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2007-07-03 20:02:07 · 6 answers · asked by kristina n 2 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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Wal Mart.

2007-07-03 20:04:41 · answer #1 · answered by aquamoon 2 · 0 0

Depends on the animal. Most are bred in captivity. Some are even bred in the labs (like mice, rats and other rodents). Others are bred in specialty animal farms (cats, dogs). Note that most research requires animal to be a specific strain or breed, not the type that are typically kept as pets.

However, a few animals cannot be bred in captivity. Most primates fall into this category. Primates are actually captured in the wild and sold to research labs. While this kind of activity is obviously heavily regulated by the government, this is probably the most controversial aspect of animal testing. There is also more incentive for abuse of the system, since there is typically a lot of money involved.

Suffice it to say that most animal testing is done humanely and routinely, but a comparatively small amount is controversial, expensive and the source of most acrimony in the debate on animal testing. hopefully, this is incentive enough to keep these particular types of testing to a minimum

2007-07-04 03:39:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I do believe they breed the animals for lab testing.

2007-07-04 03:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Lin Gai Va 4 · 0 0

animal research facilities provide them. just like providers sell you your res3earch apparatus (eppendorf tubes, falcon tubes) and materials (chemicals, cells), they also provide animals at a price.

when i worked with NOD-SCID mice, a certain kind of double-knocked out mice, they cost my lab 200$ per mice per day. simply because they are immuno-deficient. they die when they breath the air you and i breath. they keep them on special diet and in special places.

2007-07-04 03:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Andy Holmes 3 · 1 0

Either they breed them or buy them from suppliers, middlemen etc.

2007-07-04 03:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by Swamy 7 · 2 0

They get from market, zoo, and sometimes even petshop

2007-07-04 03:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by Lai Yu Zeng 4 · 0 1

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