Urge the FDA to quickly put its rule on animal testing into practice

10 min

Why it's urgent

No deadline has been published. The rule has just been released, and the group asks for prompt implementation, but no date has been set.

The strategy

Messages to the FDA show public support for putting a rule that could reduce required animal tests into practice. One message is a small addition to a larger campaign.

Why it scored 50

Scale: Big: Guess: U.S. drug-safety testing uses several hundred thousand animals a year, based on general knowledge; the advocacy group gives no figure, so this is an estimate.
Severity: Serious: Serious improvement: the group describes repeated dosing and killing at the end of tests, and removing unneeded requirements would spare animals in those tests, though the effect is indirect.
Chance of success: Plausible: Plausible: the FDA has released the rule, which shows momentum, but how fast it will be implemented is not confirmed.
Your difference: Small: Small: one form message among many, and the page does not say how messages are counted.

The form asks for a name, address and email. The page lists many countries, but it is not stated whether the FDA accepts messages from outside the U.S. Sources: humaneworld.org, secure.humaneworld.org. How scoring works