Hagit- research studant
Hagit, Is one of eight undercover agents, who works throughout Israel in the past few years, a research student in a laboratory where animal experiments are being held.
She brings from her workplace very shocking footage.
In order to protect her identity her voice has been distorted.
This is her testimony:
"The researcher saws the rats head after the experiment, and you could see her move and trying to run away from the needle. It was clear that she is in pain, and that she wasn't anaesthetized properly. But he just kept going, like it was nothing, in any case they planned to kill her later".....
"All the treatment of the animals was as if it was just a regular test tube, for them it was just another animal. They were injecting, dissecting… the worst case scenario the cut wasn't in the correct place, it's not that bad, they can get another one".
"I asked him, "why you are using this model"? He told me "This is a classic model that has existed for the last 60 years. You inject the rat tuberculosis bacteria and the rats develop arthritis… I am working with rats because I'm used to them. They are easy to be examined, the examination is to check how much the rat's foot becomes red and swollen, and it's easier to spot it in rats. I'm doing it out of habit and comfort- this model is easier to me. There isn't a single thing that doesn’t interest men; science is an area that anybody can find his niche".
