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Animal testing

Mice and other animals are often used for experiments.
This image of a Silver Spring monkey started the discussion on animal testing in the US. The image is from 1981.

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation and animal research is the use of animals for experiments. Escherichia coli, Fruit flies, and mice are often used for animal testing. About 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals and many more invertebrate animals are used around the world every year.[1] The source of the animals are different according to the country and species. Most animals used for experiments are bred for this purpose. But others may be caught from the wild or bought from people who buy them from animal shelters.[2]

Animals are used for experiments inside universities, medical schools, farms, large companies and other places that provide animal-testing services.[3] People who support animal testing argue that almost every medical discovery in the 20th century used animals in some way.[4] They say that even complex computers cannot model connections between molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organisms, and the environment.[5] Many important discoveries were made because of animal testing. But some scientists and animal rights organizations such as PETA do not support animal testing. They say that it is cruel, poorly done, and costly. Others argue that animals have the right not to be used for experiments, and that model organisms are different from humans. The limits to animal testing is different in various countries.

  1. ↑ "Vivisection FAQ Archived 2015-05-13 at the Wayback Machine, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection; "The Ethics of research involving animals" Archived 2008-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, section 1.6.
  2. ↑ "Inside the Horrible Trade in Dogs for Research - Newsweek". newsweek.com. 16 February 2006. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "House of Lords - Animals In Scientific Procedures - Report". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  4. ↑ The use of non-human animals in research: a guide for scientists The Royal Society, 2004, page 1
  5. ↑ "Science, Medicine, and Animals", Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Published by the National Research Council of the National Academies 2004; page 2

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