Bold, bipartisan policy for a better way forward.
The Marty Project works to establish public policy that promotes the replacement of dogs in human product safety testing with evidence-based scientific alternatives. We operate as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, collaborating with policymakers, scientists, and the public to advance human-relevant research technologies.
Why this work matters.
Beagles are the breed most used in experiments for scientific purposes in the U.S. — on average, 44,000 dogs are used in experiments each year.
Research has shown that data from dog testing fails to predict human outcomes more than 92% of the time — making it ethically and financially questionable as a foundation for product safety.
Human-relevant methods like organoids, computational models, and microphysiological systems (organ-on-chip) are already producing more reliable results than animal testing.