Animal Testing By: Cara McCroskey

Claim  We need animal testing because it has and can still help to save people’s lives.  Without animal testing, we wouldn’t be as far advanced in our medical fields as we are today.

Cons in animal testing  Cosmetics, personal care products, and household cleaning products  No pain medication  Not all animal tests can relate to human bodies.

Purpose of animal research  Five areas  Prevent and stop diseases  Medical and biological research  Breeding of laboratory animals for research  Methods of better treatments  Safety testing for products we use everyday

Contribution  Tetanus vaccine  Polio vaccine  Chemotherapy for leukemia  Inhaled asthma medication  Spinal, heart and vision repari

Human and animal health  Major advances for humans  Advances for animals

The Three R’s  Scientists are like everyone else  3 R’s  Replace  Reduce  Refine

Strays  7000 put down each year  130 weekly  3,727 used in medical research

Conclusion  Animal testing has common ground- help medical fields  Animals hurt in most of the testings  Scientists have been able to make new medicines and treatments to prevent and stop disease and illness.