Animal Testing Should Be Illegal

Animal testing is always a behind closed doors situation. Most people are aware that it is happening yet never give it a second thought. An estimate of more then 115 million animals all around the world, including the most common mice, rats, rabbits, and monkeys, are used in experiments every single year (“11 Facts About Animal Testing”, n.d.). And according to change.org the “USA spends $16 billion dollars annually for animal testing at tax payers' expense.” (“Sign the Petition”, n.d.)

It is completely illogical to believe that humans will end up having the same defects because of the product as that animal did. Animals bodies and humans bodies are very different and to believe that testing these animals to see the results that it may end up causing for humans is something that makes no sense. The animal legal defense fund states, “these tests have been done already, for years—and none of these cosmetic tests are required by law”( “aldf” par.3). This demonstrates that these companies have been testing these animals for years and they have all had the same results and none of it is required. They keep on harming these animals for no reason because they have been doing it for many years and yet there has been no change to the products. Obviously animal testing needs to be stopped due to the fact that it is a useless way to test products because over 98 percent of the illness are not seen in animals, difference between animals and humans, and because these animal testings are not required by

Protesting has been going around the world for many of years. Throughout many years of people boycotted agents a situation they believe, if a wrong or right. One of the biggest areas on where people gather around and protest is when they’re fighting agents animals testing. As well as the years has pasted on protesting on animals, it became more sires in increased in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Many cosmetics companies been testing on animals throughout the years there is also many that have not. The cosmetics line LUSH has been fighting over animals testing for over thirty years and will continue to fight for their right according to the company. When LUSH had first started the company had divided they didn 't ever wanted to test their product on animal. Not only fighting agents animals testing LUSH is also ego friendly; everything they use its plants, oil, and recycle. Since LUSH having to be agents animal testing, policies had created to work with the companies of cosmetics to end the cruelty of animals. The LUSH company say “ This can be done without animal testing …” and it true. LUSH is a company that all there product dills with ones skin to make them fell and look beautiful. If LUSH can test their products other than animals and still make your still looking good then, other cosmetics companies can do the same.

Revlon and Avon then stopped animal testing. Animal testing will always be debated because cosmetic companies need to test their products before selling them to guarantee they aren't harmful. Animals are most likely their easiest resource to test because testing on humans isn't realistic and more issues would arise. These scientists are more worried about the brand rather than the animals they might be

A rabbit lives its life trapped in a laboratory. It doesn’t get fresh air and has different products tested on it every day. The product can make the rabbit go blind or cause its skin to burn, but there is nothing the rabbit can do about it. This is what happens to animals every day from cosmetic companies who test their products on animals. According to Cruelty Free Kitty (2017), over 30 cosmetic companies continue to use animal testing to improve their products. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2017), “the agency has consistently advised cosmetic manufactures to employ whatever testing is appropriate and effective for substantiating the safety of their products.” This means that if the company believes animal testing is the best option for their product they are allowed to do it. Testing cosmetics on animals is cruel and inhumane, and people should avoid using products that test on animals.

Many people might say that animal testing has proven results for the safety of beauty products and cosmetics. Although, in some cases it is helpful, why would you want to use such an old outdated method of research in 2017 many more methods have opened up due to advanced technology. Animal testing dates back to the 1900’s and yet in the 21st-century companies are still doing this even though it is more costly than alternative methods.

Many of the cosmetics that we use every day have also been tested on animals. The number of animals used for cosmetic testing has been greatly reduced as the potential hazards have been eliminated. Products such as sunscreens, anti-dandruff shampoos, fluoride toothpaste, and anti-acne creams could not have been proven safe without the use of animal testing since they contain ingredients that cause a chemical change in the body that could be harmful, even deadly. Without these safety tests, it would be impossible to ensure that these products are safe.

Our country is home to a handful of cosmetic and skin care companies, many of which have become a part of our society’s daily routine. What many of us users may not know about these products is how they have been tested to their perfection. A large amount of companies choose to use an outdated and cruel way of testing product’s safety for in order to ensure perfection. Animals aid testing by being an empty slate for these cosmetic companies to test and improve their products. However, with other testing options available, why do companies continue to use this cruel and inhumane way of using animals for our selfish benefits? The first year that Animal Testing started was 1922. Now, 94 years

Specific evidence points that animal testing should not be allowed; however the debate is also on moral grounds. Several people, about 60% of the population, agree that animal testing should be banned because it is just wrong. To be born into the world on a concrete floor and be made to lead a life with no freedom is worse than having no life. They have no chance to stop the pain or torment, simply because they are “just animals.” Animal activists and everyday people believe that humans are voices for the animals. Therefore, animal testing is considered ethically wrong and people should act as the advocate for the animals.

The reason why people test the product is to make sure that the product is safe for humans to use. However, over 92% of products are safely made, and it is rather hurting the animals because it was not made for animals to use. Also,

Over one million animals are burned, immobilized, poisoned, and tortured in US labs every year (DoSomething.org). Animal testing is considered a very controversial topic that evolves to protesting rather large companies, and also leads to boycotting a specific brand that is known to test on animals. Animals should not be used for testing products because it is cruel to the animals, there are now new ways to test products, and animals are very different from humans so they are not accurate results.

Animal testing can have a different meaning for each individual, it can be both cruel and helpful in everyday life.

First people need to understand that using animals for testing isn’t a cheap way to go. When testing the protection of products, animal experimentation can become a very expensive process. The United States spends roughly $12 billion to $14.5 billion on just animal experimentation in 2013 (University Wire). With such a large amount of money used just in one area of research, the results should be way more accurate than they are. The United States is just losing all of its money in animal testing because there is no end benefit in most cases. If experimentations on animals were gone, there are more cost friendly testing methods. “In vitro testing is up to twelve times more cost efficient in comparison to animal testing and does not involve an invasive procedure that infringes on a sentient beings life” (University Wire). Vitro testing was a recently discovered form of testing that has seen great results in such a small amount of time. Animal testing is an old procedure that now has a new safer and cost-effective alternative. People think that if there wasn’t animal experimentation that humans would have to be the next test subjects. That might of been the case back in the day, but now there are other ways in the always expanding technology world. An alternative to animal testing is the ToxCast, which is a robot-powered system that is already found to be as accurate as animal

Animal testing should not be used in cosmetic industries as a source of experimentation because it is unethical and inefficient. It is a cruel way of trying to find results that are not even always trustworthy. Everyone has a different reaction to different chemicals so why even bother animals for testing? Also different species can respond differently when exposed to the same chemical so animal testing can be inefficient. The results from animal tests can be quite variable and difficult to interpret therefore it may not be applicable to human beings. Thus, consumer safety still cannot be guaranteed even after these gruesome tests which are totally unethical. It is also unethical to torture and end the lives of these animals each year for our own luxury. Everyday cosmetic industries are using defenseless animals very cruelly just to carry out some most often useless tests. Instead they should use other alternatives which has been proved to yield better and accurate results than tests involving animals.

In some ways I be-live animal testing should be illegal but I also feel like it should be legal. In order to solves the worlds problems you have to start small. Like what if you wanted to see a hybrid of animals you would have to take a sample of DNA from one animal and put it into another animal. so for example what if you have a three legged mouse and you know lizards limbs grow back so you would take a sample of the lizard and insert it into a mouse. So that is starting small. And what if your testing is good then .You would move up to something larger like a three legged cat then dog then horse. And imagine if all your resolute have been a success you would like to try it on a humans.