Billions are flowing into animal research, and the consequences of ailments that we partly cause ourselves through our lifestyle are costing us further billions. If our health service is not to totally collapse in the near future, we must see to it that these ailments do not even occur and that the people remain healthy.  more

6,000 laboratory animals are tortured to death every day in Germany. After 150 years of medical practice based on animal research, two-thirds of our illnesses remain neither curable nor adequately treatable. Diseases of the heart and circulatory system cause almost 50% of all fatalities, cancer another 25%. Countless people suffer from rheumatism, arthritis and allergies. The number of German diabetes sufferers will soon reach 10 million. Many scientists claim: 'Without animal experiments we shall die from terrible diseases. But are we not possibly dying from terrible diseases precisely because of animal experiments? more