Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar), an Arab physician in twelfth century Moorish Spain, introduced animal testing as an experimental method for testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients.

More than 114 potential therapies initially tested in animals failed in human trials. Further examples of repeated failures based on animal models include drug development in cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and inflammatory conditions.

Most animals experience only minimal pain or brief discomfort when they are used in research.

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Animal research has helped us to make life-changing discoveries, from new vaccines and medicines to transplant procedures, anaesthetics and blood transfusions. millions of lives have been saved or improved as a result. Animal research has been important in the development of many major medical advances.

Pets teach children valuable life lessons like responsibility, trust, compassion, respect and patience. While pets offer a lot of benefits to kids, kids also have a lot to offer the pet in your family as well. Pets require food, water and love. Many, some more than others, require exercise.

Throughout history, people have bred domesticated animals to promote certain traits. Domestic animals are chosen for their ability to breed in captivity and for their calm temperament. Their ability to resist disease and survive in difficult climates is also valuable.

Pets, especially dogs and cats, can reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, ease loneliness, encourage exercise and playfulness, and even improve your cardiovascular health. Caring for an animal can help children grow up more secure and active.

Domesticated animals provide many materials used in manufacturing. Wool and leather are the most abundant products but furs and silk are also important. Although the world no longer relies on bone or ivory for buttons, other animal products such as feathers and pearls are still in demand for decoration.

Elephants are not and have never been domesticated like cats or dogs. These animals have gone through the process of ‘domestication’ – a socio-biological process that happens over the course of many generations of human-guided breeding.

Giant panda attacks on human are rare, especially by those bred in city zoos. The giant panda is a mammal classified into order Carnivora, suborder Caniformia, family Ursidae, and subfamily Ailuropodinae [1], and lives in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu.