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Guinea Pigs Aren't Superheroes
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Every year, more than 200,000 guinea pigs are abused and killed in cruel experiments—they are forced to breathe tobacco smoke, they are locked in chambers for hours at a time and forced to listen to noises as loud as a jet engine, and pregnant guinea pigs are given alcohol to cause birth defects in their babies. Of course, common sense and human-based research tells us that drinking alcohol while pregnant is a no-no, standing next to an airplane when it's taking off is not so good on the ears, and smoking cigarettes can cause disease in nearly every organ of the body.
Wait until Agent Darwin hears about this!
Posted by Justin Goodman, Research Associate Supervisor
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I have two little Guinea Pigs, and reading this line; 'and pregnant guinea pigs are given alcohol to cause birth defects in their babies', brought tears to my eyes. Oh my goodness.
Posted by: Bailey | July 31, 2009 06:29 PM
The late Linda McCartney had a great anti-vivisection song on the album released after her death. It was called the "The White Coated Men". In 1993 Paul McCartney released his "Off The Ground CD" that featured "Looking For Changes" a song that denounced animal experiments and other monstrosities.
Posted by: Brien Comerford | July 31, 2009 07:41 PM
its so sad that these sweet, gentle and adorable creatures (and many others) are abused in the name of science. this reminds me of the medical experiments done during the holocaust.
Posted by: Jenny | August 1, 2009 12:00 PM
I saw G-force and everything about it is backwards and i want rainbow world animal exoticts shut down
Posted by: Nathalie | August 1, 2009 05:58 PM
I hope little kids that see this movie wont star thinking their guinea pig is a super heroes and put them into toy cars and stuff....
Posted by: Sophia | August 1, 2009 09:15 PM
My fear is the run on Guinea Pigs at the pet store due to this movie is going to cause a large amount of the same Guinea Pigs ending up in shelters accross the US in 6 months after the novelty wears off.
Posted by: Rebecca | August 3, 2009 12:10 PM
Unfortunately this movie will only increase the demand for pet guinea pigs. Thus more of these animals will be bred, shipped to pet stores, and doomed to spend their short lives in solitary confinement with no privacy.
Posted by: Brad | August 3, 2009 01:59 PM
As I said in a previous post, Guinea pigs are a lot of work and most children under the age of 10 cannot handle their care without help. Mom and Dad, do not give in when junior starts crying for one of these little guys. Despite the promises you will end up doing a lot of the work yourself...and guinea pigs are unbelieveably messy. You cannot just feed a guinea pig pellets and expect them to be healthy. They need a varied diet of fruits and vegetables. If you get two of them they will need to be spayed or neutered just like a cat or a dog, or you can count on having to keep them totally apart at all times. The guinea pig I got from a friend was pregnant, unbenownst to her and to me, and before I knew it my house looked like a scene from the old Disney animated movie "Pigs Is Pigs." Baby guinea pigs are fully grown and ready to mate at less then two months of age. I found that out the hard way. Once I gave the babies away and had Mama and the one male baby I kept spayed and neutered life got better, but for a while it was guinea pig central. I did not replace Cinnamon and Sugar when they passed on; I got Hobbs, my cat, instead. He was neutered when he came to live with me. He died last summer. He lived 22 years.
Posted by: Rev. Meg Schramm | August 3, 2009 04:05 PM
First, parents shouldn't give guinea pigs to children as pets (though PETA members have pets and clearly tout this). That's fine, because too many animals given to children as pets tend to get dumped, which does cause problems.
Now, you go and tout how they're used for experiments and such...
... all because they're in a movie called "G Force."
PETA, tout your opinions fine, but seriously, try to do it without needing to use something in the news. Good points here for once; however, they get weakened when you ONLY talk about them because a movie comes out.
Posted by: Mel | August 3, 2009 05:40 PM
Its horrible to hear about these guinea pigs being used in experiments and can only hope one day there will be an end to it.
As for the film it was pretty good, and you can't blame Disney if parents/kids/pet shops aren't intelligent enough to realise a guinea pig can live 5-8 years, long after a child may be bored. Parents should know not to give a child a living animal just because their cute and pet shops have a responsibility to make sure the welfare of any animals it sells is up to standard.
Posted by: SimbaK2K | August 4, 2009 03:31 AM
I can´t believe these.Why do people do this horrofying experiments to guinea pigs if they NEVER get information?I think its just one way to make animals suffer by telling everybody they´re studding them.No animal deserves those kinds of things. PETA AND ALF ROCKS!!
Posted by: Nathalie Cabrera | August 4, 2009 08:37 PM
I think that SEEING AS HOW WE TREAT OUR CONVICTS BETTER than our homeless, we should do drug testing on them INSTEAD OF ANIMALS. Face it, these people have given up their rights, by murdering people and so on, so why should we give them more rights than animals???
SAVE THE ANIMALS
TEST ON PRISONERS
Posted by: Kaylee | August 5, 2009 01:32 PM
its really discusting how they are treating all kinds of animals. the animals has no choice in the matter. they have just as much rite as us to live a healthy and full life or maybe even more! how dare they think they can treat them like that, have they no heart or feeling attall? oviusly not!
Posted by: louise wilinson | September 7, 2009 03:48 PM
I own 2 guinea pigs currently, whom I love dearly. I too am concerned that after this movie, idiots are going to go out and buy guinea pigs, that will eventually end up in shelters. I believe we can blame Disney/Pixar to a degree. These movies which glorify "cute animals" does I think add to the problem of "Impulsive" pet ownership, which is dangerous to the well being of the animals, and also adds to shelter overcrowding problems, and unnecessary euthanasia. I really wish they would stop making these movies. However, it is also OUR responsibility as PETA members, Veterinary Technicians, Veterinarians, ect. to properly educate these pet owners or potential pet owners. There will always be "stupid" pet owners out there. There's nothing we can do about that. We need to do a better job educating the public about responsible pet ownership. An issue, that I feel is not emphasised nearly enough. Wouldn't it be great if Disney could find a clever way to make a pet movie, that also educates about responsible pet ownership?
Posted by: ed | September 8, 2009 09:37 PM