The Federal Animal Welfare Act outlines mandatory standards for animal care including housing, handling, treatment, feeding, and shelter for all laboratory animals. University of Minnesota scientists continually seek alternative methods for scientific discovery. New advances in scientific processes allow for some elimination of animal testing. There are alternatives to all animal research.
Animals still provide a critical link to our understanding of vital human and animal functioning.
These functions cannot be replicated by computer models. All animal research could be replaced. As a marketing ploy, some manufacturers use ingredients that were tested previously in animals and develop new products using already-known ingredients. The word games really mean that the final product may not have been tested on animals, but the ingredients or combinations of ingredients were tested on animals. There is no way to ensure the humane treatment of animals.