Animal testing involves experimenting on animals to test the safety of medicines and chemicals for human use. Over 1.4 million animals were used in the United States in 2002 for testing purposes, including rabbits, dogs, cats, and primates. While animal testing has helped develop vaccines and provide human health information, it causes suffering in animals and is not always predictive of human reactions due to physiological differences between species. Alternatives to animal testing are being explored.

1. Animal TestingBy: Paul Hefner

2. What is Animal Testing?Animal testing is were you test a medicine on a animal to make sure it’s safe for people.You can also test certain chemicals on animal to make sure they aren’t poisonous to people.Draize Test

3. How Many Animals Are Used Each Year?1,438,553 animals were used in 2002.505,009 guinea pigs were used in 2000.258,754 rabbits were used in 2000.69,516 dogs were used in 2000.25,560 cats were used in 2000. 57,518 primates were used in 2000.1,416,643 animals were used in 2000.166,429 other animals were used in 2000.

4. Why is Animal Testing Good?It gives us information on pet dogs and cats such as chocolate is poisonous to dogs.Has helped provide vaccines for diseases.Animal are usually given painkillers if they are used in painful experiments.Painkillers

5. Cons of Animal TestingAnimal suffer a lot when they are experimented on.Animals such as dogs and cats get very bored in their cages.Less than 2% of illnesses seen in humans aren’t seen in animals.Some medicines such as aspirin fail animal tests.

6. Videohttp://www.redorbit.com/news/video/health/4/animal_testing_progress_or_pain/25899/

7. Alternatives to Animal Testing Videohttp://www.athenaweb.org/animal-testing-1000726/view

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