1- Experimenting on animals was documented in Greek physician- scientist like Aristotle and Erasistratus.
2- Rats and mice are the most used animals for experiments.
3- Any medicine or any cosmetics are first tested on animals.
4- Animals are used because they have short lifespan and are not complex unlike humans.
5- Cosmetic testing on animals is ban in India, Norway, and Israel and EU countries.
6- Countries like china, japan, USA, Australia, France, Canada, UK, Germany, Taiwan and Brazil are the top 10 countries that perform animal testing.
7- 2.3 million Animals were used for experimenting in France in 2005.
8- Animals like cats, dogs, monkeys, Guinea pig, hamster, mini pig, farm animals, and fish are used in testing.
9- Testing on animals
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21- One in every six patient is in hospital because of the treatment.
22- WHO studies shows that measles development in children increases after taking vaccination.
23- There are many medicines that have failed animal test but are very effective for humans.
24- Every year around 115 million animals are used in laboratory for experiments.
25- There are many drawbacks for example blood transfusion got delayed 200 years because of animal studies.
26- Corneal transplants were delayed 90 years because scientists were experimenting on animals for years.
27- 5% of animals that are used in testing are not protected by Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
28- Thalidomide was used for morning sickness for pregnant women, but so many babies died and around 15,000 babies were born with limb defects.
29- According to the government data, in 2016 3.9 million experiments were done in Great Britain.
30- Polio vaccines were tested on monkeys so it was delayed for 40 years.
31- Vioxx medicine had killed approxiamtely60, 000 patients but in lab the heart of mice, monkeys and of other animals was normal.
32- Tests on rats to find out what causes cancer in human is only 37%