International holidays - World Day for Laboratory Animals

On April 24, paying tribute to laboratory animals, people celebrate World Laboratory Animals Day The holiday was proclaimed by the International Association against Animal Experimentation back in 1979 Thanks to the support of the UN and animal protection organizations in a number of countries, it quickly became worldwide Experiments on animals took place in ancient times But the scale of this phenomenon is now horrifying: more than 100 million animals are abused and killed in laboratories every year to save humans The bulk of experiments (65%) are carried out in the medical field: drugs and new treatment methods are researched Fundamental (military, space, etc) developments account for 26% of experiments involving experimental animals 8% are killed in toxicity tests during the development of cosmetics and industrial compounds Student experiments cause the death of 1% of all experimental animals Man, using his ingenuity, could have long ago abandoned conducting experiments on animals Moreover, they are not always justified The fight against cancer, for example, has been going on since 1971 The costs of experiments that used animals exceeded a billion dollars And this is within America alone! However, despite this, experts have not found a cure for cancer Cruel and ineffective experiments carried out on subsequently dying rats and monkeys, mice and rabbits, cats and dogs could not save a person’s life The achievements of modern medicine show that progress in this area is facilitated not by experiments on living beings, but by high-quality clinical control of patients This is precisely the idea that animal advocates and activists are trying to convey by organizing actions and rallies on April 24 The purpose of these rallies is a call to pay attention to our little brothers doomed to experiment Large-scale educational events held on Laboratory Animals Day bring to society an expression of open protest aimed at abolishing cruel experiments There are many ambiguities and contradictions in the field of protecting the rights of experimental animals, but only a humane and most compassionate society can resolve them