IS ANIMAL TESTING NECESSARY?

MOST PEOPLE SAY

MOST PEOPLE SAY

MOST PEOPLE SAY

MOST PEOPLE SAY

MOST PEOPLE SAY

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?HOW ABOUT THAT IT REDUCES HUMAN TESTING?

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?HOW ABOUT THAT IT REDUCES HUMAN TESTING?

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?HOW ABOUT THAT IT REDUCES HUMAN TESTING?

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?HOW ABOUT THAT IT REDUCES HUMAN TESTING?

THAT ANIMAL TESTING CURES DISEASE?HOW ABOUT THAT IT REDUCES HUMAN TESTING?

Do you want to be tested on?

Ideal product experimentation would take place on humans, but sometimes no willing

participants exist. Animals such as mice provide a close approximation to the results

of a product for human use.

Don’t you want prescription medicine when you are sick?

Animal testing has impacted technology and that research in the field of medicine has allowed for the

development of many new treatments, drugs, medicines, and solutions that have allowed for the

extension of the human lifespan.

Don’t you want health professionals to use advanced medical equipment?

The most vital technological advances in our society today is in the field of human

medicine and health services. Animal testing has helped with the advancement of the

diagnosis and treatment of injuries.

DO YOU WANT TO LOSE MONEY?

That animal testing costs $400 million dollars less than animal

testing alternatives such as testing human tissues.

DID

YOU

KNOW?

DO YOU WANT TO HELP YOUR CHILDREN?

Animal testing was essential for the development of Herceptin and Tamoxifen, two medicines that have saved the lives of thousands of people with breast

cancer, childhood Leukemia, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, lung Cancer and numerous other

diseases.

Don’t you want your prescription medicine to be available to you ?

Without animal testing, medications that you take on a

daily basis would not be available to you or might not even exist.

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