The Fall star Gillian Anderson has teamed up with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in calling for a ban on repeat experiments on animals in toxicity tests by amending the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.

Anderson, who penned a letter to the Indian Minister of Health & Family Welfare, writes 'Rats, rabbits, primates, dogs and other animals used for drug testing are confined to barren cages. They are forced to ingest or inhale drugs or have them smeared on their skin or put in their eyes... animals should not have to undergo cruel tests for new drug registrations when complete data from earlier toxicity experiments already exist'.