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Animal Testing Should Be Made Illegal

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Did you know that more than 100 million animals are abused and killed every year in labs all around the world? Animals are used every day to test products and treatments for humans. For years humans have been using animals for testing. These animals are hurt in many different ways, including inhalation of toxic fumes, force-feeding pesticides, and dripping corrosive chemicals into sensitive eyes. Animal testing should be made illegal because animal testing is cruel, there are better ways to test products, and animals’ bodies differ from ours.

The first reason why animal testing should be made illegal is that it is cruel. According to the PETA, “... animals are locked inside barren cages in laboratories across the country.” This shows that animals are forced into dull, empty cages and left in there to wallow in their misery. Animals need to be out in the wild or being cared for. Locking them up is abominable! The PETA also states that “The complete lack of environmental enrichment and the stress of their living situation cause some animals to develop neurotic behavior such …show more content…

While this is true, there are alternative ways to develop treatments and animal testing doesn’t always work due to diversity of body types and immunity in humans. Social Research states that “In the highly polarized debate that characterizes the modern animal research controversy, it is usually assumed that scientists support animal research and animal activists criticize it, with the general public occupying some sort of contested middle ground. However, scientists are also demonstrably ambivalent about what is done to animals in experimental laboratories.” This tells us that even the people that are conducting the experiments oppose animal testing and want it to be stopped. They understand that there are more humane ways to solve problems and test products. Animal testing CAN be stopped, and WILL be with your

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