It's Time To Stop Animal Testing

According to the Humane Society International, animal testing can be defined as “procedures performed on living animals assessing the effectiveness of…[a] product” and “All procedures, even those classified as “mild,” have the potential to cause the animals physical as well as psychological distress and suffering (“Fact Sheet”, n.d.).

Animal testing should be continued for medical research; however, animal testing is cruel and inhumane. “U.S law allows animals to be burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, drowned, addicted

Many animals worldwide have to endure this pain. In fact, according to Sonali K. Doke in “Alternatives to Animal Testing: A review,” published in 2013, “in UK, 3.71 million animals were used for

Animal Testing for any scientific or commercial use is a heinous action and should be banned because

5). Animal testing by the manufactures of large companies seek to market that a brand new product may be used safely, without damaging humans. Some companies believe animal testing is the best alternative to assure the safety of a product. Eye make up, skin cream, perfume, lipstick, nail polish, shampoo and hair color (Fact Sheet: Cosmetic Testing” par. 1) are examples of the products most commonly manufactured and sold to people. Majority of people buy these products without the consideration of what animals went through in order for someone to dye their hair or put on lipstick. When used for cosmetic tests, rodents and rabbits are often subjected to skin and eye irritation tests where different types of chemicals are rubbed or dripped into their eyes without any pain relief to see the reaction. Repeated force-feeding studies lasting weeks or months to look for signs of general illness or specific hazards like cancer or birth defects. “Lethal dose” tests, in which animals are forced to swallow large amounts of chemicals to determine the dose that’ll cause death. When the experiment comes to an end, the animals are normally killed by asphyxiation, neck-breaking, or decapitation and pain relief is not provided. A large percent of

Over one hundred million animals are burned, abused, and poisoned each year. (Do, 2017) The harm to the affected animals cannot be properly justified by anything besides pure selfishness. It is often believed that animals experience no pain from experiments, this statement is false. Many animals have gone through symptoms such as withdrawal after excessive medication and testing. In most cases animals receive no relief for pain and many die. (Coster, 35, 2011) The useage rates of animals is unbelieve. In trials of a single a pesticide over fifty experiments are needed using over 120,000 animals. (Do, 2017) The amount of animals used is unnecessary when there are other options in the question. No amount of animals being used is reasonable, no matter what

Animals are treated unreasonably. When we are testing animals we don’t even give them painkillers. So they just sit there in pain. In the labs it’s legal to do whatever you want to the animals. So they might not be even testing. It’s being

One hundred million animals are killed in one year from animal testing. In China alone just for cosmetic 300,000 animals die in one year. If animals testing keep going at this rate that number will increase to a point where how many animals will be in the world overall. If the testing continues then the animal testing will start to go to other animals. Then the population will start to decrease for animals (Cole 1).

Lush, a fresh handmade cosmetic store in Australia believes “in buying ingredients only from companies that do not commission tests on animals and in testing our products on humans.” Lush UK composed a ‘Fighting Animal Testing Campaign’ in 2012 to bring animal testing back into the public eye in the most dramatic way possible. Check it out:

For example, an explanation by Cruelty Free International and Dr. Hadwen Trust suggest that at least 115 million animals are used each year. In addition, they also claim that 13% of all animal testing is only used for regulatory use and that half of animal testing is used for breeding of genetically altered animals. They also state that the significant proportion of experiments were in the area of basic research (27%)- has been driven by the curiosity of university researchers. Besides, the Cruelty Free International states that 49% of experiments were conducted in universities, often using taxpayers’ funds to support these “for fun” experiments. Moreover, they declare that animal testing is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of drugs as well as understand how the body functions. After all, Cruelty Free International concludes that animal trial are being used mainly for breeding of genetically animals and the rest is used for basic research and regulatory

Did you know that in the United States alone 26 million animals are used in testing each year? Did you know the Federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) does not protect 95% of animals in experiments and testing and that over 97 thousand animals that experience pain are not given drugs to ease the pain? That the United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow testing on chimpanzees? Animal testing has been used worldwide and for many different matters, but does the use of it really help and benefit us and them? Or does it damage both of us?

"Animal testing is also testing the human health and environmental safety of consumer and industry products"("About Animal Testing"). All the procedures during the testings cause the animals suffering and psychological distress. At the end of an experiment most of the animals are killed and some are re-used in other experiments. "The most common animals that are used are: mice, fish, rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, farm animals, birds, cats, dogs, mini-pigs, and non-human primates"("About Animal Testing"). In Africa, Asia, and South America the monkeys are being trapped and being used in experiments or breeding facilities and their children are exported to laboratories. Some of the animal experiments are: exposing the animals to radiation, put the animals into terrifying situations causing them anxiety and depression, forcing them to inhale toxic gases, removing their organs and tissues to cause damage, and either inject them or force them to eat harmful substances. "More animal experimentations are: food and water deprivation, injuries to study how they heal, pain to study their physiology and treatment, and physical restraint"("About Animal Testing").

26 million animals are use every year in united states scientific and commercial testing animals should not be used for scientific commercial testing because of negative affects on humans and animals.

While many people see animal testing as a necessity, there are a few that stop to consider the truth. Though animals are different from people, they still have feelings. As people know how pain feels, it’s the same for animals. Animals may be for legged, furry creatures, but they are not immune to pain. They can tell what’s going on, even though people refuse to believe it. While they feel pain, it may be for no reason; scientists and animal advocates have voiced their concerns on how animals are not reliable for research. People and animals have different chemical make-up and the results of animal testing has hindered progress. What is not safe for animals,

Over 115 million animals are tested in laboratories throughout the United States each year. Typical animals included in these horrific tests include: cats, rats, dogs, rabbits, mice, monkeys, sheep, and birds. Researchers state that about 78,294 animals subjected to cosmetic and medicinal tests face severe pain (PETA, 2017). “Neither Federal nor state law prohibits the transfer of animals to laboratories; they only regulate it” (Favre, 2002). Animal testing is a vile practice of cruelty that is used for testing cosmetic products and research in medicine with regulated inspections; it is often found as unethical and should be