You may think that most animal testing is done for human disease research but much of it is done by consumer product outfits, like soap and cosmetic companies, to qualify their products with insurance companies for human use under, what critics charge, are out-dated rules mandated by the insurance companies. There are more humane testing alternatives yet consumer product companies too often do not feel the need or pressure to stop animal testing because it is cheaper to continue cruel animal testing and doing business as usual.
Some industry giants advertise that they have stopped cruel testing “in-house”, but this may just mean they have hired “outside” labs to continue the cruel testing for them. The “outside” labs will still force-feed noxious products to animals. Lost your pet recently? Animal wholesaling is a big business. Maybe it had its eyes burned out by a so-called researcher while testing some hair dye! When the animal
screams in pain, the researchers may simply cut the vocal cords to silence the cries! Testing on tame pets instead of strays is preferred because pets are so tame and easy to handle.