... dose is 50(LD50) tests were developed in 1927(PETA, tests). The LD50 testing period continues until at least 50 percent of the animals die, usually 2-4 weeks. Like Eye Irritancy tests, Lethal Dose tests are unreliable at best. Rodger D. Curren of Microbiological Associates says, "Researchers looking ... to some companies. Since these tests allow manufacturers to put virtually any product on the market. Enormous physiological variants exist among rats, rabbits, dogs, pigs, and humans(PETA, tests). The drugs thalidomide, Zomax, and DES were all tested on animals and judged safe, but had de...

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... that comes from animals. To begin, animals that are produced for human consumption live their entire lives as machines. For example male cows and pigs are castrated without painkillers. Also when many of the chicken livestock are being bread, they spend their entire lives inside cages that are too small ... Eisnitz 166) In short, when animals get sent to a slaughterhouse to be packaged, they do not go through a painless experience, as much as that would be pleasant, people need to be more aware of this because it is happening everyday of the year. Secondly, utilization of animal substanc...

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... tortured and killed in laboratories to see whether products and medicines are safe for human use. Without even knowing it products we use day to day could have been first used in experiments on thousands of animals eventually leading to their deaths. Have you sprayed perfume on yourself, have ... even imagine of yet we still administer this pain to fearful undeserving animals. Mass testing on animals is inhumane there is no reason animals should suffer and die for new cosmetic products to be brought into the market; there must already be enough shampoos to choose from. Animal ... syste...

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... animals used, 90 percent are rats and mice (James-Enger 1). Moreover, 11 million animals die each year in animal shelters (Americans for Medical Progress 2) and an astounding 95 percent of the animals that die in America do so from human consumption (James-Enger 254). The reason that animal testing ... of animals experimented on (United States Department of Agriculture 2). Tests can no longer be performed if conclusive data is already available. In 1991 it was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was alread...

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... animals used, 90 percent are rats and mice (James-Enger 1). Moreover, 11 million animals die each year in animal shelters (Americans for Medical Progress 2) and an astounding 95 percent of the animals that die in America do so from human consumption (James-Enger 254). The reason that animal testing ... of animals experimented on (United States Department of Agriculture 2). Tests can no longer be performed if conclusive data is already available. In 1991 it was discovered that Procter and Gamble had performed experiments on 300 guinea pigs when the data the tests was to obtain was alread...

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... about 60 to 100 million animals are used for experimental testing. Scientists use animals such as: birds, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, monkeys, and rabbits (Why Vegan 13). Scientists study the animals to get a better understanding of the body functions. ... of Cruel Experiments" 1). Another horrendous scene on animal testing includes: tens of thousands of horses suffer and die every year for the menopause drug Premarin" (PETA). Premarin is made from the byproduct of pregnant mares" ... and produce urine. These mares can not lie down, move freely or see and feel the sunlight of a...

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... site, PETA , they write about animals being tortured. "Chickens have their beaks seared off with a hot blade, and male cows and pigs are castrated without painkillers." Some would say that animals don't feel pain the way humans do. Philosopher Peter Singer writes, " All the arguments to prove human superiority cannot shatter ... heart and I knew by the end of the segment that I had to do something. But what could I do? Then I remembered a bumper sticker that I saw earlier that day. It read, "Think Globally, Act Locally." I could start by becoming a vegetarian! And I did. I have not eaten...

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