Persuasive Essay On Animal Testing

Each year, thousands of animals are brutally tortured in laboratories, in the name of cosmetic research. A movement to ban animal testing for cosmetic purposes has been gaining popularity, with many companies hopping on the bandwagon against this research. New alternatives have been developed to eliminate the necessity to test on animals. This is only a small beginning of what is necessary to end these immoral acts. Animal testing in cosmetics is useless and cruel, and can be accomplished by other methods of research to end the suffering of animals.

Imagine being born, only to live a life of torture. You are brought to a lab, and cruelly tested on against your will. Toxins poured into your eyes, painful injections to your skin, then left to die when you’re no longer useful. Although many do not realize it, people use products tested on animals in their everyday lives. For girls, many of your favorite makeup brands, such as Estee Lauder, Makeup Forever, and Maybelline take part in animal testing. Products such as toothpaste, cologne, deodorant, laundry detergent, razors, and even band-aids aren’t tested innocently, either. As a makeup enthusiast, I am passionate about how the products I use daily are tested. Today I will help you understand what animal testing is and how it started, how it’s currently affecting animals around the world, and what organizations are doing to help make a difference in the future. To begin, I will explain the history of animal testing. An animal test is 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.(https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/why-we-do-it/what-animal-testing) Animal experiments are not the same as taking your animal to the vet. Animals used in laboratories are harmed, not for their own good, and usually killed at the end of an experiment. Animal experiments include injecting or force feeding animals with potentially harmful substances, exposing animals to radiation,

Everyday cosmetic products that many people use, such as lipsticks, shampoo, face wash, etcetera, are verified to be safe using animal testing. Chemical burns and other short term ailments are very serious concerns that plague Americans and the knowledge that the products they use will not harm them and their families is possible because of animal testing. Also long term effects, such as cancer, have been discovered through animal product testing and promptly stopped saving countless lives. “NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS YOU’RE THE GUINEA PIG” (Source C). Living day to day with the risk that the products trusted to use on your children and yourself is enough to validate

Many people might say that animal testing has proven results for the safety of beauty products and cosmetics. Although, in some cases it is helpful, why would you want to use such an old outdated method of research in 2017 many more methods have opened up due to advanced technology. Animal testing dates back to the 1900’s and yet in the 21st-century companies are still doing this even though it is more costly than alternative methods.

Millions of animals are being unneedlessly tested on for cosmetics, even though there are plenty of alternatives available and most of the results are unreliable or not applicable to humans. Although the fight against animal testing has made huge progress recently, America has yet to stop this cruel practice and chooses to torture animals while other countries are making a stop to the testing (“Animal Testing 101”).

Animal testing is something we have all heard about and/or read about. It is something most people would consider to be horrifyingly wrong. Animal testing is something that many claim to be against and will not support. The lines involving animal testing are a tangled web of blurry and missing pieces of a much greater puzzle. On one hand, there are companies that claim to be cruelty free, but the technicalities that are dug up beg to differ. On the other hand, there are big practices such as pharmaceutical practices that use animals to test on in order to create life saving treatments and medicines for humans. Do we make sure to buy cosmetic products that stray away from testing on animals but continue to take medicines

While animal rights is a sensitive topic for many, most can agree that testing cosmetics on animals is inessential and unethical. Animal testing is a small but vital element of biomedical research and is ultimately unnecessary in relations to cosmetics. There is also a wide range of non-animal research techniques that, as well as being humane approaches to science, can be cheaper, quicker, and more effective. These alternatives prevent animals from suffering, and are more practical in general. Despite the controversy surrounding the subject and the many laws dictating safe guidelines for it, testing cosmetics on animals is wrong, and is a practice that should be abolished. Such groups as PETA, BUAV, and AALAS speak against companies that have tested cosmetics on animals for many years. Those groups oppose animal experimentation because of the raw cruelty of it and spread the word so every woman understands just which animal lives were sacrificed for the Foundation she’s smearing on her face every day. After all, there is nothing classy about watching a rabbit’s eyes

There is over 100 million animals being burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused every year just for cosmetics. Most people don’t realize how bad it is to test makeup in animals. First of all humans and animals both have different skin cells, it may be safe for humans to use, but it could be harmful to the animals. This essay will explain the importance of not testing cosmetics on animals. There may be some pro’s to this but there is way more con’s to worry about. Rabbits are being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids held open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so they cannot blink away the products being tested. Put yourself in these shoes how would you feel if they did this to you, would you be mad, scared, or sad. Some tests involve killing pregnant animals fro their fetuses to use as test subjects. I mean I would be quite mad if they killed my mother just to use me as a test subject. Maybe there is a solution, like one such as testing on humans. Human’s would be a better test source because they have different skin cells and they could tell how it would work. I has asked my sister what she thought about and her reply was “It would be better to test on humans because they could see how it looked, and what color tones they could make, I mean they don’t make zebra foundation.”

Over 115 million animals are trapped in steel cages everyday awaiting a latex gloved hand that is sure to reach in and whisk them away for a new day of testing. Cosmetic animal testing involves the burning, the maiming, the murdering, the poisoning, and the torturing of rodents, rabbits, cats, and dogs, among others. However, some cosmetic brands have decided to put an end to animal testing one step at a time; these makeup companies are cruelty-free. In order to receive the status of “cruelty-free,” the company cannot test ingredients on animals, cannot hire third parties to test on animals, and cannot sell products in countries that require animal testing. Believing that no animal deserves to endure that immense pain, these corporations understand the inhumane aspect of testing and how the business and science aspects do not add up. Without the use of cosmetic animal testing, cruelty-free makeup brands benefit all animals and people involved.

Cosmetic animal testing is NOT a thing of the past and many big branded companies are still testing their products on animals. As Elle Woods once said, “I’m here to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves”.

More than 100 million animals suffer and die in the United States due to cruel cosmetic tests. Unfortunately people still use animals as tools to test their cosmetic products. Cosmetic testing should not be done with animals. Three reasons why are it’s cruel and inhumane, alternative testing now exists, and it's not reliable.

I share your concerns about animal testing for cosmetics products in the United States, and I will support legislation that advocates for animal rights. Past legislation such as the Animal Welfare Act P.L. 89-54 helped protect animals such as dogs, cats, and other laboratory animals from being stolen for sale to research laboratories. Yet, helpless animals are suffering because of cosmetics companies’ animal testing.

The news source that I chose to research was animal testing in general or for cosmetic purposes. I chose this topic because it is also my research project, and I wanted to get a head start on some or my research. I chose this topic because I have recently sparked an interest in makeup, and skincare. Since I have been paying closer attention to makeup, and makeup brands, I have noticed a rise in the issue of animal testing for cosmetics. I have seen some brands advertise that they are cruelty free, and make it aware on all of their packaging labels, websites, and on in-store displays. There have also been some makeup brands who say that they still use animal testing, and sell to countries where it is allowed.

Animal testing is widely used by many cosmetic companies to develop new makeups, hair products, and perfumes to ensure the safety of the product. More than 100,000 animals suffer and die in these experiments every year to create new cosmetics. Thus, it is ethical and morally unacceptable for scientists to use live animals in research of cosmetics because humans differ from animals, it is cruel and inhumane and also performs experiments that are unnecessary. Animals are like humans in certain ways. They feel fear, pain, and pleasure. Animal testing violates animal rights and should be put an end. “They violate the rights of an animal to be free from unnatural diseases, injuries or mental and behavior problem,” said John McArdle, director of

Animal testing has long played a part in the science of testing, and it still plays a very important role in the medical world. Testing on animals in order to create a cure for AIDS is one thing, but testing on animals for human vanity is another. Animal testing is used to test the safety of a product. It has kept some very unsafe substances out of the cosmetic world. However, in this day in age, animal testing is not the only way to test the safety of a product. Animal testing in cosmetics has decreased over the years. However, it is still used by many companies in America. Animal testing is not only cruel, but it is also unnecessary in today’s advanced scientific world.