PETA's science push pays off!

Dear Friend,

We did it!

Five big initiatives from PETA have helped bring about a new era for animals in
laboratories.

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which we've been
collaborating with for years, made it official: It plans to end toxicity testing
requirements on mammals by 2035. And with a little luck, it will happen sooner
and include all animals.

It took almost two decades of work for us to reach this day, and here's how our
science team—with your help and that of other committed PETA
supporters—contributed to this groundbreaking progress:

* Our scientists, including molecular biologists and toxicologists, held dozens
of meetings with other scientists and regulators, including EPA officials, to
discuss how animals could be replaced in tests.
* We submitted detailed scientific comments revealing the problems with animal
tests.
* We worked to change laws
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non-animal test methods.
* We provided government and corporate scientists with educational
opportunities to explore non-animal methods and coauthored scientific papers
on the ways animal-free testing is superior to poisoning animals.
* We protested animal testing, even sending a giant " bunny
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directed his staff to fund alternatives!

PETA's sustained and strategic work has now paid off! Today, our scientists and
the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine—which has done substantial
work on this issue, too—had the honor of witnessing the EPA's historic
announcement and the signing of the memo outlining the steps, including
increased funding for the development of non-animal test methods, that the
agency will take to accomplish its goal.

This breakthrough news follows an announcement by the Dutch government
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by 2025. The decisions by the Netherlands and the EPA are a clear signal of an
imminent worldwide end to regulatory toxicity testing on animals—a goal that
seemed almost impossible when our work first began.

We're at the dawn of a new era in which toxicity tests will better protect
humans and the environment—and millions of individual animals will no longer
suffer in them. There's still a huge amount of work to be done, but today's EPA
announcement is a milestone.

On behalf of all the PETA scientists who worked tirelessly to help achieve this,
thank you for making such tremendous progress for animals possible.

Kind regards,


Amy J. Clippinger, Ph.D.
Director
Regulatory Testing Department


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