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How many animals are killed each year due to animal testing?

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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 biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing.

Accordingly, how many animals are killed each year?

Over 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year by humans. These shocking figures do not even include fish and other sea creatures whose deaths are so great they are only measured in tonnes.

How many animals are killed illegally each year?

According to In Defense of Animals, over 200 million animals are reported killed by hunters in the United States every year. This does not include animals killed illegally by poachers; animals who are injured, escape and die later; orphaned animals who die after their mothers are killed.

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Is it illegal to test on animals in the US?

As of 2013, no animals may be used in cosmetic testing in the European Union pursuant to E.U. regulations. In the U.S., California passed the first state law in 2000 (Section 1834.9) limiting product-testing where alternative non-animal tests are available.

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What percentage of animal testing is successful?

The most frequently used statistics are.
“90% drugs tested on animals fail” – British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
“92% of drugs fail in clinical trials, having successfully passed through animal studies” – Safer Medicines Trust.

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How many animals are abused each year in the world?

Over 115 million animals – mice, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, birds, among others – are killed in laboratory experiments worldwide for chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing every year.

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How much does it cost to test on animals?

USA spends $16 billion dollars annually for animal testing at tax payers' expense and is subject to massive waste and mismanagement of taxpayers' dollars. Much of this cruelty is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which allocates 40% of its annual research budget to animal experiments.

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Why do they test on animals?

The animal tests provide data on efficacy and safety. Testing on animals also serves to protect consumers, workers and the environment from the harmful effects of chemicals. All chemicals for commercial or personal use must be tested so that their effect on the people and animals exposed to them is understood.

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What do makeup companies do when they test on animals?

A: We estimate that approximately 100,000-200,000 animals suffer and die just for cosmetics every year around the world. These are rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice. While dogs and monkeys are never used to test cosmetics anywhere in the world, they are used to test other types of chemicals.

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How many animals are there in the world?

First, we don't even know how many types of animals there are in the world, let alone how many individual animals there are. Scientists have recently estimated that there are approximately 8.7 million species on Earth. They believe that 1-2 million of those species are animals.

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Is all makeup tested on animals?

Although they are not required by law, several tests are commonly performed that expose mice, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs to cosmetics ingredients. Skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed onto the shaved skin or dripped into the eyes of restrained rabbits without any pain relief.

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What has been tested on animals?

Animals are still used to assess the safety of cosmetics and personal care products — such as lipstick, mascara, shampoo, and cologne. It's estimated that 500,000 mice, guinea pigs, rats, and rabbits suffer and die in these tests every year throughout the world.

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Which companies are testing on animals?

Here are some of the top cosmetics brands whose products are still tested on animals—and some cruelty-free brands that you should support instead:

Avon.
Benefit.
Clinique.
Estée Lauder.
Makeup Forever.
Maybelline.
OPI.
Victoria's Secret.

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When did we start testing on animals?

Animals have been used repeatedly throughout the history of biomedical research. Early Greek physician-scientists, such as Aristotle, (384 – 322 BC) and Erasistratus, (304 – 258 BC), performed experiments on living animals.

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What kind of animals are tested on?

Many different species are used around the world, but the most common include mice, fish, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, farm animals, birds, cats, dogs, mini-pigs, and non-human primates (monkeys, and in some countries, chimpanzees). Video: Watch what scientists have to say about alternatives to animal testing.

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How many animals are killed for food each day?

Food. Over 56 billion farmed animals are killed every year by humans. These shocking figures do not even include fish and other sea creatures whose deaths are so great they are only measured in tonnes.

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Is animal testing?

Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study.

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What is cosmetic testing on animals?

Cosmetic testing on animals is a type of animal testing used to test the safety and hypoallergenic properties of products for use by humans. Due to the harm done to the animal subjects, this testing is opposed by animal rights activists and others.

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What does PETA stand for and what does it do?

Our Mission Statement. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 6.5 million members and supporters.

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How many animals have died from animal testing?

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 biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing.

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What is the purpose of animal testing?

Animal testing is a valuable asset in scientific research, drug development, health and medical research and cosmetics manufacturing. Animals are frequently used as test subjects since their physiology is similar to human physiology, which provides information about how the human body will react to certain substances.

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