Every year millions of animals are used in biomedical research experiments that not only cause unnecessary suffering for them, but don’t accurately predict results in humans and may cause us to miss cures that would actually work.
While some may say that we would have missed many treatments if animals hadn’t been used as test subjects, there have been just as many failures, if not more. According to the FDA, 92 percent of drugs that show promise in animals fail in clinical trials, making the continued use of animals unjustifiable not only on an ethical scale, but on a scientific one as well. Worse is that even some drugs that have shown promise in humans have ended up causing more harm than good. Read full article: http://www.care2.com/causes/3-innovations-that-can-help-end-animal-testing.html
