The document discusses animal testing and argues that it is cruel and should not be allowed. It notes that millions of animals suffer and die in testing each year and describes some of the types of tests conducted on animals, including poisoning and physical injury. Alternatives to animal testing are presented, and several organizations opposed to animal testing are mentioned.

1. Animal Testing By Cathy

2. I believe… animal testing should not be allowed because it’s cruel to the animals and they should not have to go through it.

3. What is Animal Testing? The use of non-human animals in research and development projects, especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs.

4. How Would You Feel? What if this was your pet dog? Or your cat, or one of your pets? Just because they don’t talk, doesn’t mean that they do not feel pain or get hurt

5. Sacred Animals India-Dog, Cat, Rat Egypt-Baboon, Cat, Cattle http://www.ecoheritage.cpreec.org/04_03_Sacred%20animals/04_03_Sacred_animals_cat.htm

6. What kinds of animals do they test on? Rats Mice Guinea pigs Cats Dogs Non-human Primates Rabbits Farm Animals http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/05/10/5-new-ways-to-reduce-animal-testing/

7. Types of Tests The Draize Eye Test Dermal Toxicity Test Lethal Dose Tests http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-451255/Europe-set-outlaw-cosmetic-testing-live-animals.html

8. How many animals die? 10 million animals are killed each year 8 million animals suffer http://www.sodahead.com/question/57221/

9. What do the animals go through? poisoned, burned, scalded, irradiated, genetically manipulated, physically injured, inflicted with deadly diseases and surgically mutilated. http://myrtus.typepad.com/myrtus/2007/05/israel_bans_ani.html

10. Pictures http://www.animalexperimentspictures.com/

11. Reasons For Animal Testing Helps figure out ways for new things Could come in handy when finding out new vaccinates

12. Similarities: Humans & Lab Animals Behavior can be just as complex Cellular structures, proteins, and genes of humans and animals are similar

13. Difference: Humans are not Lab Animals Reaction to environment Also the conditions the animals are kept Respond differently to substances then humans Effects on animals can be differ from each laboratory

14. Alternatives to Animal Testing Episkin-a reconstructed human in vitro epidermis for evaluation of cosmetics, pharmaceutical and chemical compounds. Epiocular-a reproducible, multi-layered human cell-derived tissue for testing ocular irritancy of chemicals and other materials. Epiderm-is a reproducible, three-dimensional, human cell-derived skin tissue for studies of corrosives and irritants. http://www.mattek.com/pages/products/epiderm

15. Organizations against animal testing AWA Only federal law Doesn’t count for birds, rats and mice http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/page/10/

16. Labs Funded by Tax Dollars

17. Mars Candy! M&M's, Snickers, Twix, Dove, Three Musketeers, Starburst, Skittles, and other candy! http://www.sugarstand.com/images/csc/csc0007b.jpg

18. Does any animal testing count for cruelty? People will go undercover and see if they are treating the animals right in laboratories. In some cases they will find animals being locked up and not treated as they should be

19. Animal Cruelty There is many different types of animal cruelty Animals for Entertainment Animal Experiments Factory Farming Fur Farms Hunting

20. Testing 1..2..3

21. The Story of Rodney: A Tester’s Tale of Change Shepherd Mix No home Put there to have tests done on him http://www.uga.edu/sos/experiments.html

22. Chimps are being saved? The Great Ape Protection Act Saves 1,200 chimpanzees Retires about 600 owned chimps from laboratories supported by The Humane Society of the United States and NEAVS http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/chimps.html

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