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Imagine for a second that you are nestled in the corner of a metal box closed by bars, shivering. A strange man in a lab coat scoops you up and brings you to a cold table where you are held down. The man is holding a cotton swab in between his fingers and holds your eye lid open. The swab rubs over your eyeball, and it burns like fire. You start to struggle, but it’s no use, his grip is much too strong. This may seem gruesome, but these sort of experiments are happening every day to 17,000,000 to 22,000,000 animals a year. These experiments are for mostly medical research and product testing, but sometimes products proven safe for animals are dangerous for humans. Animal experimentation is thought of by some as misdirected, inhumane, and abusive. Others believe that is a safer approach to test new health products. Animal experimentation is unfair, unnecessary, and cruel- or is it?