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The Final Results From Our Animal Testing Questionnaire 2020

The Final Results From Our Animal Testing Questionnaire 2020

We sent a short questionnaire to the main political parties in Aotearoa and their candidates to find this important information out. Here is an overview of the results!

October 1, 2020

Before voting opens, we want to make sure that our supporters and the wider public know how future MPs and leaders of Aotearoa, New Zealand feel about animal experimentation, an issue that is close to all of our hearts!

We sent a short questionnaire to the main political parties in Aotearoa and their candidates to find this important information out. Read on for an overview of the results.

Candidate Results

Which candidates participated in our questionnaire?

We invited nearly 400 candidates to participate in our questionnaire and we also sent out multiple reminders. Unfortunately, some candidates didn't even care enough to reply.

Here's an overview of how many candidates from each political party filled in our Animal Testing Questionnaire:

Sustainable New Zealand Party: 64%
The Opportunities Party (TOP): 48%
The Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand: 34%
The New Zealand National Party: 24%
NZ Outdoors Party: 21%
New Zealand Labour Party: 11%
New Zealand First Party: 7%
ACT New Zealand: 5%
Maori Party: 0%

* Percentages calculated according to the number of candidates on elections.nz.‍

Political Party Results

We invited nine of the main political parties to fill in our Animal Testing Questionnaire. Here is a summary of the results:

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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