Animal Testing Benefits

Animal testing also helps to find medical treatments. In fact, many medical treatments have been made possible through animal testing, including cancer, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more (Cook). Kristina Ccook, a scientist, relates that thanks to animal testing,
Smallpox [which was tested on cows] has now been eradicated from earth [while p]olio has been eradicated from North America and people in countries all over the world are being successfully treated [thanks to testing done on mice and monkeys]. Insulin is now able to help control diabetes [because of tests completed on dogs and fish]. There are vaccines for tetanus [tested on horses], rubella [tested on monkeys], anthrax [tested on sheep], and rabies [tested on dogs and