Athens, Dec. 5 -- Questioning animal experimentation is "very taboo," says University of Georgia graduate Emily Trunnell, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and is a research associate for PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department. As she shares in Test Subjects-the new documentary from British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award-winning director Alex Lockwood-graduate schools foster a misguided reliance on animal testing.
This grooming of students to perpetuate animal experimentation is explored in Test Subjects, which will have a limited 72-hour public debut at TestSubjectsFilm.com, beginning at midnight on December 6. The trailer is available here.
The 16-minute documentary profiles three scientists whose lives were altere...