Animals And Animal Testing : The Use Of Animals

When you think of cosmetic animal testing, what images come to mind? Do pictures of burned eyes and irritated skin appear? Well, it should. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) has given a claim stating, “The FD&C Act does not specifically require the use of animals in testing cosmetics for safety, nor does the Act subject cosmetics to FDA premarket approval” (“Product Testing - Animal Testing & Cosmetics” 1). According to this statement by the FDA, animal testing is not mandatory, so why do researchers continue to use it? It should be forbidden to use species of animals for cosmetic research and inhumane cruel experiments. Running test and experiments on innocent and voiceless animals can lead to the cause of their unnecessary deaths, have misleading research, and end up wasting (or costing) too much money.

Ever since the beginning of human history, to the reign of the Mongols, and even to the colonization of the Americas, disease has played a role in shaping society. Its negative impacts has depopulated many cities, countries, and empires. In the distant past, it was quite difficult to avoid contagious diseases. However, in today’s society, steps have been taken to discover new effective modes of treatment through animal testing. Such testing; however, has proved to be quite a controversial issue due to ethics and its utilization of animals. Despite any objections, the use of genetically bred animals is imperative for the purpose of discovering new medications to treat various terminal diseases.

Ever since the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s, animal research has been under extreme fire for what they do. This is mainly due to the many changing perspectives on the relationship between humans and the other aspects of the world that are surrounding them. There are many main reasons for this change, but the main reason is the different ideas that surrounded the use and exploration of animals in laboratories is what is being brought into question.

“Lots of people talk to animals…Not very many listen, though…That’s the problem”(Ben Hoffman). The controversy of animal testing is phenomenal; it always has been. I remember dissecting animals throughout my years of school in the "name of science". It was only until recently that I started questioning the government 's methods to teach us. We dissected a dog shark in my oceanography class last year. There had to been at least 80 dead sharks in about four different buckets; that was when it crossed the line. I understood a lamb eye or something, but breeding sharks in captivity just so they can be killed? Animal testing is wrong in every way to me.

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The usage of animals for developing new cosmetics and educational purposes has been going on for years. Most importantly, over 26 million animals each year are used for medical purposes: biomedical research and clinical research. Why is animal testing such an important factor in the medical field?

Many of us are unaware of the sheer number of animals that undergo constant suffering in the name of human vanity. Animal testing was originally introduced in the early 20th century and is still prominent today. It is morally unacceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes. The procedures used in animal testing are cruel and inhumane, nor are they the most reliable source of data; resulting in many mishaps. Moreover, with the perpetual advancements in technology, there are several alternative methods making animal testing unnecessary. If testing cosmetics and drugs on humans is unacceptable, what makes it acceptable to test on animals?

Animal research, also known as in vivo testing, is the use of animals for experiments. Experimentation on animals dates back to as early as 500 BC, making this form of medical education and research one of the most fundamental known to humans. Almost 400 years ago, a doctor named William Harvey used animals to discover how blood circulated in the body. This discovery is considered the spark of the scientific revolution in which many lives were saved all thanks to the help of animal testing. The modern era of animal research started about 150 years ago with the rise of physiology as a science. Today, fruit flies and mice are the most common test subjects used for animal testing. About 50 to 100 million vertebrate and invertebrate animals are used around the world every year. The source of the animals varies depending on the species of the animal and the country where the experimentation is taking place. Most animals used for experiments are bred for this purpose. Animals are used for experiments inside universities, medical schools, farms, large companies and other places that provide animal-testing services. It has been proven that almost every medical discovery in the 20th century and even up to this century used animals in some way. Many scientists reaffirm that even complex computers cannot model connections between molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organisms and the environment.

Animal testing has been a controversial topic for discussion for centuries. Major conflicting concerns that include, but are not limited to the morals and values of society today, are in my opinion where these issues stem from. For instance, some people seem to believe that by using animals for testing and experimentation is unethical and violating animals rights. Nonetheless, a cosmetic company using rabbits to test the irritancy levels of it’s products eyes for the purposes of making nonirritating cosmetics for women who will use such products in my opinion, is necessary for human safety and usage. I understand that the testing process may be painful to the rabbits, and understand why some may believe this is an act of animal abuse or

Fatima walks into the cosmetic section of Macy’s and is interested in buying some acne skin care products. As she was paying for them, she notices plenty of harmful side effects the acne products contained. Fatima is glad she is aware of these symptoms and knows that these side effects are rare and that the product is almost completely safe to use. If it was not for animal testing that is currently being used in some laboratories, these side effects would have been discovered on people and that would create an unsafe environment. Less people would want to buy care products and medicine since it would be viewed as a risk instead of something helpful. Animal testing is becoming a more controversial topic, despite its many successes over the years. Since people have various misconceptions about it, such as it being an unsafe and cruel technique, it has become a more unpopular method. However, the benefits of animal research and testing have been less spread due to negative media attention, which created a bias among the public. Animal testing is a practice that has proved to be beneficial and should be continued because of the close similarity between humans and animals, the many lifesaving cures that it contributed to, and the regulation of the practice that makes it safe and humane for animals.

It has been argued that animal testing contributes to life-saving cures and treatments, such as the discovery of insulin, essential for the patients that struggle with diabetes; the polio vaccine, and so on. These researches, and so this argument goes, have also contributed to advances

Every year, millions of animals are killed by the cosmetic companies to test their products. These companies use powerful drugs and lotions upon innocent animals to record the fatal side effects only to repeat the experiment over and over again regardless of the creatures’ pain and suffering. They also give various reasons to justify the cosmetic animal testing. The cosmetic companies claim that they test on animals to establish the safety of their products and ingredients for consumers. These companies also feel that they are safeguarding the environment. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that the companies do not require animal testing for cosmetics and alternative testing methods are available. In

Imagine a world full of disease and sickness, and doctors frantically trying to cure it, but do not want to injure or kill anyone in the process. Without animal testing it would be extremely difficult to find cures to cancers, diabetes, allergies, and other horrible problems. Animal testing is a critical tool in science and it cannot be replaced, it helps cure very serious and dangerous diseases, it’s very important when it comes to human health, and should be continued.

Animal testing is bad because the strain it puts on the animals. They cause dogs depression. No animal is worth my beauty. 92% of products and drugs tested on animals have adverse effects on humans, obviously it’s not working. Even with this information the use of animal testing has significantly went up from 0.3% to 4.12 million. Household products aren't ones for it but there are still some out there who use it to improve their product.

Many people believe that animal experimentation is the best way and the only way of finding research for humans. People believe the alternatives that exist would not work good enough for getting research as using an animal would, but scientists explain that if the alternatives are good enough the scientists would be glad to use the alternatives. Besides, they believe testing on animals make the research results one hundred percent accurate, and is considered the best option for collecting information. Animal research states, " The bodies of animals are like humans in the way that they perform many vital functions such as breathing, digestion, movement, sight, hearing...." (AnimalResearch). This proofs that animals are great for research because animals have a similar body function to a human body. Animals are a great part of experimentation to find information about treatments, medication, diseases, beauty products, etc. Although scientists use many animals over the years it is for a good reason the scientists say, animals suffer while getting tested to look for future outcomes towards diseases. Also, Animal testing has saved so many lives by coming up with medications and treatments for humans, that is not the only benefit