... when half of the group die, the rest of the animals are then killed, usually by cracking there neck, autopsied and analysed to see which systems of the animal broke down and why they didn't break during the test. In the United Kingdom, just under three million experiments are carried out on animals each year. According to government figures, 2,716,587 'procedures' were performed in 1996. British law requires that any new drug must be tested on at least two different species of live mammal. One must be a large non-rodent. My question to you then is were you aware of this testing and research that is done in an attempt under current legislation to protect you from any potential harmful products that are daily brought on to the market place ? I believe that we turn a blind eye to this testing in our ever expanding desire for in the majority of cases ...

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