Animals lives matter. Animals are an important aspect of life on earth. Animal testing can lead to animal extinction, decrease in certain species, and is all around not healthy for animals.
Animals are tested on by cosmetic brands, household product brands and self care product and brands as well. Clorox, M.A.C Cosmetics, Johnson & Johnson, and many more popular brands test their products on animals. (http://www.peta.org/living/beauty/companies-test-on-animals/) Having these things tested on any animal cannot be good for them.
Animals are likely to be killed to test the safety of new chemicals and cleaning products. Often animals are force-fed, have chemicals placed in various areas of their bodies, are forced to inhale smoke/toxic fumes to test how poisonous they really are. (http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/experiments/ALL/730/)
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90% agreed that animal testing was absolutely “essential”.(http://animal-testing.procon.org/)
Many say that animals are the most similar to humans. Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans and mice share 98% of their genetics with humans. This makes scientists believe that humans and animals share the same diseases and same organ function.(http://animal-testing.procon.org/)
Testing on animals can give a false information and can give misleading diagnosis.
In the year 2003, there was a vaccination to stop Alzheimer 's created by Pharmaceuticals that was used to cure mice who had the disease. When they used the vaccination on humans, it caused brain inflammation and trials had to be stopped. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aysha-akhtar/animal-experiments_b_4209541.html)
This shows that animal testing can be incorrect and should not be used as a form of