Where do animal testers get their animals from?

Answer 1

Labs can either breed the animals or procure them from "Dealers". Class A Dealers breed them, procure them from breeders, and some are purchased from certain pounds and shelters (which are required by law to hold and care for dogs and cats for at least 5 days, including one weekend day, before providing them to a dealer). Not all pounds or shelters will sell to dealers. When they do not have an adequate supply of animals from their normal sources, Class A Dealers sometimes turn to "Class B Dealers". Class B Dealers get their animals from "random sources". The fear of most pet owners is that their pet could be stolen or picked up by a "Class B Dealer" as a "random source". The term "Bunchers" referrs to Class B Dealers who gather bunches of animals from "random sources". It is suspected by many animal rights and animal welfare groups that often those "random sources" are pets offered "free to a good home" or strays. Some even suspect "random sources" could be beloved pets stolen from yards. Because of controversy, Dealers are required by law to provide valid certification to anyone acquiring random source dogs and cats from them. Truthfully, there are too few law enforcers to adequately enforce the laws, but that's another issue. This is a very controversial issue, and the answers depend upon whom is asked. Below I have tried to gather similar answers from both "sides" of the issue: the researchers and the animal rights groups. Some points vary widely; however, by reading both sides, the facts become fairly obvious. For more information, check out: * http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/2183/Research-Animals-SOURCES-RESEARCH-ANIMALS.html * http://www.aesop-project.org/Oversight.htm * http://www.the-aps.org/pa/animals/quest5.html * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory_animal_sources * http://www.the-aps.org/pa/resources/bionews/randomsource.htm * http://www.awionline.org/pubs/pop.html * http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_ri_animaltesting_comefrom * http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/07/reitman.htm * http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/theft/pettheft.html * http://www.saplonline.org/petsafety.htm * http://www.senate.gov/~akaka/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Home&month=4&year=2004&release_id=786 * http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_welfare/downloads/awr/9cfr2.6.txt

Answer 2

Well they get them from pounds the wild or anywhere they find stray pets. Fun Fact, did you know lipstick is made by whale skin :(

Answer 3

Animal testers get the names from a alphebet book, starting with the letter 4.

Answer 4

Most/all animals came from an evolved fish that could walk and evolved from that into other animals