Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. These animals are subjected to forced feeding, forced inhalation, food and water deprivation, prolonged periods of physical restraint, infliction of burns and wounds to study the healing process and effects and remedies. Among the cruelest experiments is the Draize eye test which evaluates irritation by shampoos and other products to the eyes. During this experiment rabbits are restrained and their eyelids are held open by clips for multiple days which leads to the death of 50% of rabbits used (Scientific American, "Do Cosmetic Companies Still Test on Live Animals?," scientificamerican.com). We also are very different from animals; having different metabolic, anatomical, and cellular differences. 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act; not covering rats, mice, fish, and birds which make up the majority of animals being tested. Also, most of animals do not correctly predict results for humans as 94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials (Understanding Animal Research, "Nine Out of Ten Statistics Are Taken Out of Context,"
Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. These animals are subjected to forced feeding, forced inhalation, food and water deprivation, prolonged periods of physical restraint, infliction of burns and wounds to study the healing process and effects and remedies. Among the cruelest experiments is the Draize eye test which evaluates irritation by shampoos and other products to the eyes. During this experiment rabbits are restrained and their eyelids are held open by clips for multiple days which leads to the death of 50% of rabbits used (Scientific American, "Do Cosmetic Companies Still Test on Live Animals?," scientificamerican.com). We also are very different from animals; having different metabolic, anatomical, and cellular differences. 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act; not covering rats, mice, fish, and birds which make up the majority of animals being tested. Also, most of animals do not correctly predict results for humans as 94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials (Understanding Animal Research, "Nine Out of Ten Statistics Are Taken Out of Context,"