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"Human health and well-being can also be promoted by adopting nonviolent methods of scientific investigation and concentrating on the prevention of disease before it occurs, through lifestyle modification and the prevention of further environmental pollution and degradation."

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"Even animals who are covered by the law can be burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, forcibly restrained, addicted to drugs, and brain-damaged—no procedures or experiments, regardless of how trivial or painful they may be, are prohibited by law"

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"Laboratories that use only these species are not required by law to provide animals with pain relief or veterinary care, to search for and consider alternatives to animal use, to have an institutional committee review proposed experiments, or to be inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) or any other entity."

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"In the U.S., the most commonly used species in laboratory experiments (mice, rats, birds, reptiles, and amphibians) are specifically exempted from even the minimal protections of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA)."

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"Despite the countless animals killed each year in laboratories worldwide, most countries have grossly inadequate regulatory measures in place to protect animals from suffering and distress or to prevent them from being used when a non-animal approach is readily available."

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"Approximately 40 percent of NIH-funded research involves experimentation on nonhuman animals, and in 2009, the NIH budgeted nearly $29 billion for research and development. In addition, many charities—including the March of Dimes, the American Cancer Society, and countless others—use donations to fund experiments on animals."

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"Through their taxes, charitable donations, and purchases of lottery tickets and consumer products, members of the public are ultimately the ones who—knowingly or unknowingly—fund animal experimentation. One of the largest sources of funding comes from publicly funded government granting agencies such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)."

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92% of drugs that is tested on animals fail to make it trough phase 1 of the human trails. Human trails is studies that determine reaction, effectiveness, and side effects of the drugs.

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"According to a report in the British newspaper The Independent , one conclusion from the failed study was that "testing HIV vaccines on monkeys before they are used on humans, does not in fact work."

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In one case using monkeys to test vaccines for AIDS the results failed on human clinical trials while in monkeys it was effective.

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"according to former National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Richard Klausner, "We have cured mice of cancer for decades, and it simply didn't work in humans."

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Diseases put in animals in a lab are not the same in humans. Because of this it is unlikely to find results that would affect humans without side effects

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"In an article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association , researchers warned that "patients and physicians should remain cautious about extrapolating the finding of prominent animal research to the care of human disease ... poor replication of even high-quality animal studies should be expected by those who conduct clinical research."

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43% of adults do not agree with animals being used for research while the other people who agree with animals being used for research is only because they think it is necessary for medical progress.

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Animals used for research are  taken away from their natural environment and are forced to be locked in a cage, isolated and traumatized only being used as equipment.

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"Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing; biology lessons; medical training; and curiosity-driven experimentation. "

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"Millions of animals suffer and die needlessly every year in the United States as they become subjects for medical testing and other horrible experiments. Although most people assume such activity is necessary to advance medical science, in reality it does very little to improve human health."

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Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary

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Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary

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