Persuasive Speech: Why We Use Animals In Medical Research

Today I am going to talk to you about why exactly animal testing is unethical and unnecessary, and what you all as an audience can do to make this happen.

Do animals have the right to a certain quality of life? How would your views change if our cooks got treated the same way cattle and poultry do? How would you feel about them being beaten and brought to their knees just to be detained to know how to cook todays specials? You might think that the food industry has no issues and no faults behind their tasty food, but when you open up the meat curtain, there is a different kind of world out there that is cruel and inhumane. In Robert Kenner’s 2008 film, Food, Inc., He shows the conditions that cows, chickens, and pigs have to live in. The dark and closeted homes in which the animals are closely compacted together and eating, sleeping, and walking in their own manure. As a person who would consider themselves an animal rights activist, most people would agree that the food industry treats their animals like products instead of living things.

I have always felt strongly about animal rights, and cruelty to animals, so I decided to do my speech on something less talked about and often avoided, which is animal vivisection- in other words, animal testing. The public are blinded by cover ups and lies that make animal testing seem a lot better than it really is which is why I think it is important to get all the facts out there and why I think it should be banned.

After Conducting my audience analysis, I found that 5 out of 9 members of my audience are neither against or for Animal testing. Two members of my audience are for animal testing and the last two believe it shouldn’t even be allowed. After looking at this information I have concluded that my target audience will be those who are indecisive on whether animal testing is or isn’t a problem, as well as the ones that approve testing on animals. By knowing whom my audience is going to be, I decided that my speech will be a strengthening commitment speech. I want to convince those that are not completely against it, that we have different alternatives that can be used and that animals should not be put through such

Attention Getter: Imagine living in a space about a third the size of this room. You also share this space with 3 other people. This is what animals deal with when living in zoos and aquariums.

The first argument claims that animal research plays a vital role in virtually every major medical advances in this last century for both human health and veterinary health (Trull, 2014). The first premise says that animal research was a vital role for all medical advances, which is fact-based. However, it is not true because there are medical discoveries that are founded without the use of animal testing such as clinical research. The second premise states that medical treatments have advanced in the last century, which is fact based. This is true because there are medical breakthroughs of different discoveries throughout the time from the help of animal testing. Therefore, the conclusion states that animal research contribute for both human health and veterinary health. The fallacy used for this argument is appeal to

i. According to Dr. T Page, Less than 2% of human illnesses (1.16%) are ever seen in animals. Over 98% never affect 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,

Specific Purpose – To persuade my audience that animal testing is wrong and how other safer alternatives should be taken.

The last time I've persuaded someone to see a situation the way I did was in my speech class. I was providing the class with information against Animal Testing. My view of animal testing is that it's wrong and inhumane, so therefore I was trying to get the class to agree that the process of Animal Testing was terrible. First, I informed the class by stating, “Thousands of people everyday use products that are tested on animals, without even knowing.” This actually was a shock to certain people who haven't really looked into what animal testing really is, but one of my classmates had something different they wanted to express. He said, “How else would we be able to test these products, assuring their safe for humans to use? No one really cares about the little mice or rats being tested anyways.” Maybe this is the easiest way to test products, however there are a couple other options that are cruelty free. I let my classmate know that I will be answering his question further on in my speech.

Erin Wright SPC 205 005 Persuasive Speech Outline Animal Testing General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to be proactive in making animal testing less common and more humane in nature. Central Idea: Animal testing, many years ago, was once the only way of finding out results and reactions from using countless different drugs, cosmetics etc., however, with new research and innovative science, alternatives to animal testing are becoming the new wave of conductive research. (Attention Step) Introduction I. Attention: You are an000000 animal stuck in a cold, dirty cage, among hundreds of other animals just like you.

Ignorance, it’s is the lack of knowledge or information. Many say its bliss, right? That what we don’t know can’t hurt us. But this ignorance is killing millions yearly. Doesn’t matter if it’s a human or an animal, they both have the same worth, but people forget this. They call it medical research, they get away with murder. Every morning after we wake up we go through the same routine, eat, brush our teeth, shower and so on, what if I told you that most of everything you probably use daily is tested on animals. Would you believe me? The shampoo you use, like head and shoulders, tresemmé, Pantene and so many more are tested on animals. The face or body wash you use are tested on animals, ones like Garnier, clean and clear and Olay. Even toothpaste like Colgate is. This is the cruel reality, so many everyday products are torturing animals daily, killing millions off yearly. Though we are ignoring the problem, try to convince ourselves its better then testing on humans or simple we don’t think about how they test their product. This only makes the problem worse, companies continue to test on animals the more people buy their products This is the reality, this is what people try to forget.

As long as I can remember, I wanted to do something with animals when I got older. I would dream about helping when they are in need. I have always wanted to be a veterinarian since day one. With growing up, I learned that veterinary students go through a lot to become a veterinary. Writing is very important and it's needed in anybody wants to go into. To be an animal sciences major, a lot of research papers have to be written and as well as persuasive papers.

Most of you probably have a pet of your own. Maybe a dog named Max or a cat named Oliver. Could you imagine seeing them in terrible pain? I honestly don't think there will be one student in this class that would volunteer to let their own pet be tortured for any reason. Am I wrong?

The reasons for animal researching are understandable and could change a person’s decision whether or not they would want to ban animal testing. Scientific knowledge is