... Dosing a mouse or a rabbit with drugs won't have the same effect on humans, and the chances of these tests resulting in a cure is next-to-nothing. The most common way in which these tests are performed is by dripping substances into rabbits' eyes, which would obviously cause tremendous pain, or applying it to the shaved backs of rabbits or guinea pigs and studying the resulting irritation or damage. Animals are also force-fed to assess effects. You may still be thinking; yes, but this doesn't happen to many animals and it's all for the medical benefit of people, but that is totally wrong. 13% of animals tested on are used to test the safety of consumer products, and with the European cosmetics industry worth $39 billion, animal testing is used for money. That also equates to 35,000 animals being used for cosmetics tests in Europe each year. 35,000 lives to ...

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