PROTECT
OUR ANIMALS
Help support Uncaged as we fight against the cruelties of animal testing and abuse. Find out more about animal testing below and learn how you can get involved.
192.1 million
animals tested on in 2015.
110 million
animal deaths in the US due to animal testing.
75K
animal deaths in a single experiment.
99%
of animals used for testing are not included in federal protection laws.
Animal Testing
Each year, millions of animals are killed in laboratories for medical development and training, curiosity, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing. During these procedures, some are forced to undergo torturous conditions due to the nature of the testing, sometimes involving toxic fumes, immobilization, etc., and are deprived of nearly everything important to them—they can be confined to small, dirty cages, socially isolated, psychologically traumatized, and not given proper food and water.
Top animal testing countries
China, Japan, United States of America, Canada, Australia
Top 5 users of monkeys
United States of America, China, Japan, Brazil, Canada
Most common animals tested on
Mice, fish, rats, birds, dogs, cats, rabbits, and nonhuman primates (monkeys).
How many animals were hurt?
The most reliable number we have is from 2015. 192.1 million animals—including the 80 million experimented on and millions of others killed for their tissue or used for genetic modification—were subjected to this cruelty in a single year.
Top 5 users of dogs
China, United States of America, Canada, South Korea, Japan
Current protection
The Animal Welfare Act, passed in 1966, regulates the transportation of animals in experimentation but not the actual experiments themselves. Reportedly, almost 99% of animals used in animal testing are not protected in any way by the AWA.