Anti Animal Testing

Animal testing is not only beneficial to human but also animals, at least to those who are not used in the experiments, such as pets and endangered species. Along with researching for new treatments and medicines for

An estimated 100 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine how toxic medications are, check the safety of products for human use, and health care uses. Animal testing is unnecessary and should be banned because of how they treat the animals, Animal testing is pointless, and because of how they suffer and die.

The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel and inhumane but also often ineffective. Animals do not get many of the human diseases that people do, such as major types of heart disease, many types of cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s disease, or schizophrenia. There have been past occasions where drugs passed on animals weren’t even safe. There is no excuse for animal testing in today’s techy world, there are now many alternatives for animal testing that would put an end to the pain and suffering endured by these innocent animals during human testing.

Millions of animals suffer due to effects of testing they must endure. This testing is usually done unethically and causes major harm. It’s wrong to harm animals for the sake of testing products for society. Furthermore, animals are living creatures just like humans and should not be treated differently. While testing animals may be cheaper, it is morally wrong and causes many harmful side effects in animals.

Supporters of animal testing might say that the tests help find new research that gets us one step closer to curing many diseases but they are misguided. Research shows that animals have different structure when compared to human beings making them poor test subjects. Animals have significantly different anatomic, metabolic, and cellular differences that make it hard to compare to humans. This fact proves that animal testing will get us nowhere in curing or helping humans in any way. Studies have shown that it creating an animal model that mimics the human model is nearly impossible . This statement is also false because animal tests may mislead researchers into ignoring potential cures and treatments.If it misleads the researches then it does not make sense for animal testing to still exist. One example of this case is chemicals that are proven harmful for animals but proven beneficial for humans. One case of this incident is aspirin where it seemed to cause liver failure for animals but benefits

100 million animals die each in the US. Those animals include mice,rats,frogs,dogs,cats,rabbits, hamster,guinea pigs,monkeys,fish and birds. All of the listed animals are used for a biology lessons,medical training,chemical experimentation, drug,food and cosmetic testing. Plus all of these animals are tortured and forced to do things that the animals do not want to do. Animals should not be used for scientific or commercial testing because animals testing can be cruel and inhumane,tests do not reliably predict in human beings, and tests are most expensive than other test and government money is wasted.

Animal testing is expensive and scientists should reconsider finding other ways to test their products. Not only do animals suffer but so does our economy. These tests are being funded by the federal government using the public's tax dollars and by health charities who are wasting considerate amounts of dollars on cruel and irrelevant experiments on animals that instead should be spent on human-based research. Scientists also have to pay for a lab to perform these tests the animals. Paying for a lab is an initial cost

Testing is safer for animals than it is for humans. Animals are the closest thing to humans on our planet. Mice are 98% genetically similar to humans, and chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans. Animal research has been found to put no human lives at risk. Experiments can take place to determine if the idea or product will work as expected. If it does, it can then be tested on humans with a lower risk of unfavorable outcomes.

Animal testing is wrong for various reasons. The history of animal testing goes back to the writings of the ancient Greeks and is defined as any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm. Examples of animal testing include: forcing mice and rats to inhale toxic fumes, force-feeding dog’s pesticides, and dripping chemicals into rabbits’ eyes. Although, many people believe that animal testing has contributed to many life-saving cures and treatments, innocent animals used in laboratories are deliberately harmed, for a company’s benefit, and are usually killed at the end of the experiment. Animal testing has negative effects on not only animals, but on society and the economy. Some reasons why include, but are not limited to: alternative methods exist that are safer, ethical, and cheaper; billions of dollars are wasted each year on animal testing because neither the corporations nor the customers are benefiting from it; and just because the product is tested for animals, it does not necessarily make it safe for humans. Therefore, because animal testing is unreliable, leads to billions of wasted dollars, and causes an incredible amount of animal suffering, we must begin to use alternative methods and raise awareness about this huge issue.

Testing on animals for medical reasons does not make it okay. It is unethical that these animals are taken from their habitats and placed in confined cages to be test subjects. The experiments these animals are subject to include poisoning, vivisection and toxicology. That can be considered lucky, compared to others who are burned, crippled, and neglected intentionally in the name of medicine. At this time, there is no form of testing considered illegal. They are used as subjects until death. After each experiment data is recorded and time is allowed for the animal to heal for the next experiment (Cruelty Free). If the test results are not too harsh the testing continues with more dosage or a different product. Animals that survive cannot be released back into nature because the subject could negatively affect the ecosystem; even those that survive all experiments are killed (Neavs). Those animals never got to experience life outside of a laboratory. The conditions these animals go through are morally wrong but are ignored because it is considered research. The use of animals in should immediately be stopped and outlawed because it not right to sentence a creature to death because they have no say-so.

One of the main reasons I am against animal testing is the fact that the animals don’t have a choice and are being forced to be tested, which can lead to them getting seriously ill or dying as a cause of the testing. Each year in the USA alone, an estimate of 70 million animals are taken away from their natural habitat, blinded, scalded, force-fed chemicals, genetically manipulated, and basically hurt and killed in the name of science, by private

Experimentation on animals is cruel and unneeded. Because the results will never be identical to human results, testing of diseases on animals does not help human health (PETA). This shows that experimentation for diseases is pointless. According to PETA, “Although at least 85 HIV/AIDS vaccines have been successful in nonhuman primate studies, as of 2010, every one of nearly 200 preventive and therapeutic vaccine trials has failed to demonstrate benefit to humans.” This explains how animal testing is useless because it does not even help with human vaccines. PETA also claims, “Ninety-two percent of drugs—those that have been tested on animals and in vitro—do not make it through Phase 1 of human clinical trials.” This proves that testing drugs on animals does not help humans in any way. Not only is animal testing unnecessary, but is also very cruel to

Animals shouldn’t be used for testing since it doesn’t always work. According to PETA: Animal Testing is Bad “NIH has noted that 95% of all drugs that are showing to be safe and effective in animal test fail in human trials because they don’t work or dangerous” (https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animal-testing-bad-science/ , 4/18/18). By making the point that animal testing isn’t

Various studies have shown that animal experimentation often does not even help humans. Some even lead to harmful human reactions to the drugs being tested on animals. Yet we continue to use animal testing while other courses of action exist that do not involve harming an animal.

Sciences and researchers have used animals for testing products for years and it still isn’t okay. Everyone has their own feelings towards animal testing. Some believe they are for companions and others believe they are a science experiment. How one views animals, doesn’t change that animals are still being tested and abused by research facilities and even cosmetic companies all over the world. Even though humans have benefited from animal research, the pain, suffering, and death the animals go through is not worth it. That being the case, animal testing should be banned.