Persuasive Essay On Animal Testing

What would you do if you found out your usage of products caused the death of innocent, helpless animals? It is estimated that over 100 million animals are used every year in laboratory experiments worldwide, with over 12 million animals used in the EU. Animals can be used for fundamental research, biomedical research, product testing, education and training, and warfare research. These experiments use a variety of animal species like: cats, dogs, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, fish, birds, monkeys, and many more animals. All of the animals have their advantages and disadvantages. In today’s world, animal testing is a problem and should be stopped by using alternate subjects.

Every year, twenty-six million animals are used for testing in the U.S. alone. (PROCON) Many people view animal experimentation as a vital part in discovering new drugs and medicines that will help prevent or cure any diseases or illnesses. However, many oppose the idea of using innocent animals for testing and experimentation. Many question whether using animals for the purpose of experimenting is the right thing to do. Researchers and scientists argue that animal testing is key to discovering new medical breakthroughs. We will discuss the problem with inhumane and cruel animal experimentation and testing within the U.S. We will then talk about how inhuman testing came about and then we will end with what can be done in order stop cruel experimentation on animals.

Just in the United States, it is estimated that just over twenty-five million animals are used each year for animal research. These animals range anywhere from mice and rabbits to farm animals, those such as sheep, pigs and even dogs and cats. Once an experiment is done, the animal is either euthanized or used for additional experiments. Animal research is morally wrong because these animals go through inhumane procedures, it leaves the animal diseased, exhausted and may even lead the animals to death.

Observation and experimentation are how we as humans have been able to learn more about ourselves and the world and universe we live in. One of the most common methods of experimentation is animal testing. However, there are controversies surrounding animal testing. There are some that believe animal testing to be cruel and overdone, advocating for the eradication of the practice and further reliance alternative research methods. Groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other animal rights advocates fall in this category. There are some that believe animal testing to be an invaluable resource and should continue, such as some scientists and research groups. However, there appears to me to be a consensus that is closer to the middle: the belief and understanding that while there are benefits to animal testing, there are flaws in the practice and there should be changes to increase its efficacy while we simultaneously explore alternate testing methods. Many scientists and the National Institute of Health (NIH) subscribe to this idea. I aim to explore the benefits, problems, and implications of animal testing in order to reach a more informed conclusion about a position that is most validated by the information I have used.

“92% of experimental drugs that are “safe” in animals fail in animal trials because they don’t work” (“11 Facts”). Animal testing is the process by which scientists take animals and use them for experiments by harming them to make everyday products. There are many different ways that scientists test on animals such as putting chemicals in the animal’s eyes to blind them, burning them, and making them breathe in toxic fumes, all in the name of science.

Have you ever owned any pets? Do you have a desire to own a pet, or perhaps you know someone who does? How do you feel about animals in general, do you think they’re capable of feeling emotion or pain? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then how do you feel about animal testing? Should animals be harmed or killed for a reason that doesn’t exist anymore? Animal testing isn’t really a thing that should be around in 2017, considering that we’ve advanced so much both morally and technologically. There are already laws preventing pet owners from hurting their animals, but scientists have so much more freedom, and it’s getting less and less ethical by the second.

Animal experimentation is animal research, it is the use of animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. Humans and chimpanzees are scientifically similar in genetics, that doesn’t mean people are the same as them. Animals — specifically mice are some of the most common animals to be used for experimentation because of how cheap they are and it’s easy for researchers to breed them. Although animal experimentation does some good, with the creation of the miracle drug of penicillin and wouldn’t have been discovered had the drug been first tested on animals. Although animal experimentation was the cause for great solutions for humans with bacterial infections by using penicillin and science is generally advancing along with the lives animals having to be experimented on.

Imagine participating in a test in which one’s eyelids are held open for numerous days and shampoo is dropped into the eyes. One also might be tested to observe when 50% of participants die based on dosage. This common method of testing is called lethal dose 50 and is used to rate the toxicity of a substance. These tests and numerous others are conducted on animals every day in laboratories across the world. Animal testing began in ancient times and was conducted by Greek and Roman scientists. Arabian doctors in the twelfth century tested surgical procedures on animals before conducting them on human patients. More recently though a law was passed in 1938 that required companies to test substances (food, drugs, and cosmetics) on animals before releasing them. Several toxic drugs had been sold without being tested causing the deaths of more than one hundred people. The law was thought to be benefiting mankind, but it led to the deaths of many innocent animals. In recent light a law was ratified that monitors the care of animals and protects some animals (dogs, cats, nonhuman primates—such as chimpanzees and monkeys—guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and other warm-blooded animals), yet many animals are not protected by the law. Rats and mice have limited protection, even though they make up 90-95% of animals tested. Animal testing goes against all rules of humanity, goodwill and should be stopped.

Imagine being locked in a cage and sent to a cold, dull lab to be probed at just so someone could test their product to ensure someone else’s safety. Every day animals are being used as experimental dummies for advances in scientific research, cosmetics, and medical developments. Cosmetics are tested for “human safety” at the expense of an innocent animal’s health and even worse, it’s life. In the United States, millions of animals are killed for animal experimentation every year. Animal testing is unnecessary, inhumane, and needs to be banned by the United States government and replaced with alternative methods of research.

It's Friday night and you are ready for a night out with your friends, you already applied cosmetics like makeup, hairstyling products, cologne or perfume. Later, you have a great night out drinking and partying. and the next day you have a splitting headache so you take an advil and drink water. Do you realize that all we consume are available at the sacrifice of animals? Do you know as of right now, rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, monkeys, and more are being experimented on in the name of science and human advancement? Animal experimentation has been prevalent since Greek times when Aristotle and Erasistratus performed experiments on living animals. Animal dissections have become popular amongst high schools and universities, especially in medical fields. Animal testing are used for biomedical research as well as tests for toxicology, drug, and food in order to be proven harmless for humans. Even though experimentation is for researching and safety testing purposes, more than 100 million animals suffer and die in the US every year at the hands of researchers and scientists. Animal experimentation for medical advancements are not beneficial for animals because experiments are harmful to animals, there are modern and reliable methods of testing, and the majority of the research do not improve human health.

Imagine; it's 2032 and you're a scientist who is trying to find a cure for cancer. You have done many tests and trials to find the cure, but you just can not seem to find a solution to the worldwide problem. You then have to make the decision if you will want to do animal testing by either harming or helping the animals. What would you choose? Throughout the years animal testing has grown tremendously and it has gone from a simple shot to a full dissection. It seems as though it is an inevitable force that is not diminishing. The medical field is using these tests to study and treat diseases, protect human and wildlife, and for the personal needs of humans. Unfortunately, the tests abuse, harm, and even kill the animals. Scientists use these tests unethically and it is not just one certain test for all animals. This topic brings up many debates on whether people take these tests to too much of an advantage. But, as the years go on, we need to come to a decision on if we should allow animal testing or not. Through a lot of research and my viewing, I have come to the realization that this form of abuse of animals is not the right thing to do in these situations. We as a community need to brainstorm and create many different ways of getting what we need, whether it be medical or personal desires.

The rat squealed in pain as the needle was pushed into it’s hip, yet try as it might, escape was impossible due to massive, rubbery hands that squeezed it into submission. While the cruelty of this scenario is blatantly displayed, critical research is being conducted. This is research that needs, whether on people or animals, to be tested. Though some people believe that testing new medical procedures or drugs on animals is cruel, pointless, and should therefore be discontinued, animal testing has saved countless human lives by allowing us to test questionable cures in a more ethical manner and enabling us to develop new procedures based off of other failed tests.

“If you can call it “medical research”, you can get away with murder.” This quote, advertised by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), presents truth about the way animals are treated today. Each year, over 25 million animals are tested on for scientific or commercial purposes. Animals have been a part of human research and advancement since before 500 BC. but the past 150 years or so, the testing has become more like legal torture and less like medical research. I strongly believe that scientific and commercial testing on animals needs to stop because it violates the basic rights that animals have, it can have misleading results, and it is cruel and inhumane.

Just in the United States there are about 26 million different species, from dogs to birds, being used every year for medical and science related testing. Throughout the process of testing, these animals face cruel conditions and have no way of fighting back. Although medical testings on animals may cure the deadliest diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis, the abuse and mistreatment these animals face while testing medicines should be deemed inhumane, and such practices should be banned in the United States.

You are walking down the aisle in your local drug store and you spot a new brand of waterproof eyeliner. You pick one up and scan the back of the product to see if it matches what you’re looking for – long lasting color. But you do not notice the absence of a little symbol on the back: a small rabbit or ‘V.’ This means that before the eyeliner came into your hands, innocent animals were put through tests like acute oral and dermal toxicity tests where they experienced diarrhea, convulsions, bleeding from the mouth, seizures, paralysis, and eventually death (New England) to ensure the safety of this product. Cosmetics are just one of the areas in which animal testing occurs. Throughout history, animal experimentation has benefited humanity through new discoveries. However, many people tend to either ignore or forget the large number of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Over 115 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, abused, and killed in laboratory experiments each year around the world (“Animal”). There is no valid reason why any living thing should be subjected to cruel punishment and unwanted torture just to serve another being’s needs. Therefore, no animal should be used in research or in testing the safety of products.