Animals in

experimentation

Integrantes
1. Luisa Aguilar
2. Susana Buelvas
3. Alexa Rodríguez
4. Adrián Almanza
5. Hames velez
¿WHAT IS EXPERIMENTATION WITH
ANIMALS?
Animal experimentation or vivisection (Previously this term was only used for test surgical
procedures performed on animals, now its meaning has been generalized to all tests with live
animals) designates those studies carried out to test medicines, cleaning products, cosmetics ,
surgical procedures, military tests, tobacco, agrochemical products, etc. The benefit that all
these aspects apparently bring to humanity seems to overshadow the fact of the pain and
suffering that are caused to animals. Laboratory animals can be subjected to procedures such as:

Deprivation of water, food and/or sleep. Force feeding, poisoning, burns, electrocutions, etc.
Induction of heart attacks, ulcers, cancer or stress. Infectious diseases. Mutilations or wounds of
different parts of the body. Brain damage or destruction of sensory organs.

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The most commonly used animals in laboratories are mice and rats in general, due
to their easy handling, cheap housing, rapid reproduction, etc. But other animals
such as chimpanzees, monkeys, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, reptiles,
amphibians, etc., are also used. The estimate of animals used annually in
laboratories varies from 41 million to 100 million; this, not counting the
inaccuracy of the figures provided and the animals that are killed when there is
“excess product”. Some countries, for example, do not count specimens such as
rats and mice. The six countries that most use animals in laboratories are:
TABLE 1. NUMBER OF ANIMALS USED IN THE
YEAR 2000
Mundialmente 41 – 100.000.000
Japón + 12.000.000
EEUU + 12.000.000
Gran Bretaña 2 – 3.000.000
Canadá 2 – 3.000.000
Francia 2 – 3.000.000
Alemania 2 – 3.000.000
What kind of practices do they carry out on
animals inside laboratories?

Experimentation on animals (vivisection) is one of the most questionable practices

within the scientific field and in the same way in the cosmetics industry. In
laboratories, animals are mainly used for toxicity tests (the Draize test, the LD50, the
Dermal Toxicity Test and the Oral Toxicity Test). In these, the animals are subjected to
lethal doses of all kinds of ingredients, to tests allergenic and irritation - cutaneous
ulceration, tests of inhalation and injection of toxins, biological and chemical weapons,
resistance to lack of atmosphere or gravity, medicines and drugs. In the worst cases,
animals lose some of their senses and are subjected to mutilation. When the animals are
no longer "useful for anything" they are sacrificed or left to fend for themselves in the
streets, where they make their death more painful and prolonged.
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steo-en-animales-la-oscura-realidad-detras-de-los-estandares-de
¿What is the importance of animal movements?

Animal rights movements have their origins in the first protective and conservationist
societies created in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but it was not until 1970 and
1980 that these movements began to gain relevance worldwide. Its main function is to
ensure the welfare of all animals and to respect their living conditions. In the case of
animals that are forced to remain in laboratories to undergo various procedures, the
animal protection groups are the ones who carry out demonstrations against these
macabre acts. It is necessary to promote an environmental culture that recognizes
respect for life in all its forms.