Feb-16-2022
On the 13th of February,
Switzerland had a vote to decide if full animal testing should be banned or
not. This includes animal testing for both scientific and medical research.If voted for, the ban ...
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On the 13th of February,
Switzerland had a vote to decide if full animal testing should be banned or
not. This includes animal testing for both scientific and medical research.
If voted for, the ban would include:
·
a ban on the importation of
products created through animal testing,
· a ban on human experiments, and
· A certainty that non-animal testing will receive a level of support
from the state that is almost the same as the support provided for animal
experiments’ research.
During the voting process, 21% of the participants voted in favour
while 79% voted against. Otherwise, Switzerland would have become the first
country to fully ban animal testing. In 2017, Switzerland banned cosmetics that
contain ingredients tested on animals.
However, Julia Baines from
PETA UK said the rejection of the full ban does not equal approval of animal
testing as this is collectively aimed at human clinical trials as well as the
manufacturing, export and import of products tested on animals.
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