In this week’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Dana Kolsky, a qualified veterinary surgeon also on the team at Animal Free Science Advocacy (AFSA), an organisation at the forefront of efforts to end animal experimentation in Australia.

Dana shares the uncomfortable truth about what life for animals used in science really looks like, how these experiments are approved, and why these outdated methods continue to be used despite more ethical and accurate alternatives.

You’ll hear about the shocking studies into intimate partner violence, involving strangulation and traumatic brain injury, as well as AFSA’s campaigns to end primate research in Australia and their push to reform the Australian Code.

But it’s not all grim – Dana highlights some of the exciting non-animal testing methods that are paving the way for a more ethical and accurate future in science.

This conversation is insightful but incredibly tough in places. We encourage you to push through and use the real life experiences of animals in labs to ignite a fire for positive change.

Connect with AFSA

Website: animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au

On violence in animal research (including IPV studies and aggressive restraint) - https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au/issues/violence-in-animal-research/

On primate research - https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au/ending-primate-experiments/

On the issue of no reporting/available data - https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au/statistics-of-animal-use/

On the issue of drug development and its translation to humans - https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au/rethinking-drug-safety/

Instagram: @animalfreescienceadvocacy

Facebook: facebook.com/AnimalFreeScienceAdvocacy

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