Time to Talk Vivisection (Animal Testing)

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Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian or a pet loving omnivore, you need to be aware of vivisection (animal testing).

In today’s blog, I’m talking about vivisection, more commonly called animal testing. It’s the practice of conducting tests on various animals, all in the name of science, medicine and beauty.

First, let me give you some stats.

• In 2022 in the USA, approximately 22 million animals were being used for research in laboratories at any given time — that’s not just for the year — that’s for any given time.
• Over 30% of the experiments involve moderate-to-severe suffering.
• Over 98% of drugs tested on animals were never sold in stores. I’m going to assume that the outcomes of the tests were so dire on the animals it was deemed unsuitable for humans.
• There are over 192 million research animals worldwide.

More on USA stats

In Aotearoa New Zealand, more than 300,000 animals are used for research, testing, and teaching purposes, while another 130,000 animals are bred for scientific purposes but end up being unused and euthanised.

Resource: SAFE