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What Are Animal Rights?

J eff is 19 years old and works at one of Europe’s biggest animal research centers. The center experiments on over 70,000 animals every year to help companies all over the world develop drugs and other products for human use. Jeff explains, “I’ve always loved animals. Ever since I was little, I’ve had pets. When I was about eight, my sister and I finally managed to persuade our parents that we could look after a pair of mice; they were great. We’ve had rabbits, guinea pigs, and cats since then. “I decided very early on that I wanted to work with animals after I left school, and I always wanted to be a vet. I had a Saturday job at a rescue center looking after horses and ponies that had been mistreated or neglected, and it was amazing see-

Worldwide, millions of animals are experimented on each year to test the possible effects of drugs and other new products, such as cosmetics and household chemi- cals, on humans and the environment.

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