The cognitive capacity of animals to reason, experience "human" emotions, and recognize and admit pain should discourage their use in cruel experiments and laboratory tests, especially because they are Many alternative options available for use. For one thing, these tests are inhumane, dangerous and harmful to the animals involved. Second, approximately 94% of tests conducted on animals are not approved as safe or suitable for human use. Finally, numerous alternatives that are perfectly applicable to animal research are available at a lower cost and risk than those used now. The first and most important topic that appears in animal experimentation is that of morality and humanity. Many wonder why those who commit devastating acts of animal cruelty for the purposes of “research” are considered respected scientists and not discredited for abuse. Experimental animals are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act and are henceforth not considered "real" animals; Of the hundreds of millions of animals that are brutally burned, paralyzed, poisoned or abused every year, only 10% are actually dead or injured in their lifetime. Even creatures that are under the protection of Animal Welfare Approved (AWA) programs do not have to be replaced by alternatives, and laboratories that use mice, rats, birds, reptiles or amphibians are also exempt from any minimum protection. In many places around the world, such as China, animal testing is mandatory on every product released to the public. How can this be morally correct when numerous studies have found that characteristics previously thought to be “unique to humans,” such as episodic memory, non-linguistic mathematical ability, and the mental ability to navigate using landmarks, have been… at the center of paper... simple experiments should not fall on their innocent shoulders, but rather on those accurate and economical alternatives that are so readily available. Works Cited “Animal Testing and Ethics.” Animal testing and ethics. Np, nd Web. April 6, 2014..Procon.org "Animal Testing ProCon.org" ProCon.org. January 29, 2014. Web. April 2, 2014.."Types of animal testing." -The American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS). Np, nd Web. April 7, 2014.of_Animal_Testing.html#UOLbC8i9Kc0>."11 facts about animal testing." Do something. Np, np Web. April 2. 2014..