Persuasive Animal Testing

As of 2015, 200 to 225 million animals are said to used in laboratory research for the biomedical industry annually worldwide. Typically defended by arguments of reliability and human health benefits, recently the question of ethics and values placed on animal testing have caused it to become a relevant and pressing topic that has been more widely discussed and debated. First off, the laboratory conditions that are instigated upon millions of animal models for the sake of medical research has been said to be unethical and cruel. Additionally, it has been debated that the results of animal experimentation are unreliable across a wide range of areas. Lastly, animal testing not only leads away from the direction of resources from more effective testing methods but also prolongs the duration of time humans may need to wait for an effective cure. Therefore, the potential benefits of animal experimentation are greatly outweighed by the risks and collective harm of humans and animals which is why resources should be directed towards more human-based testing procedures.

Do you know that the lipstick that we use to make ourselves look better but blinded millions of innocent animals? Do you know that the perfume we use to make ourselves smell better but poisoned millions of innocent animals? Do you know that the medicine we had to make ourselves feel better but killed millions of innocent animals? Animal testing is the ‘ugly secret of beauty industry’ and ‘darkness portion in medical field’.

Somewhere, in the United States, an animal is in terror. It cowers fearfully as scientists hold it down, and a doctor grips a massive, sharp needle next to its neck, ready to inject the animal with a lethal dose of a new, experimental drug. The animal is one of 26 million other creatures facing the same, painful, fate annually (The Hasting Center). Animal testing is the downfall of humanity, a practice of humans testing chemicals, drugs, and cosmetics on animals. Animal testing is an atrocity that is an unnecessary and dangerous ordeal to the subjects being tested on. The fact that it is cruel, is highly inaccurate, and that there are many other ways to achieve the results being pursued all

You're living inside a bleak cage, you have absolutely no authority over your life. It is sorrowful and bitter, as each day passes, more experiments leave you agonizing. You never know when you will give in to death. Next, to you, you see a mouse with a tumor bigger than it’s body, a kitten purposely blinded, rats with skulls cut open and electrodes implanted into them. What can you do? This is the life of an animal in a lab. You are doomed to perish one day. You are an animal in a testing lab, these innocent creatures have implantations, have multiple chemicals injected into them, surgery performed on them, and left to die, this is what it means to be an animal who is tested on. Free these innocent animals from torture, give them a chance

About 19,500,000 animals in total are killed in scientific research every year. This means that about twenty percent of the animals tested on each year die, which may not seem like a large percentage; however, if it is taken into account that this happens to the same species in an endless cycle, the numbers can begin to build. Although, through this process of testing, many lifesaving medicines have been created for all types of animals including humans. So, the issue the world is experiencing right now is even if animal testing helps many people and animals, is it still ethical to use living creatures to do this. There are currently problems regarding this all around the globe, for example, the European Union recently banned testing

The amount of pain that not even most, but ALL animals have to go through every day is sickening. In an article written by PETA they mention how “It’s unethical to sentence 100 million thinking, feeling animals to life in a laboratory cage and intentionally cause them pain, loneliness, and fear.”(PETA “Top five reasons to stop animal testing”) That is a lot of animals to be stripped from their homes and sanctioned to this punishment. A big part of animal testing too is that even though they have gotten a lot better with the conditions of animal testing, they still haven't necessarily increased in quality. Animals are still

Animal testing is an old fashioned way of testing medications and products to ensure that they are safe for humans. It is a way to further our society, without inflicting any harm to our race, but in today's society, it is no longer a required option for testing. For one, it is very cruel to animals. We should not be self involved and only think about ourselves. The world cannot survive that way. We need animals in the world, and if we continue treating them in this harmful manner they will no longer be able to provide for the world’s environment. Also, animal testing has been proven to not be as effective as people may think. In the Baltimore Sun writer Kelly Overton claims that “90 percent of medications approved for human use after animal testing later proved ineffective or harmful to humans in clinical trials.” This demonstrates that animal testing is no longer required in today’s society. We have better ways to test with new technology, instead of with animal testing that has been proven to be highly ineffective. Overall, in the past animal testing may have been needed to save

Do you think about what happens to the animals in laboratories that are being tested on? Would you want to have an ear on your back or be trapped to a table still alive, but are getting cut into without anesthesia? Would you like to be forcibly killed by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck breaking, decapitation and other horrible acts? I know you wouldn’t want to go through pain and suffering so why should the animals have to do it. Which side are you on, the people that says it is animal suffering or the side that says it is experimentation that uses animals to benefit humans?

Though many people argue that animal testing should be stopped to find alternative methods, others still believe animal testing should continue to further medical research.Countries have found cures, vaccines, and treatments that have saved many lives thanks to animal testing, but there is still a cost to it. The suffering, pain, and confusion animals go through for our benefit can be stopped. Though it may be a good way to test, in many ways it still has its flaws, the community could change these flaws by finding alternative methods to

About 1,027,450 animals were used for testing in 2007 (Evans). Animal experimentation is when animals are used to test the safety of products. These products range from cosmetics to medication and anatomy. Many animals are used for testing such as dogs, monkeys, rats, birds, and mice. Some people believe that these testings should go on because it gives essential information about humans (“Animal Experimentation”). Those who are familiar with animal experimentation will have a better idea about all the ways that animals testing is unneeded. They will know how this process is abusive and cruel to animals. People will also know about how there are now new technologies that could act as alternatives. Animal Experimentation should stop because animal testing is unnecessary, it's cruel to animals, and there are alternatives.

People are constantly overruling the decision of an animal that is unable to speak, for the fact that, they can not express themselves verbally. Animal experimentation has been going on for years, and so has the debate of whether it should continue or stop. Due to the cause of these experiments, a lot of animals have been severely hurt, which is then followed by their heartbreaking death unless retired and immediately sent to get treated. Animal experimentation must stop because it is unfair that animals can not express verbally and state their opinion of being experimented on.

USA spends $16 billion dollars annually for animal testing at tax payers expense and is subject to massive waste and mismanagement of taxpayers dollars. According to an analysis of government data, the National Institutes of Health spends between $12 billion and nearly $14.5 billion on animal testing every year. The cost of animals has greatly increased because of the need for purpose-bred, pathogen-free models. Animal holding facilities that meet rigorous quality standards for the conduct of contemporary science, as well as regulatory expectations, are among the most sophisticated and expensive areas in the construction and maintenance of laboratory buildings. According to NIH documents, about 47 percent of research grants have an animal research-based component. This number has been fairly stable over the last decade. “$14.5 billion could provide a lot of tax relief for Americans. It could help pay down national debt or help prevent a shutdown,” says Anthony Bellotti, founder and executive director of the watchdog group, White Coat Waste Project. “Instead, it’s paying for experiments in which small dogs are forced to run on treadmills until they have heart attacks at schools like Wayne State University, and to study the effects of crystal meth on monkeys at UCLA. How can we

Imagine hearing a story on the news, “Women held captive, experimented on, and later killed.” Most you would be horrified to hear of such a thing, yet when you hear that this exact scenario happens to over 115 million animals every year, the same emotions are not felt. Every year 115 million animals are killed in the name of scientific research. Animals lose their lives to further advance humans. Not only is the practice of animal testing cruel, it is also ineffective. It is now thought by many researchers and scientist that animal testing is ineffective. This is since many animals react differently to products than humans. An article as far back as 2006 shows that 90 percent of medications approved for humans after animal testing, proved to

Opponents of animal testing argue that the effectiveness of animal testing is not enough to torture innocent creatures. For instance, “94% of all drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials,” (“Animals” 2017). Under those circumstances, thousands of animals are burned, force fed, confined, malnourished, and starved without there being any benefits as a result. Correspondingly, testing on animals is expensive. “Every year in the U.S., animal experimentation gobbles up billions of dollars (including 40 percent of all research funding from the National Institutes of Health)” (“Animal” 2017). Rather than spending money on experiments that fail much more than they succeed, it can alternatively be spent in more significant ways. “More human lives could be saved and more suffering prevented by educating people about the importance of avoiding fat and cholesterol, quitting smoking, reducing alcohol and other drug consumption, exercising regularly, and cleaning up the environment than by all the animal testing in the world,” (“Animal” 2017).

Every year alone Europe uses 12 million animals for testing. Just think about it every 10 minutes 137 animals are hurt or abused. Laboratories get paid to test cosmetics, soaps,and different treatments for cancer and other illness on animals. These animals include monkeys, rabbits, hamsters, Guinea pigs, and fish. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA), which is for only the U.S.A is supposed to keep all animals safe from abuse, but really only 5% of the animals are covered, mostly monkeys. Every day all of the animals that are not covered are abused. Animal testing is very cruel and inhumane and it needs to stop!