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Animal Abuse

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Joana Socarras
ENC1101
Professor Gray
November 20, 2013

Do we really love animals?
The truth behind animal research and testing

Animal research and testing has been a huge controversial topic in the U.S. For many years, lots of organizations like PETA have created movements to eliminate this completely but without very much success. Personally, I can’t find any positives to animal research and testing but the majority of the U.S population does since animals are used in most major companies and research projects performed by doctors. Animal testing should be eliminated altogether. To begin, doctors race to find a cure to many illnesses that come up with humans. They work long and hard trying to figure out a way to stop …show more content…

Most people might agree that theses three methods are more humane than others, however, they are still not entirely a solution. Most animal research labs now a days are very secretive because of the simple reason that many extremist act out against them in inappropriate ways. There are always cases where people sneak into these labs and release all the animals and also destroy the property. Even though I understand the good intentions of the people, it is not the proper way to solve this problem. Having these labs be more secretive in fact can be worse. The people who control the animal-testing lab will feel that if no one knows that they exist, they can do whatever they want. They are more likely to mistreat and misuse the animals because they wont have to be worried about abusing the law. All laboratories, if there should be any, should be highly controlled and regulated. There should be inspectors coming in and out constantly making sure all the animals are being treated fairly and properly. It is alarming how many well-known companies use these types of animal laboratories just to make a bigger profit. For example, the companies that test on animals include Vaseline, Johnson & Johnson, Neutrogena, and Cover girl. These are only some companies. There are about thousands of companies that still test on animals. Animal testing is not necessary to benefit the human society. There are many cheaper and faster alternative methods that help

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