After horrible press, fines, and imprisonments, Volkswagon once again found itself in the middle of a controversy when it was revealed that the company was testing its product on animals.
Despite having fudged the numbers on its pollution standards software to appear more compliant, Volkswagon had been using macaque monkeys to test the health effects of diesel exhaust.
The monkeys were contained in an airtight chamber and had diesel fuel exhaust spewed in their faces.
This time, however, Volkswagon is doing the right thing and announcing that it will no longer test its products on animals.
“Research projects and studies must always be balanced with consideration of ethical and moral questions,”
wrote Mr. Herbert Diess, Volkswagon Chief Executive, in a letter to PETA. “Volkswagen explicitly distances itself from all forms of animal abuse. In the future, we will rule out all testing on animals, as long as there are no pressing — such as legal — reasons that would make this necessary.”
“Volkswagen did the right thing in pledging to no longer conduct tests on animals, which are irrelevant to human health and not required by law,” said Kathy Guillermo, a senior vice president at the group. “PETA is calling on other carmakers that still test on animals to follow suit and embrace modern and humane, animal-free research methods instead.”
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