A woman spent 24 hours in a dog crate listening to hounds barking and recreating the smell of urine by spraying vinegar onto hay - to educate others on what she believes are the conditions in animal testing labs. Anne-Marie Barton, 44, decided to livestream herself in the crate to recreate what she says is the experience of an animal bred in a laboratory and used for testing.
She stripped her office, which has no windows and is separate to the house, and put down hay in a 125 x 80 x 90cm crate. Anne-Marie played the sounds of dogs barking on a loop through her headphones and only slept for around 20 minutes the whole time - only getting out of the crate for short toilet breaks.
Her partner, Luke Cottrell, 34, an emotional needs tutor, was on hand throughout and brought her one meal during the experience. The dog lover wanted to encourage people to use cruelty-free products and help educate them on what she says is "the cruelty" of animal testing.
