Animal testing causes the death of over 1 million animals per year from testing chemicals and drugs. While proponents argue it protects human lives by identifying toxic substances, critics say it is inhumane when animals can live freely without being subjected to tests. The document provides statistics on the number of common lab animals that die annually during experiments, including over 66,000 dogs and 57,000 primates, and asks the reader to consider the suffering of animals used in testing.