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We Did It- No Animal Testing of Legal Highs Allowed

We Did It- No Animal Testing of Legal Highs Allowed

Together we have protected animals from legal highs in NZ!

May 9, 2014

The NZ Government has ruled out any animal testing on legal high products and it's now official in law. NZ will not allow any animal testing to be done to try and show a drug is safe for recreational use.

This victory comes after years of work by NZAVS, other charities and countless animal-loving Kiwis.

It all started in September 2012 when NZAVS discovered the full extent of the animal testing being planned for legal highs. The Ministry of Health was set to require multiple animal tests on large and small animals; every product approved could have required over a hundred animals used in the testing. And for what? Unreliable test results that get it wrong a lot more often than they get it right.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported this campaign, together we have protected animals from cruel animal testing for legal highs in NZ!

Why Expose Otago University?

Learn more about why we are exposing animal experiments that have taken place at the University of Otago.

Otago Exposed References

Access the references for the animal experiments we exposed during our special 12 Days of Christmas Otago exposé.

Day 1 - Otago Exposed

Baby rats were force fed alcohol in a cruel experiment at Otago Uni.

Day 2 - Otago Exposed

Rats brains were damaged and pierced with electrodes.

Day 3 - Otago Exposed

Living bees were sliced open and electrocuted.

Day 4 - Otago Exposed

Rats were subject to loud noises and electrocuted.

Day 5 - Otago Exposed

Guinea pigs were forced to swim in the notorious Morris water maze test.

Day 6 - Otago Exposed

Mother rats were given injections to try and hinder the brain development of their babies, who were then experimented on.

Day 7 - Otago Exposed

Young mice were forced to experience chronic stress for two weeks.

Day 8 -Otago Exposed

Rabbits had holes drilled into their jaws.

Day 9 - Otago Exposed

Guinea pigs had their heads drilled into and were given hypothermia.

Day 10 - Otago Exposed

Rats had their legs surgically damaged and were forced to walk on a rotating drum.

Day 11 - Otago Exposed

Sheep had around 30% of their blood drained from their bodies.

Day 12 - Update

What we have achieved together and our next steps!

With your help we can end animal experimentation in Aotearoa.

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