New Report Recommends Ending Routine Poisoning Test on Dogs in Japan

After hearing from PETA US scientists and other experts, a report commissioned by the Japanese Food Safety Commission recommends saying “sayonara” to many pesticide tests on beagles.

Imagine being locked in a cage and forced to eat pesticide-laced food or to breathe pesticide fumes for a year until you are killed and your body dissected. That is exactly what dogs undergo in a common test. But now, after receiving documentation from PETA US scientists of extensive analyses conducted by government and industry experts demonstrating that the one-year dog poisoning test does little to protect people, a report commissioned by the Japanese Food Safety Commission has recommended ending the routine use of this test.

PETA US’ scientists pointed out that numerous governments, including those of China, India, Australia, the European Union, the U.S., and Canada, have eliminated this test from their pesticide registration requirements, sparing thousands of dogs annually. The report recommends that the test can be eliminated under certain circumstances, clearing the way for the government to issue revised testing guidelines and join the list of countries that no longer require this year-long test on dogs.

PETA US scientists are also in contact with regulatory agencies in other parts of the world to request that they follow suit and are working to end all pesticide testing on dogs and all other animals.