Why are animals dying for animals for research?

Answer 1

Firstly: because the pharmacy, cosmetics and similar industry has to make sure their products are not harmful for humans, e.g. Skin Care products are often tested on guinea pigs to find out whether there is an allergic reaction, rash etc. or not. Since testing products on human volunteers the way good companies like Lush do it is much more expensive than just caging in some helpless creatures and torturing them with animal testings, companies will continue doing so.

Secondly: The huge part of animals dieing for animal research (to refer to your question) are those used for medical tests, e.g. for experimenting with viruses, vaccinations, medication and other, severely harmful things. The animals either die of the contents or dose of the substance they are tested with or simply of pain, which is the most crucial way of dieing, when experimentalists examine pain resistance among animals or perform model operations on the living animal.

The one and only way to prevent supporting (yes, PREVENT, sadly, it is nearly impossible to completely boycott animal testing since it is often performed unknown to the public) animal testing is that you only buy products explicitly labeled "no animal testing". E.g. cosmetic products from Lush, Yves Rocher, lavéré. Also rather go to a homeopath than to a normal doctor - it works just as well, if not better, and you can keep a good conscience.