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Animal Testing

Angie Bannister

What is Animal Testing?

❏ animal testing, animal experimentation or animal research, (refers to the experimentation carried out on animals) ❏ Cosmetics, pharmaceutical drugs, cleaning chemicals etc. tested

Animals Used in Testing

❏ mice ❏ fish ❏ rats and hamsters ❏ rabbits and guinea pigs ❏ farm animals (mini pigs) ❏ birds, ❏ cats and dogs ❏ nonhuman primates (monkeys,chimpanzees)

Companies Involved

Biotherm Garnier Sally Hansen Arm & Hamer Huggies “Sensodine Axe Kleenex Tide Bounty MAC Cosmetics Vaseline Clorox Michael Kors Windex Cover Girl Neutrogena Woolite Dawn Pine-Sol Pantene Dove Resolve Polident and hundreds more ...

The Ethical Debate

❏ VERY controversial subject. Non Supporters ❏ creates pain and suffering ❏ define animal testing as animal suffering. Supporters ❏ experimentation benefits humans ❏ saves lives ❏ provides vital medical treatments. My Side ❏ Non Supporter

Animal testing Is BAD Science

“Every major medical advance is attributable to experiments on animals”

❏ False ❏ Article published in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine concluded not supported by any evidence. ❏ Animal experiments not relevant to human health, ❏ Do not contribute meaningfully to medical advances, ❏ Undertaken simply out of curiosity, ❏ Do not even pretend to hold promise for curing illnesses.

“If we didn’t use animals, we’d have to test new drugs on people.”

❏ we ALREADY test new drugs on people. ❏ There will always be the first human trial ❏ animal tests are unreliable, making human trials risky. ❏ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) noted 92 percent of all drugs shown to be safe/effective in animal tests fail in human trials ❏ The small percentage of products that are approved for human use, half are relabeled because of side effects that were not identified in animal tests.

“We have to observe the complex interactions of cells, tissues, and organs in living animals.”

❏ Artificial conditions they never experience (unnatural distressed environment) ❏ Applying results to naturally occurring diseases in human ❏ Physiological drug reactions vary from species to species. ❏ Validity of data is jeopardizes

“Animals help in the fight against cancer.”

❏ “The history of cancer research has been a history of curing cancer in the mouse. We have cured mice of cancer for decades and it simply didn’t work in humans.” - Richard Klausner (national Cancer Institute) ❏ Studies have found that chemicals that cause cancer in rats only caused cancer in mice 46 percent of the time. If extrapolating from rats to mice is so problematic, how can we extrapolate results from mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, monkeys, and other animals to humans?”

“Many experiments are not painful to animals and are therefore justified.”

❏ The Animal Welfare Act allows - burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, ect. ❏ No experiment is prohibited (pain-killers not required). ❏ The law does not require alternatives to animals be used when available. ❏ Act excludes rats, mice, birds and cold-blooded animals. ❏ 95% of animals laboratories are not protected by federal law ❏ experimenters not required to provide mice and rats with pain relief

The Severity of Animal Testing

So you think animal testing isn’t a big deal? Think again ...

In Conclusion

Hopefully I have informed you on the reality of animal testing. Please buy animal friendly products and help put an end to animal testing . Thank you

Works Cited

"Laws and Regulations | Animal Use in Research." Laws and Regulations. New England Anti-Vivisection Society, 2015. Web. 06 May 2015. Murnaghan, Ian. "What Is Animal Testing?" What Is Animal Testing? N.p., 15 Apr. 2015. Web. 06 May 2015. "Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint." PETA. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 May 2015.