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Live pigs to be used in crash tests in China's auto industry
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) last week issued a complaint involving the use of pigs in crash tests in China. According to the organization, live pigs are tied to seats that mimic car seats and subjected to violent impacts that cause injury, bleeding and mutilation.
In the images, released by the German newspaper Bild on Thursday (31), the pigs appear tied with ropes to the seats that will be used in the tests and are subjected to collisions, which evaluate the effectiveness of seat belts and cars themselves, which can reach up to 50km / h.
Also according to the report, about 15 animals were used in the tests, and seven of them ended up dying from injuries, ranging from bleeding to lacerations of organs.
In addition, guinea pigs were still deprived of water and food. "Letting animals as smart and sensitive as pigs be thrown into walls at high-speed tests in China is cruel. It causes their bones to break, to have several internal injuries and to die horribly," he told the journal. Anne Meinert, a spokeswoman for the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) group.
In a report in the International Journal of Collision Protection, the researchers defended the use of pigs in tests because they had a "human-like anatomical structure" of six years.
In addition, they ensured that they followed all current animal standards in the laboratory and that the tests were approved by an ethics committee. Despite the cruelty, pigs have been used in other parts of the world in experiments of various products. In the United States, the practice of using animals in crash tests was only banned in the 1990s.
In the images, released by the German newspaper Bild on Thursday (31), the pigs appear tied with ropes to the seats that will be used in the tests and are subjected to collisions, which evaluate the effectiveness of seat belts and cars themselves, which can reach up to 50km / h.
Also according to the report, about 15 animals were used in the tests, and seven of them ended up dying from injuries, ranging from bleeding to lacerations of organs.
In addition, guinea pigs were still deprived of water and food. "Letting animals as smart and sensitive as pigs be thrown into walls at high-speed tests in China is cruel. It causes their bones to break, to have several internal injuries and to die horribly," he told the journal. Anne Meinert, a spokeswoman for the PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) group.
In a report in the International Journal of Collision Protection, the researchers defended the use of pigs in tests because they had a "human-like anatomical structure" of six years.
In addition, they ensured that they followed all current animal standards in the laboratory and that the tests were approved by an ethics committee. Despite the cruelty, pigs have been used in other parts of the world in experiments of various products. In the United States, the practice of using animals in crash tests was only banned in the 1990s.
These “dolls” are much more sophisticated than they seem, as evidenced by the fact that they cost more than half a million euros per unit, several being used in each of the accident simulations. The latest ones are even considered true works of art, being able to determine the pressure and deceleration to which they are subjected to the head, the neck, the thorax and so on. But if most scientists are convinced of the importance of dummies, those responsible for the Chinese institute that studies traffic accidents seem to have some doubts, as it has decided to replace crash-tests dummies with live pigs.
At issue was determining the damage caused by a 48 km / h crash in a 6 year old. And instead of the dummies, the Chinese scientists decided to arm themselves with "butchers" and were sitting the pigs, properly tied, in the child seats on the vehicles. This is in an animal that, unless it is a very special Chinese breed, is not in the habit of sitting in that position and would hardly have appreciated not only being imprisoned, but also subjected to various clashes.
At issue was determining the damage caused by a 48 km / h crash in a 6 year old. And instead of the dummies, the Chinese scientists decided to arm themselves with "butchers" and were sitting the pigs, properly tied, in the child seats on the vehicles. This is in an animal that, unless it is a very special Chinese breed, is not in the habit of sitting in that position and would hardly have appreciated not only being imprisoned, but also subjected to various clashes.
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