The Animal Welfare Act (Awa)

To begin with, navs.org tells us that humans differ from animals in various ways, animal models will never be able to accurately recapitulate what happens in the human condition. Due to humans differing animals in various ways, the results aren't always effective. Animals being tested on things that humans and animals differ from in basically just killing animals for no reason. Besides, articles.baltimoresun.com states that 90 percent of medications approved for human use after animal testing were later proved ineffective or harmful to humans in clinical trials. As a result, 90 percent of the tests done are ineffective and harmful to humans so there’s no point of doing animal tests. You could save thousands of animals by not doing tests on them. Since animal tests aren’t always effective, people should stop doing them and save the

§2143(a) (b) and §2149(b), which are part of the Animal Welfare Act, were enacted so that standards of humane treatment can be given to animals used by research facilities, dealers, and exhibitors. The Animal Welfare Act was passed in 1966 because of the increasing concern about the stealing of dogs and cats for use in research facilities (National Anti-Vivisection Society, 2015).

The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the only federal law that gives protection to warm -blooded animals in research laboratories. Under this law, it is the researchers’ job to make sure that they provide these animals pain relievers, provide them with the best veterinary care, housing, and food. This law only protects ten percent of the lab animals. The rest of the ninety percent of animals in labs aren’t protected: rats, mice and birds. This means legally the researchers do not have to provide these unprotected lab animals with decent care at all. Researchers can choose to treat these unprotected animals however they want and with as many rats, mice and birds as they please. Knowing how unfair the Welfare Act is towards the many lab animals it should be protecting, the voters should inform and show concern to their legislators in order to stop the mistreatment of these animals. The Animal Welfare Act should protect all animals being tested in research laboratories.

Animals do not suffer from the same diseases that us humans have, for example curing heart failure induced by cutting a dogs aorta will not help to cure heart failure caused by a build-up of cholesterol in human arteries. We waste animal lives everyday and for what? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has noted that 92 percent of all drugs that are shown to be safe and effective in animal tests fail in human trials because they don’t work or are dangerous. And of the small percentage of drugs approved for human use, half end up being relabeled because of side effects that were not identified in tests on animals. This makes it extremely dangerous to humans, because animal testing is not dependable, it can cause serious side effects to humans that weren’t an issue to the animals during testing.

The Animal Welfare Act is the only U.S. federal law that covers animals used in research (NEAVS n.d.). The act only protects some of the animals used in research (NEAVS n.d.). The AWA doesn’t cover the animals that make up 90% of the animals used in research, including; rats, mice and birds (NEAVS n.d.). It also doesn’t cover cold-blooded animals like, fish, reptiles, and ambitions (NEAVS n.d.). The AWA sets low standards for the environment and housing these animals live in, when they are fed and what they are fed and what kind of care they receive from a vet (NEAVS n.d.). It is unknown how many animals are actually being tested on in the U.S. since the most common animals are not covered by the act, but a guess from NEAVS is over 100 million

The FDA should avoid testing drugs on animals to cutback on animal abuse. According to Animal Legal Defense Fund in the article Animal Testing and The Law it states, “The use of animals in laboratories often amounts to legally-sanctioned animal abuse.” This shows that animals that are being tested on are being hidden away from human eyes. This is because of the legal punishment that the animals are going through. For example, “An estimated 100 million animals are exploited in biomedical, aeronautic, automotive, military, agricultural, and cognitive research and in consumer product testing” (USDA). This means that millions of animals are being used unfairly to test many things including automotive industries, agricultural industries, cognitive research, and product testing. In conclusion, animals are being used in an unfair way that could potentially kill

Animals have always been the main source of companies to test for the safety of their products. Animal testing can be traced back to Greek scientists such as Aristotle experimenting on live animals. Animals were being tested on because doctors wanted to make sure their products were safe for humans. So, instead of having to put humans at risk with their unknown products, doctors thought it would be safer to test on animals first. This practice is still widely known today, and many people find it acceptable. Animal testing is understandable in the sense that products should be tested for safety first before being released to the public to use. However, many people find animal testing to be cruel because scientists are putting animals through harsh conditions such as being confined to a small area or being abused for disobeying. Those who find it cruel, do not understand how people do not see what is wrong with torturing these animals when there are many alternatives. Animals are exposed to dangerous chemicals that could put their life at risk,

In the first place, "The term "animal testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and diseases, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products" (About Animal Testing). Corporations that test on animals can legally put on the product "No animal was harmed in the making of this product", even though that may or

The Animal Welfare Act was originally created on August 24, 1966 by president Lyndon B. Johnson, but has been edited and revised 7 times since the original act was passed. This act consists of regulations on the amount of testing, transport, research and exhibition that can be used on the animals. The dealers of these animals must also have a license to do so. The Animal Welfare Act states that they will be treated in “Transportation, sale, purchase, housing, care, and the people handling them for research.”

Animal testing is for biological, medical, and cosmetic purpose. So they test the products or drugs on these innocent animals. And that lets animals suffer from a lot of pain and because the animals can not talk , humans exploit this weakness. For example, there is a cosmetic test which is the Draize eye irritancy test, and they drop a substance into the animal eyes and this causes blindness. And there is another test called The LD50 test, that animals inject with chemicals

The topic of animal testing is constantly being argued about. Many are for it because of the benefits it has brought while others are against it because animals are being harmed in the process. There are many tests happening every day, but did you know it is estimated to be more than 115 million animals world wide being tested on? (Humane Society International, 2012.) This topic is very important because many of the animals being used do not have any simlilarites to humans, thus making the products (medications, cosmetics, etc.) not very useful for people. Although some claim that testing on animals is the only way for scientists to test and see if the substances being made will harm people, but that is not the case. There are several alternatives

The animal welfare act has failed to protect animals once again. The bear population is threatened by a hunt season, alongside the turtle population. While most turtles are not being hunted, they are killed by cars passing by their habitats because drivers don’t slow down as the law requires. Turtles don’t reproduce as fast as other animals, In fact, they take more than 17 years to mature and reproduce. Considering the fact that they walk on the cross roads to get to where they lay their eggs, it is understandable that they get hit by cars regularly, and that decreases the turtle population. On the subject of bears, government officials are fighting to bring back another hunting season claiming that it is a right of Americans. Moreover, a minority

One of those reasons is that animals are not excellent test subjects. Animals are not the same as humans. Using mice and rats to test the safety of drugs in humans is accurate only a mere 43% of the time (Arguments Against Animal Testing). That is less that 50%, therefore, animal testing should not be continued anymore.

Animal testing is a completely unnecessary act of cruelty and should not be allowed for various reasons. It is superfluous for innocent animals to undergo chemical testing of any sort, not only do they suffer, but there are other more humane alternatives to test products. Many people who are in favor of animal testing do not know of these safer more humane alternatives. Many methods have been developed to help stop animal testing, and improve the health system of all human beings.

The Animal Welfare Act, passed in 1966, establishes guidelines for the protection of animals used for research and other purposes, defines the requirements for facilities housing those animals, and outlines the procedures for inspection and maintenance of those facilities by government entities. This paper explores the pros and cons of the act as well as the effectiveness of the guidelines and their enforcement. Finally, it makes several recommendations based on the evidence presented.