Animal Testing

Hello jlconservative. I agree that animal testing is helpful, I just debated for the sake of debating. You obviously have your facts straight and I will only present facts this time. I will also give you the links to the websites. 1. Ten Fast Facts about Animal Testing The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission do not require animal testing for cosmetics or household products. Sufficient existing safety data, as well as in vitro (test tube) alternatives make animal testing for cosmetics and household products unnecessary. Because mice and rats are excluded from the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), the actual number of animals used in product testing is unreported and unknown. It has been estimated that as many as 100 million mice are used in U.S. laboratories every year. Common animal tests currently used for cosmetics and household products include the Draize eye irritancy test, oral toxicity tests, and skin irritancy tests. Animals used in testing are most usually purchased from specialized breeding facilities. However, they may also be taken from the wild or acquired from animal shelters (through a practice known as "pound seizure"). Animals used in product testing most commonly include guinea pigs, rabbits, mice, rats, and dogs. Animal subjects can also include cats, ferrets, birds, and nonhuman primates, to name a few. Claims about animal testing on packaging and labels of cosmetics and household products are not regulated. Statements such as "not tested on animals" or "cruelty-free" can be deceptive, and require further inquiry. Shop with confidence and compassion by only purchasing products from companies approved by the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) — the Leaping Bunny program. This is the only international standard that ensures that both products and ingredients did not involve new animal testing. Animal testing can occur anywhere within the manufacturing process, including final (or finished) products, ingredient suppliers, associated manufacturers, and contract testing laboratories. Animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in a number of European Union (EU) countries and a complete EU-wide ban is on the way. All of this data is from http://www.api4animals.org... I have more data about the actual animals used. The Animal Welfare Act requires laboratories to report the number of animals used in experiments, but it does not cover mice, rats, and birds (used in some 80 to 95 percent of all experiments). Because these animals are not covered by the act, they remain uncounted, and we can only guess at how many actually suffer and die each year. Many household products and cosmetics companies still pump their products into animals' stomachs, rub them onto their skin, squirt them into their eyes, or force animals to inhale them as aerosol sprays. Charities such as the March of Dimes use donations from private citizens to fund experiments on animals, and the FDA requires all drugs to be tested on animals. However, animals differ from humans significantly, making animal drug tests unreliable and dangerous. New research methods, such as computer models, cell cultures, and human studies are more accurate, less expensive, and much more humane. that is directly from the PETA website, and I suggest reading the Animal Welfare act. I was only using a "personal in the moment" reference when I mentioned my dog. That was uncalled for and most animals that are used are nto covered by the animal welfare act.