Below is a non-biased, completely true overview of the horrors and sufferage of animal experimentation/vivisection. Please consider all that is shown and we just hope that you will realize that animal testing is creul to ALL.

What is Vivisection/Animal Experimentation?

Vivisecion is the act of cutting into, dissecting, and experimenting on non-human animals. There are four major forms of vivisection: Cosmetic, Pharmaceatical, Military, & Agricultural. Household and beauty products are tested on animals to determine toxicity and safeness of the product. The same charities that claim to save lives via so-called "breakthroughs" in cancer, leukekia, diabetes, etc can also be accredited for torturous experiments on mice, rabbits, primates, pigs, cats, dogs, and guinea pigs. In military experimentation animals are often gassed alive, exposed to high forms of radiation,annialated by explosives, and introduced to deadly chemicals in hopes of determining the results of warfare. Agricultural experimentation is inflicted apon livestock, poultry, and pigs.

What species of animals are used?

A wide variety of animals are used in presesnt-day experimentation. These include but are not limited to mice, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, frogs, pigs, sheep, cattle, cats, dogs, and sometimes even horses. That's right, the same cuddly little pets we have walking around our homes that we address with names such as Smookums and Sparky are also used for creul testing in research facilities. Companies, charities, and the military obtain most of their "subjects" through large breeeding companies that raise animals simply for the purpose of experiments, unknowing and oblivious owners selling pets, pet stores, animal shelters/pounds, and plucking wild animals out of their own natural habitats.

Describe some animal tests.

Painful experiments range from toxicity tests where chemicals are poured into animals eyes, animals are deliberately cut open and wounds exposed to products, or forced to inhale aerosal products. The Draize Eye Irritancy Test measures effects of certain chemicals in the eyes of rabbits and LD-50 tests determines toxicity and reactions animals experience following the inhalation, ingestion, or exposure to substances. Afterwards animals are mutilated and autopsied then euthanized. All the while, anesthesia to alleviate the pain is rarely administered.

Is there any law requiring animal experimentation?

NOPE! NADA! NO! ZILCH! As far as cosmetic experimentation is concerned...most companies test for liability purposes to simply say that they took precautions before distributing their products if in fact it is found unsafe.

How can animal testing sometimes harm the consumers more than the animals themselves?

Companies make it their soul prority to value and protect the consumer but often times it is the consumer that ends up ill or injured after using the product. Molecular Biology has proven that animals and humans have quite contare reactions to various drugs. How can companies expect their products to be safe when they have yet to realize that they are testing products meant for humans on animals? Cases of this ignorance and small mindedness have been recorded in polio and AIDS research as well as prescription drugs such as Zomax.

What laws protect animal rights regarding experimentation?

The Animal Welfare Act, first passed in 1966, and ammended several times since then, intentionally enforced proper caging, transportation, care and "no piain" of warm-blooded animals excluding cold blooded animals, horses, mice, rats, hamsters etc. This law however did not bann the horrid act of animal experimentation.

What are the general results of animal experimentation (e.g. how much money is spent?, How many animals die?)?

It is estimated that approximately 15 to 80 million animals suffer and die in the US alone as a result of testing. Besides that....even more animals that are not protected under the Animal Welfare Act also perich. These include mice, rats, and birds, generally the main portion of animals used. Whos to know how many humans also become ill or die as a result of inaccurate experiments on animals?

Why alternatives are more benefivial....to ALL:

Put into simple terms, alternatives are less time consuming, less costly, and can be more accurate...thus being beneficial to companies, animals, and consumers. Although there is no proof that an alternative can completely replace the use of animals in experimentation...it has been scientifically suggested that the use of alternatives such as Neutral Red Bioassay and Eyetex could have saved the lives of countless animals and perhaps even humans. For more about alternatives visit our alternatives page.

ANIMALS ARE LIVING THINGS...THEY LIKE HUMANS FEEL PAIN, HEARTACHE AND LOSS. TO THINK THAT THEY DO NOT SUFFER IN EXPERIMENTS IS PROPESTEROUS...ALL LIVING THINGS FEEL PAIN AND HAVE BUT ONE THING: LIFE....THAT THING CAN NOT BE TAKEN AWAY AND GIVEN TO THOSE THAT WE THINK OF TO BE MORE DESERVING....ALL LIFE HAS VALUE...HUMAN AS WELL AS ANIMAL.