Ten years of secret footage: laboratory animals laid bare
These images have never been published before and are unbearably graphic. The footage we are revealing today, alongside our European coalition ECEAE (European Coalition to End Animal Experiments), was filmed over a ten-year period by a former laboratory employee turned whistleblower, and subsequently handed over to the organisations Animal Aid and Animals International (Australia). These clips lay bare, without filter, a system that organises suffering on a massive scale. And they ruthlessly document an industry that trivialises violence.
Dozens of mice crammed into plastic tubes, forced to breathe in substances. Monkeys held down by force, screaming in terror. Pigs, mutilated, with open wounds. Lifeless dogs, their eyes vacant, their snouts confined in masks. But also rabbits, rats… bodies reduced to mere tools… All captive in an environment where constraint is constant, and fear, stress and suffering are ever-present.
The images show animals seized without mercy, tied up, trapped in metal restraint devices. Immobilised, with no means of escape, they are forced to endure repeated procedures. Chemicals are injected into their stomachs, lungs, veins… sometimes directly onto wounds, to determine when their bodies give in. And the days go on like this, for weeks, months, years. Ending, in the majority of cases, in death.
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I wouldn’t have taken such a risk if I hadn’t been convinced that the only reason this was continuing was because the public wasn’t aware of it.
Whistleblower
Former laboratory employee
Silence is no longer an option
What these images, filmed over a decade, reveal is not an aberration, but a model that persists, even though reliable, animal-free alternatives exist. In France, in 2024, these toxicity tests were carried out 394,828 times on animals. Not out of necessity, but out of inertia, out of a refusal to break with an outdated model.
Faced with these images, silence is no longer an option. Whilst technological advances are exploding across all sectors, must laboratories continue to rely on cruelty rather than animal-free innovation?
For them, we are calling for a national mobilisation this Saturday, 25 April. Join us.
Do you work in a lab? Become a whistleblower.
One Voice guarantees the anonymity and confidentiality of all communications. Together, let’s usher research into a new era: one of artificial intelligence and cutting-edge technologies. And let’s put an end to animal suffering.
Ten years of secret footage: laboratory animals laid bare
Unprecedented. A 10-year investigation into British laboratories lifts the veil on the organised violence of toxicity testing.
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Le silence n’est plus une option
Ce que révèlent ces images tournées pendant dix ans n’est pas une dérive, mais un modèle qui persiste, alors même que les méthodes alternatives fiables et sans recours aux animaux existent. En France, en 2024, ces tests de toxicité ont été pratiqués 394 828 fois sur des animaux. Non par nécessité, mais par inertie, par refus de rompre avec un modèle dépassé.
Face à ces images, le silence n’est plus une option. Alors que les avancées technologiques explosent dans tous les secteurs, les laboratoires doivent-ils continuer à miser sur la cruauté plutôt que sur l’innovation sans animaux ?
Pour eux, nous appelons à une mobilisation nationale ce samedi 25 avril. Rejoignez-nous.
Vous travaillez dans un labo ? Devenez lanceur d’alerte.
One Voice garantit l’anonymat et la confidentialité des échanges. Ensemble, faisons entrer la recherche dans une nouvelle ère : celle de l’intelligence artificielle et des technologies de pointe. Et mettons fin à la souffrance animale.