24, italian, female, vegetarian, animal lover, music lover, aro&ace, atheist. INTJ and enneatype 5, the investigator. My main fandoms here are Fire Emblem (6-12), Dorohedoro and the Zero Escape games but I will occasionally post about other stuff. Every once in a while I post fanarts or take sketch requests, commissions are currently open.

---- ps. I'm also Kiu22 on Livejournal and Kiu227 on DeviantArt.

 

Animal Experiments at 25 Year High

“The statistics show that last year, 35% of animal experiments were for fundamental biological research – much of it curiosity-driven, only 13% directly for human medicine or dentistry, and 43% of animal research was the breeding of animals with a Harmful Mutation or Genetic Modification (GM). The use of animals for fundamental research in universities has continued to rise (+7%). This rise in abstract/fundamental research, which does not involve trials for medicines, contrasts with the research industry’s public stance that research on animals is focused on testing cures for disease,”