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Did the US sacrifice any animals before they sent a human to space?

Yes, mostly mice and primates.

https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html is a quick summary.

IIRC Ham was a returning hero.

NASA also used quite a bit of Airforce research that used Bears: https://medium.com/@shermikeholmes88/why-the-u-s-air-force-e...

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