The Annual Yulin Dog Meat Eating Festival

Animal testing is always a behind closed doors situation. Most people are aware that it is happening yet never give it a second thought. An estimate of more then 115 million animals all around the world, including the most common mice, rats, rabbits, and monkeys, are used in experiments every single year (“11 Facts About Animal Testing”, n.d.). And according to change.org the “USA spends $16 billion dollars annually for animal testing at tax payers' expense.” (“Sign the Petition”, n.d.)

Approximately 26 million animals are used every year in the United States alone for research and commercial testing (“Background of the Issue” 1). For years, legislators have debated the pros and cons of animal testing, and laws were passed to attempt to fix the inhumane treatment of the cute, innocent testing subjects, the animals. Although the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was revised numerous times, “the species most commonly used in experiments (mice, rats, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians) comprise 99% of all animals in laboratories” and are the animals that are specifically exempted from protection under the act (“Experiments on Animals” 2). A simple fix to animal cruelty during testing is to use alternative methods since human and animal bodies already vary greatly. For years, animal testing was the best option because there was no alternative to testing on a living, whole-body system; however, in the age of technology, there is no reason for millions of animals to be killed due to the severity of the testing. Therefore, animal testing should be banned because alternative methods provide more accurate results since human bodies are very different than animal bodies; furthermore, animal advocacy organizations should promote cruelty-free products more so customers know what to purchase and use.

Somewhere, in the United States, an animal is in terror. It cowers fearfully as scientists hold it down, and a doctor grips a massive, sharp needle next to its neck, ready to inject the animal with a lethal dose of a new, experimental drug. The animal is one of 26 million other creatures facing the same, painful, fate annually (The Hasting Center). Animal testing is the downfall of humanity, a practice of humans testing chemicals, drugs, and cosmetics on animals. Animal testing is an atrocity that is an unnecessary and dangerous ordeal to the subjects being tested on. The fact that it is cruel, is highly inaccurate, and that there are many other ways to achieve the results being pursued all

Hope Cresione wanted to know what BF is doing about the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. She also wanted to know more about what she can do to help stop her community from implementing a dog breed band. I explained the focus of our work here in the U.S. I also sent her the Pit Bull Initiative resources and asked her to join the take action alert.

Over 100 million animals get burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in United States labs every year. Animal experimentation or commonly known as animal testing, is where scientists test their chemicals and products on animals to make sure it is safe for human use. Animal testing should be used because it's not only harming the animals it's costing a lot of money and animal lives.Animal testing should not be used because it harms the animals. Some tests involve killing pregnant animals to test on their fetuses. ¨Many of the tests performed on animals in the name of science, opponents maintain, are downright barbaric, rendering their subjects damaged and disfigured.¨ (Animal testing: Is animal testing morally justified?)With the amount of tests being performed

As the number of animals being used in animal testing goes up, many people pose a concern about the subject. There are around 100 million animals that are killed in the United States each year alone in animal testing (“Experiments”). These animals are tested for medical training, chemical, drug, food, cosmetics, biology lessons, and even curiosity driven experiments Animals including cats, dogs, rats, guinea pigs, monkeys, and many others are used. Alternative testing options are ways that scientists can still study and research different things while also saving the lives of animals that are used in animal testing everyday. Even though many people depend on animal testing to discover different cures

Unfortunately, animals being put through testing face conditions that are extremely unhealthy. Animals are kept in unsanitary areas with little to no space at all. According to the organization Humane Society International, “animals used in experiments are commonly subjected to force feeding, forced inhalation, food and water deprivation…” (“Animal Testing - ProCon.org”). With no rights at all animals are being forced into harsh medical testings for diseases that can kill or severely injure the animal, such as polio. Through undercover investigation animals located in these labs are living “stressful, monotonous, and unnatural lives of daily confinement and deprivation” (“Animal Testing - ProCon.org”). Not only are these conditions being displayed in large laboratories, but also universities such as University of Oklahoma. During these experiments animals are being“fed chemicals, infected with diseases they would not naturally get, and are treated with no painkillers” (Animal Testing - ProCon.org”). As a result, medical testing facilities should be unable to be this inhumane to animals. Even though these tests may combat a widespread disease, animals should not have to endure this type of treatment at their own will.

Over 26 million animals are tortured and tested on every year, in the United States alone. Most are used for testing medical treatments, which people for animal testing say has saved countless numbers of lives, but how many has it destroyed in the making? Although testing on animals has lead to major scientific breakthroughs, the way in which they reach them is incredibly inhumane. We having the ability, should try our best to stop this wide spread animal testing because the tests are inhumane, the animals are abused during the tests, and the results can be achieved in other ways.

A lot of people all over the world have pets of all kinds. Dogs, cats, mice, rabbits, etc. Have you ever imagined your own pet being tortured with experiments? Alone, scared, in pain. Animal testing is a very real thing and I real problem. Animal testing will eventually lead to the extinction of our own pets. Even with other methods of testing, they would rather inject, burn, and kill these animals. Testing subjects can be any where from a tiny mouse to a big Golden Retriever. These innocent animals go through painful and terrifying procedures every day. Scientist force these animals to feed, force toxic inhalation, deprive them of food and water, inflict burns and pain, even decapitation, neck-breaking, and killing by carbon dioxide asphyxiation.

Every day, animals suffer for our own benefit. There are policies in place, that require inspection and registration of testing facilities, compliance with specified husbandry standards, and efforts to minimize animal pain, among other provisions. However, each day, an animal dies, suffers pain, or is held captive, and that poses an issue of justification. (Orlans, F. Barbara) Furthermore, research has shown that in various animal testing facilities, not even the minimal standards set by the AWA are being met. Under federal law, it is not illegal to burn, starve, shock, poison, isolate, brain damage, or force an animal to be addicted to drugs while undergoing animal testing.

The first documented case of animal experimentation was in 1628, meaning that it has been around for almost four-hundred years. Animal experimentation is a disgusting form of torturing poor, helpless creatures, just for science. Over one-hundred million animals are killed every year due to animal experimentation. Although animal experimentation has been around for a very long time, it is time to make a better future for these poor creatures. Animals should not be used for any type of experimentation. It affects the creature mentally, physically, and internally. Also the alternatives for animal experimentation are endless, and many animals die unjustified.

To begin with, animal experimentation subjects innocent creatures to immense physical and psychological agony through the employment of abusive, inhumane procedures. Currently, an approximate 26 million animals in the United States alone undergo trials and experiments devised to ascertain the efficiency and overall safety of products developed for human use (“Animal Testing”). In a futile attempt to prevent the immoral treatment of animals in scientific laboratories, the government enacted the Animal Welfare Act several years previously, granting marginal protection to a handful of sentient species. However, the Animal Welfare Act excludes nearly 99 percent of animal species commonly used in scientific studies, thereby enabling scientists to experiment on creatures such as birds, mice, fish, and other cold-blooded species without interference from the law (“Animal Testing 101”). Consequently, in order to test commercial

Animal experimentation dates back thousands of years and for many centuries was known as a common and standard scientific practice. This testing is used for a variety of reasons, for example the understanding of biology, improvement of medicine, and also assists in preventing diseases. In the United States, there are roughly

Approximately twenty-six million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and consumer research. These animals are used to test products that many people use everyday. The animals are used to test toxicity, consumer products, medical devices, and new drugs. The Federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulates animal testing in the United States. The AWA defines an “animal” as any live or dead dog, cat, monkey, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, and other warm-blooded animals. The AWA does not protect 95% of these animals. The Act excludes animals such as, birds, rats, mice, reptiles, and most fish. While the AWA regulates the housing and transportation of animals used for research, it does not regulate the experiments themselves. Even though the AWA regulates the housing, the facilities are most often horrific. A new and upcoming alternative methods are being put in to place so fewer animals can be used in experimentations. Animal testing should be stopped because new alternative methods are being developed, the testing facilities are unsuitable, it is costly, not time efficient, and the researchers are not following the laws set in place by the United States government (Robinson, 1).

Did you know over 100 million animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year in the United States in outdated product tests for cosmetics, personal-care products, household-cleaning products, and even fruit juices? It is said that every three seconds an animal dies while being held in laboratories. Animals are living creatures, who deserve to be more than just a science experiment. Animal experimentation should not be allowed.