Patients are human
Patients are grateful that animal experiments are conducted to research their diseases?
Animal experiments give them hope for relief and healing?
Without animal experiments, there would be no effective medication?
If you or someone close to you falls ill, you would stop opposing animal experiments?
The protagonists of our campaign debunk these assumptions. We spoke with patients about animal experiments. Each of them has their own reasons why, even with a serious diagnosis, animal experiments are not the right way. Six of them were immediately willing to take a visible stand.
A paradigm shift in research is long overdue.
Only human-based research can help these and other patients!
Did you know that...
... animal experiments lull people into a false sense of security?
Most of the medications that were found to be effective and safe in animal experiments are either ineffective or cause severe side effects in humans.
... animal experiments are not transferable to humans?
Animal experiments are like a lottery: only after testing the substances on humans do we know whether animals react the same way to them at all. For animals, this means unnecessary suffering and death.
... animal experiments fail because an animal is not a suitable "model" for humans?
"Animal models" in research reduce human diseases to symptoms that are artificially induced in animals—far away from the actual disease process in humans.
... animal experiments hinder the development of modern testing methods?
Animal experiments block progress: many medications fail in animals, even though they would be effective for humans. Progress is not due to animal experiments but happens despite it! Human-based research is the way forward.
... animal experiments serve only prestige and profit?
Researchers publish animal-based results in prestigious journals to advance their careers and secure funding. Animal-based research receives the most funding, while animal-free research remains financially disadvantaged despite its benefits.
... animal experiments are unethical for both animals and humans?
As long as animal experiments remain standard, effective therapies are sidelined, and patients suffer from side effects that animal experiments cannot predict.
Backround information on animal experiments and animal-free methods for the diseases of our patients
You are a patient and against animal experiments?
Show your solidarity with our dedicated participants and the animals in laboratories! Join the people who, despite a serious illness, take a clear stance against animal experiments. Simply fill out the following form.
Further questions will be answered by Michèle Dressel (dressel@doctors-against-animal-experiments.org).
We've already gathered over 100 solidarity statements!
Check out who has shown their solidarity with our protagonists and the animals in the laboratories.
To the solidarity statements [In German]