Tested On Animals
by Meg Webb
1. Chimps are used as a a last resort
2. Chimps are expensive, difficult to handle and very similar to humans
3. U.S. studies have dropped from 53 to 32 (2007-2010)
3.1. 1/32 was testing H.I.V.
3.2. None of these were cancer studies
4. HIV research has moved from chimpanzees to Rhesus monkey
4.1. More reliable reproduction of human HIV infection
5. Mice and monkeys are beginning to be the preferred first option
6. 50% through completely replacing chimps with mice
7. What do we use to gauge the worth of the different species lives?
7.1. Do we sympathize with chimps because they are more human like?
7.2. Why do we object to the use of primates and not the use of rodents?
8. Imprisoned regardless of the fact that they have done nothing wrong.
8.1. Tortured
9. 1961- Chimpanzees were sent to space
10. Crucial for Hepatitis A and Hep B vaccine tests
11. Increasingly banned; moving towards high-tech, low cost alternatives
11.1. U.S. and Gabon the only countries left using this medical practice
12. Protesters are pushing for less of the old chimps being moved
13. 20% of chimps are being used for medical research at any given time
14. "With advances in technology , chimps are no longer necessary."
15. 75% of chimp studies involve hepatitis C
15.1. Hep C affects 3.2 million Americans
15.1.1. Often causes liver cancer