Animals in research
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Animals in research |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1992 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Rissi |
| script | Stefan Eckart |
| camera | Helmut Hörber |
| cut | Mark Rissi |
Animals in Research is a Swiss documentary film by Mark Rissi from 1992 .
action
The film is about the interaction between an international dealer mafia and Swiss pharmaceutical and research companies in the procurement of dogs and cats for animal experiments. The question is whether drugs have been approved in Switzerland whose effects and reliability have been tested on completely unsuitable laboratory animals. The renowned filmmaker's revelations raise far-reaching questions. It is suspected that some research institutes and universities acted to a considerable extent negligently between 1979 and 1990, because the researchers did not use dogs and cats specially bred for animal experiments. Apparently, the supervisory authorities in Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany have failed blatantly. Dealers were known to deliver stolen, captured, mostly neglected dogs with forged papers to established laboratories.
background
In the run-up to a referendum on animal experiments in the pharmaceutical industry, the film raised awareness of the subject in Switzerland. In 1992 the interest group “Pharma Information” tried to prevent the cinema from being launched in Switzerland with an order. The court rejected a ban and released the film again.
Web links
- Animals in research in the Internet Movie Database (English)