One example of an unnecessary test is with monkeys. Baby monkeys are taken from their mothers at a young age in order to determine weather they suffer from not having a mother. We know, the test doesn't sound too bad, but the monkeys often grow up with psychological problems, and are not the same emotionally as other monkeys.
Well, this test can, and should, stop. The answer is really pretty obvious because so many people have done the test so many times-yes, monkeys need a mother.
Another thing about the labs is not the tests themselves, but the conditions the animals are kept in.
Smaller animals, like rats, are usually kept in plastic bins about the size of a shoebox, with bedding covering the bottom, and wire on top.
Slightly larger animals, like Guinea pigs, are usually kept in the same type of cage, but bigger.
Larger animals like dogs, sheep, and primates, are usually kept in wire cages. There is usually one animal per cage, and they are kept separate.
There are laws that insure that the animals are kept warm enough, and have food and water, and the cages are just big enough, but animals are kept in the cages their whole lives except for when they are being tested on.
When animals are being tested on, approximately half of the test are painful, and the other half aren't.
Last year, out of about 489,300 animals that were tested on, some were given anesthesia so they wouldn't feel pain, but about 104,000 weren't given anything to reduce pain during the test. That might not seem like a lot, but it is, and some of the pain was severe.
Another thing about animal testing is that for some things, there really is no point. Animals-obviously-are not exactly like humans.
http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgGateway?org=rat http://jailbreakvito.wordpress.com/page/2/ http://www.robert-redford.com/
An animal's body might react differently to a medicine, vaccine, product, etc. than a humans does.
~Hannah, Maya, Reanna
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