – decked out as Cupid – gave the University of Bristol a pointed message. We gathered outside the Wills Memorial Building with… Read More »PETA Urges University of Bristol to Have a Heart for Animals
