Animal testing is a necessary and extremely beneficial practice for the survival of the human species. Animal testing contributes to all of the cures and treatments available today that save human lives. California Biomedical Research Association stated that within the last 100 years, every single cure that has emerged has come directly from animal testing. Without animal testing a lot of the cures that we have today would not be factors in saving lives and could have resulted in many human lives lost. In additions, the testing of animals is an appropriate practice because their similarities to us as living organisms. Studies have shown that chimpanzees share 99% of human DNA. It is shown that mice also share 98% of human DNA. The similarities