From animal lovers to laboratory technicians, no-one enjoys subjecting animals to scientific testing. It is instead done to help ensure that drugs and other substances are safe for eventual human use.

For thousands of years, humans have studied animals’ bodies to better understand our own. But using other animals as a proxy for humans is far from perfect. There are ethical issues for one, and they ...

The government has allowed animal testing for some makeup ingredients to start again, despite a 25 year ban. A ban against animal testing for makeup and its ingredients was brought in in 1998 and is ...

For decades, traditional animal testing has been the gold standard for evaluating drug safety, but a growing body of evidence suggests that these methods may not always provide the most accurate ...

Beagles are often used in laboratory animal testing. They are considered balanced, friendly to humans, and able to endure a lot. PETBOOK reports on the suffering they endure and what happens to the ...

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Today’s animal testing differs from how it was back in the day. It’s typically done on a specific ingredient rather than a finished product, and there are often regulatory requirements based on ...