Animal testing--cruel and unreliable

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Dear Friend,

 

As I write to you, countless dogs, cats, mice, rabbits, and other

animals are suffering in outdated and unnecessary animal tests. This

year alone, more than 100 million individual animals in North America

will be killed in these cruel tests.

 

You can help double our efforts to help animals in laboratories.

Donate now, and your gift will be matched, dollar-for-dollar.Since our

founding nearly 30 years ago, PETA has made groundbreaking progress in

our fight to stop all animal tests. With your help today, we can

accomplish twice as much for those suffering behind the closed doors

of laboratories. Thanks to a group of generous PETA donors, online

donations received through our special " Stop Animal Testing " Challenge

over the next month, up to a maximum of $250,000, will be matched

dollar for dollar!

 

People of conscience have always opposed needless and cruel

experiments on animals, but thanks to PETA's hard work and the

dedication of our supporters, animal testing has been laid bare as

junk science—of no benefit to anyone except the profiteers who make

money from it.

 

When you give during the " Stop Animal Testing " Challenge, your

donation will be worth twice as much to PETA and the animals we are

working tirelessly to save.

 

By donating today to have your gift and impact doubled, you will help

answer the cries of the millions of individual animals killed in North

American laboratories every year, including the following animals:

 

* Dogs who are poisoned by toxic pesticides.

* Mice who are put in water chambers and forced to swim until they

drown from exhaustion.

* Rabbits who have chemicals poured into their eyes.

* Pigs who are shot and burned by the U.S. Army for medical trainings.

* Monkeys who have metal screws drilled into their skulls.

 

These experiments are not only cruel but also unreliable, dangerous,

and bad science. We know that non-animal tests are less expensive and

that they are better at protecting human health. The U.S. government's

own scientific advisory board, the National Academy of Sciences, has

concluded that many animal tests are useless and should largely be

replaced by superior non-animal test methods. But even with that

recommendation, animal testing continues, and animals whose minds and

bodies are being shattered in laboratories desperately need our help.

 

PETA—and supporters like you—are often the only hope for these

helpless animals. Our undercover investigations into vivisection

facilities have exposed their horrors for public scrutiny. Our

negotiations with corporations like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have spurred

them to adopt cruelty-free policies and practices and compelled

hundreds of others to give up animal testing forever. Our

whistleblower program and our shareholder activism are also helping to

hold corporate animal abusers accountable and save animals' lives.

 

But as long as any company, university, or government blinds, poisons,

maims, tortures, and kills animals, our job isn't done. We urgently

need your support to keep this fight going strong.

 

Please make a generous gift during this special online challenge today

to help us permanently end the senseless abuse of animals in laboratories.

 

With your immediate help, we can save animals from cruel and painful

deaths in laboratories.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ingrid Newkirk

Ingrid E. Newkirk

President

 

P.S. There is no justification for another dog, cat, rabbit, monkey,

pig, or other animal to suffer and die for pointless chemical,

cosmetics, pesticide, or food-additive tests. With your help, PETA has

the power to end these experiments. Please help us double our

resources during this special " Stop Animal Testing " Challenge by

making a generous gift today!