Animal rights activists sounded the bell after it emerged that Chinese researchers use live pigs as test dummies for crash test.
Fifteen piglets were wearing seat belts when the vehicle is accelerated to 30 miles (48 km) per hour during the crash test, subsequently, of which seven of them died immediately.
As reported by MailOnline in the course of the experiment animals, which was from 70 to 80 days, not eat or drink for several hours, and they received a number of injuries, including bleeding, lacerations, and internal bruising.
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According to the researchers, the pig was injected with an anesthetic to reduce «anxiety and stress». They explained that they used as a test of these animals, as their anatomical structure was «similar» to the structure of the human children.
Scientists insisted that they had followed the guidelines of the U.S. on the use of laboratory animals, and said that their study was approved by the ethics Committee. Pigs and other animals had really been used in crash tests in the United States, but this practice was discontinued in the 1990-ies.
Zachary Toliver from the group of animal rights PETA has called the practice «cruel» and «unjustified».
