- About 14 to 70 million animals are tested in laboratories each year
- Over 1 million dogs, cats, primates, sheep, hamsters, and guinea pigs are used in labs each year. Over 86,000 are dogs and cats
- Half of the animals tested for cosmetics die within three week of testing
- Rodents, birds, and reptiles are not protected by the USDA’s Animal Welfare Act. Therefore, labs that only test on these animals are not required to provide pain relief.
- Many of these labs burn, shock, torture, shock, and starve animals without pain relief. For example, baby mice endured severed ligaments for 16 weeks without pain relief.
- Larger animals like dogs, cats, and primates usually live in wire cages. Most animals stay in their cages all the time except when they are being used in experiments.
- Animals can be burned, sick, hurt, and even killed in animal testing.
- Scientists tested a product on a cat causing it to glow in the dark