University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich

In this post i want to show some images of my work that has and is developing as my research is deepened. I have found many things about animal testing that i did not know before and this has already had an impact on my work. For example some beagles are forced to have pills put down their throats so they injest it quickly. This causes them to dribble more than normal, then foam at the mouth and some beagles just collaspe as their body is too weak to cope. Some are given out of date sedatives and then have their teeth pulled out. The drug is out of date so severly that the dog feels the pain. Also sme beagles have their brains tested on so they end up with massive scares down their whole skull and well as terrible skin conditions through having repetitive tests done of their skin. Apart from all this i have also found that they are put into a harness and have tubespushed into their throat directly into their stomach. This allows for chemicals to be put staright into their stomach, the test stopswhen the dogs are dead. The ones that survive the test are usually disposed of anyway. Sorry this is a bit intense but people need to know the brutality and i need to keep reminding myself of why i am proud to have a beagle. Also i could not think of anything more powerful to connect my work together.