Animals are not only bred in laboratories, but also obtained from special dealers, animal shelters and directly from nature. Dogs and cats are usually obtained from Class A or B dealers. Class A dealers specialize in the sale of purpose-bred animals or animals bred specifically for the purpose of experimentation. Class B dealers buy animals at auction, through newspaper ads, or from animal shelters, and then sell them to laboratories. Animals acquired from shelters are known as "pound seizures."1 In the United States, there is no federal law prohibiting pound seizures, but Washington, D.C. and 18 states have banned it.2 Shelters were built to provide animals with a safe, warm and pleasant environment. love your home; not to provide laboratories with more test subjects. Animals such as monkeys, chimpanzees, mice, rats and birds are taken from the wild in Asia, South America and Africa for use as test subjects in the United States.3 No scientists would enjoy being taken from their home and family to be subjected to cruel and painful ordeals, so why is it acceptable to do this to wild animals? It seems there are no limits to when, where, and how you can obtain these animals. Now is the time to move forward and set the limit. Many product tests carried out on animals can be described as particularly cruel. Animals are subjected to tests such as skin sensitization, skin irritation/corrosion, eye irritation/corrosion, acute oral toxicity, reproductive/developmental testing and developmental toxicity; usually without receiving any pain medication.4 With so many new, more advanced, and more precise methods for testing products, why do we still resort to cruel and old methods? With many Americans 'out of sight, out of mind' animal testing, now is the time to bring it to the middle of paper...... Network. " NONANIMAL TECHNOLOGY. Np, nd Web. December 11, 2013. Daniel G. Hackam, MD, and Donald A. Redelmeier, MD, “Translation of Research Evidence From Animals to Human,” The Journal of the American Medical Association 296 (2006 ): 1731-2. Marlene Simmons et al., “Cancer-Cure Story Raises New Questions,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1998. US Food and Drug Administration, “FDA Issues Advice to Make Early Stages of Clinical Drug Development More Efficient ”, FDA press release, January 12, 2006. “Types of Animal Testing.” - The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS, December 9, 2013). 2013. “11 Myths About Animal Testing.” Do Something, nd Web December 11, 2013. “Testing Cosmetics Using Animals: The Humane Society of the United States..". 2013.