What is some numerical data about the animals being tested for medical drugs?

An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing.

A staggering 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which excludes birds, rats and mice bred for research, and cold-blooded animals such as reptiles and most fish.

The United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow experimentation on chimpanzees.

In 2010, Minnesota used more cats for testing than any other state (2,703), New Jersey used the most dogs (6,077), and Massachusetts used the most primates (7,458).

The traditional LD50 (lethal dose 50%) test forces animals, often rats and mice, to ingest chemicals to determine the dose that resulted in the death of 50 percent of the animals. The animals are, for example, force-fed by a tube inserted down the esophagus into the stomach, causing pain. A standard test uses 60-200 animals, generally without anesthesia or pain relief for concern that they would alter test results.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports that animal tests have a 92% failure rate in predicting the safety or effectiveness of pharmaceuticals.

Human and animal testing agree only 5-25% of the time, according to Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Animal experiments can be replaced by at least 450 methods known at this time.

Only 1.16% of human illnesses are ever seen in animals.