Persuasive Essay On Animal Testing

For many years, animal testing has been very widely accepted in the world for the

The mistreatment of animals is a serious problem within our society for a variety of reasons. While current laws and conditions are improving, there is still a

Every year, a total of one million children die from pneumonia. If you multiply that number by one hundred, you will have the number of animals that suffer painful deaths due to medical experimentation in U.S. laboratories each year. This number includes animals of all types, from mice and rats to fish and birds. These animals are typically used because of tradition rather than actual scientific reasoning, making their deaths all the more cruel. Animal experimentation is not only unethical, but ineffective and expensive. It should be phased out and replaced with technological alternatives.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (Mahatma Gandhi). Scientists have been using animals for biomedical research for centuries. They provide a source to get information scientists can not get without harming humans. A lot of debate is spread about whether it is good or bad. Animal experimentation is a controversial topic because it is helpful to humans, but it is also cruel and inhumane.

A poll conducted by the ASPCA revealed that 94% of Americans believe that production animals, specifically those raised for food, deserve to live a comfortable life free of cruelty and neglect. Despite this belief, many factory farm animals are abused and neglected in such ways that, if witnessed by consumers, would not be accepted. Over 99% of the United State’s farm animals live on factory farms that use them for means of profit, many of them violating the Animal Welfare Act and other laws put in place to protect the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA). This abuse is not limited to any specific type of farm animal. Although different animals are used for different purposes, they all share a common suffering and a need for humane care.

For centuries humans have dedicated their time and research to animal experimentation. A large number of these animals are being utilized and taken from their homes involuntarily. They are abused, mishandled and harmed for our own benefit to create products such as cosmetic supplies, vaccines, and medication.

Should animal testing be a research method in today's society? This has been a rising topic of today’s society, especially in the United States. Many would support this question as it has been used as a research method for scientific and commercial products to ensure safety for humans when they receive the final product. However, others would argue against animal testing due to its immorality of the researcher’s actions towards the animals as well inaccurate results received from the studies. While animal testing has benefited medical science in the past, but using animal testing today is seen to many as cruel and inhumane due to the rise of alternative testing strategies that result in fewer expenses and less damaging to animal kind.

Research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 BC. An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. The use of animals for scientific testing should not continue because animal testing can be cruel, some animals aren’t protected by law, and there are alternative testing methods.

Ninty two percent of drugs tested on animals immediately fail when first tried on humans. Each year 100 million animals are killed in labs for biology lessons, and experiments made off of curiosity. The animals get force feed, forced inhalation, low food and water, long periods of physical movement, burns and other wounds to study how they heal.

Do you ever wonder how the makeup that you bought last night doesn’t blind you? Do you ever wonder what happens to the thousands of animals that aren’t in the rescue centers? Do you ever wonder what happens to those animals bought and never to be seen again? Two words, Animal Testing. This awful way of testing hundreds of companies products on these poor, innocent animals. Half to almost all of those animals get killed by these confused researchers looking for a way to make a profit. We need to find an alternative for these cruel researchers. We need to free those animals, they deserve to have a normal life, like any other animal these animals are not any different, nor should they be treated any differently than those animals who have

There exists a society that routinely tortured animals by immobilizing them, pouring chemicals into their eyes and on their skin, and causing them unbearable suffering followed by a prolonged and painful death for the purpose of making its cheeks a little rosier or lips slightly plumper each day. This is the reality of the United States and hundreds of other countries that employ the method of testing on animals in order to prove safety of cosmetics. According to Karyn Siegel-Maier, “The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) defines a cosmetic as any product that is applied to the human body to moisturize, cleanse or in some way enhance or alter appearance,” meaning humans constantly

Animals have always been a big part of the human race. They have been known to be play a huge part of families, and are also used for their companionship. Service pets are becoming more common in today’s society. Dogs are commonly trained to help the blind get to place to place safely, the mentally challenged humans express social and emotional functions (Boccone, American Kennel Club). Animals are often featured in videos and pictures on social media outlets, and even have had their debut in full length movies. Though most people do not know how much harm is being done to animals all over the world. Animals are being tested on and being harmed by so many different ways. Makeup, medicines, and even basic cleaning products are being tested on animals. Animals are also being slaughtered for their fur, for usage in clothing. These are just some examples that are constantly causing harm 100 million animals every year (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Animal testing should be replaced with alternative methods once and for all to end the deaths of millions of animals annually.

Animal testing, and experimentation on monkeys has been going on for several decades, since the first primate lab was set up in 1940’s. It has always been a contentious issue, however the problem of animal experimentation really became prominent when animal and monkey testing reached a peak during the 1980’s, and evidence was released of animals be mistreated. It was revealed that experiments were being conducted where monkeys were given drugs that could potentially cause pain, but were not being anaesthetised, for fear it would ‘interfere’ with the results of the testing. This was around the time when the ‘Animal Rights Movement’ started to build momentum, and the rights of animals were discussed and debated on a regular basis. It was this that sparked the argument on whether animal testing was morally right, and if it was ethical to perform such experiments on monkeys, and animals in general. Since then, the line between what is morally right when it comes to animals and primates in particular has become further blurred.

Animal testing has been a around since 384 BC. “Some testing methods require the animal to; die, be exposed to radiation, remove or expose organs, or subject animals to trauma to create depression and/or anxiety.” (“THE LEADING SOURCE FOR PROS & CONS OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES”) Animal tests and human results only coordinate about 5- 25% of the time. Not only is it inhumane, but it isn't even all that reliable. Not to mention, it`s an insufficient waste of government money. Yes it has helped us in vaccine breakthroughs, but there are more easy, less expensive, and more reliable resources.

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.