Only just 5 (!) out of 100 pharmaceuticals tested in animals are also successful in clinical trials in humans. This is no surprise: humans and animals (even apes) are too different. Paracetamol is a common painkiller, but leads to poisoning in cats. Ibuprofen causes kidney failure in dogs.

The alternatives for non-animal test methods are available and successful, yet the federal government, through the Swiss National Science Foundation, finances the field of medicine and biology with 426 million Swiss francs - while just 3 million Swiss francs are left over for the 3R Center of Competence, whose goal is to conduct fewer animal tests and cause less stress to the animals during the tests.

For this reason, SUST supports the petition of Animalfree Research: Research should be efficient and without animal suffering.