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Good things about animal testing: Many vaccines like ones for: rabies, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and TB. Animals feel pain differently. Animals raised in the lab are in there for their whole life they don’t know anything else. Medicines’ are made for the animals too, not all the tests are done with human purposes.

Cons on animal testing- Animals can be a bad substitution for humans because they could react differently to the chemical, some chemicals can’t harm animals but can certainly harm the human. Being captive can cause great distress to the animal. Only 10 % is used for medical research, 90% is used for cosmetics, 50% of the animals used for the research dies within two weeks of being used. Animal testing can cost a lot of money because of the housing and food that is provided. 9% of tested products make it to the market.

Facts summary

A good summary of animal testing is 90% percent of animal testing is done for cosmetics. 20 million animals are killed annually for animal testing in the U.S.A. Most popular animals used are guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs, mice, rats, and monkeys. Most animals are bread at labs or taken from shelters. 50% of the time an animal is tested on for cosmetics the die about two weeks later. In 2013 the E.U. is planning on banning animal tested products.

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Animal Testing is used for things like cosmetics, medications, and household products. It is done to help insure the safety of products for humans, and sometimes animals. Some people believe it is inhumane to test animals for human benefits. Others believe human lives are more important than animals. After reading the facts, what are the circumstances, if any, that animal testing is okay to be used in?

16% say yes. Animal testing is good. 33% say it depends on what the test is used for. 50% say no. Animal should never be used.