The Dangers Of Animal Testing

The destructive use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also ineffective. Animal testing is a traditional approach to studying how human and animal bodies work. Many scientists who use animals debate that there is no other way to achieve their scientific purposes, and that any pain or distress caused to the animals is outweighed by the benefits of the research. However, is putting the lives of innocent, helpless animals worth it so that someone can enjoy a cosmetic product? On average over 115 million rabbits, dogs, cats, mice, and other animals are burned, poisoned and killed in painful experiments each year for the sake of cosmetics and toiletries. Many brands such as Dove, MAC, Maybelline, Veet, Michael Kors and plenty others

Although many people agree with testing products on animals, they ask ‘Who else are we going to test our products on?’ Nobody! Don’t add harsh chemicals in the products and then the animals and humans are both healthier. Beyond millions of animals that die and are captured every year just from animal testing alone. Treating an animal cruelty is never okay, especially when they’re torturing the animals with harsh chemicals due to testing. If people would stand up and try to protect animals we’d be saving certain animals from becoming extinct and we’d also save a ton of money.

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,

Animal Testing is uncertain and hard. Animals go through a series of tests are very painful, most of the time they are not even given anything for pain. Some product tests require the same painful procedure on a daily basis over a weeks' time. Most tests on animals cause permanent injury or even death. The tests performed on animals are not always reliable. A medicine that may be safe with animals may not be for human beings. For example, aspirin is toxic to cats, so if we were to test this medication on cats, it would not help to determine if this was a safe product for human beings. One alternative to animal testing is human testing, if we are looking to find out if the product works on humans, we should test them on humans. That case "No

This is an upsetting topic but everyone should be aware of animals being used when purchasing a product. Some products say – no animal testing involved in its development. Product testing is commonly performed on animals in order to measure the effects of the substances used in the making of cosmetics. In performing these tests, substances are placed in the eyes of conscious rabbits to assess damage to sensitive eye tissues. This is very painful for the rabbits, who often scream when the substances are applied and sometimes break their necks or backs trying to escape the restraints.

Animal testing is used to see the effects of products before the products are put up for human consumption. With this testing, thousands and thousands of animals are kept in cages and subjected to pain and isolation every year. Even though these animals endure this extreme pain for the safety of humans, results are rarely the same in animals as they are in humans. Even though animal testing is deemed as bad science, people say that every major medical advance is because of animal testing. This is not true, since we have vaccines, CAT scans, MRI, and many more advances that are not due to animal testing. Do we even need animal testing? Animal testing is misleading, cruel, archaic, and is not essential to medical research.

Many of us are unaware of the sheer number of animals that undergo constant suffering in the name of human vanity. Animal testing was originally introduced in the early 20th century and is still prominent today. It is morally unacceptable to experiment on animals for human purposes. The procedures used in animal testing are cruel and inhumane, nor are they the most reliable source of data; resulting in many mishaps. Moreover, with the perpetual advancements in technology, there are several alternative methods making animal testing unnecessary. If testing cosmetics and drugs on humans is unacceptable, what makes it acceptable to test on animals?

Every day, companies are caging animals just to test shampoo or cosmetics, and animals are getting abused every second. That is why we need to take action so we can make wildlife free from this tyranny of danger. We cannot let the persecution of animals keep happening again and again. Companies need to find a better substitution instead of animals. For the companies out there, you make think your product is working but your system for testing it, it’s not. There are more tortured animals than you think. According to Humane Society International, “animals used in horrific experiments are commonly subjected to force feeding, taking pills, fasting on food or water, long periods of physical restraint, burns and other wounds to study the healing processes, the infliction of pain to study its effects and remedies, neck-breaking, head chopping, or other means.” “This is cruel and inhumane, our country is supposed to be caring no matter if you're human or not. This is disgusting.” a local family in Minnesota responded. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported in 2010 that “97,123 animals suffered pain during experiments while being given no anesthesia for relief, including 1,395 primates, 5,996 rabbits,

Animals suffer severely while being experimented in laboratories unable to convey their natural behavior. They are impotent and voiceless that they do not know what is going on and what will happen to them. Rodents and rabbits are the most commonly used animals that are experimented mainly in the cosmetics industry. They are tortured with substances that are placed in their eyes, leaving them blind and their skins being eroded by the appliance of the products being tested on them. The procedures that scientists examine on innocent animals create distress among them as well as agony. Pointed out by the New England Anti-Vivisection Society, “In research and testing, animals are subjected to experiments that can include everything from testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, burning skin, causing brain

Furthermore, an animal’s biology is different from a human’s biology, therefore, the testing on humans is still going to be dangerous. (Animal testing is bad science). Over the years, we as humans have become more and more callous to the fact that over a million animals (mice, rabbits, frogs, monkeys, fish, guinea pigs, dogs, etc.) are killed every year for our own cosmetic reasons. These animals are forced to go through unbelievably inhumane conditions. Per Peta, before they are murdered, they may have their skulls drilled into, their spines crushed, their skin burned off, or even immobilized for hours. Rabbits are given shots to test for skin irritation levels, leaving them screaming and kicking until they eventually break their back or neck. (America 6) There are some chemicals tested on animals, that cause minimal discomfort of the animals. However, there are a number that will cause extreme, long lasting pain. To make things worse, animals are not given any type of pain relief. (Issues & Controversies) "They're scalded by chemicals on their skin and eyes, shoved into tubes no larger than their bodies and forced to breathe noxious fumes." (Issues & Controversies) It is

Prescription drugs take over 100,000 people’s lives, even though they have been tested and deemed safe on animals. People argue that animals don’t have feelings, don’t feel emotions, or it doesn’t matter how we treat them. Animal testing is unnecessary, unregulated, and abusive to animals. The testing subjects are often kept in tiny wire cages, with minimal food and water, and given no social interaction. The AWA (Animal Welfare Association) does not prohibit animals from all kinds of terrible treatment. “Burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, forcibly restrained, addicted to drugs, and brain damaged.” (“Animal Testing is Bad Science”). Amid this horrid treatment, there are zero requirements for giving the animals painkillers. What creature deserves to go through that serious pain and torture? Let’s be real, it is 2018 and we know that creatures can feel emotion. Elephants die from depression when their babies die, dogs become ecstatically happy when seeing their human after a long vacation, even my own guinea pig knew my voice and would run up to the side of the cage with excitement when I walked into my room. It is simply illogical to believe that animals cannot feel emotion. Animal testing supporters also believe using animals is

Animal experiments are done on cosmetics to make sure they will be safe for human use. Many companies test on animals before releasing their products. These cosmetic tests can be testing products anywhere from hairspray to mascara to shampoo. For most things applied to the skin, companies will run skin irritation tests. It is exactly what it sounds like. The animal is isolated and the product is applied, and the observers record how the product has affected the skin of the animal. Although using animals for cosmetics is popular, it’s not required in the United States to release a product. It is

When tests are done, the animals go through extreme pain from the side effects and pain relievers aren’t given to the animals. One example is from “Fact Sheet: Cosmetic Testing.”, the author states that “Skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed onto the shaved skin or dripped into

For every ingredient put into a product an animal goes though testing for it pain relief is rarely provided and the animals used are always killed at the end of each test (Humane Society.Org). Some makeup brands that continue to test on animals are MAC, Dior, and Tom Ford just to name a few the list goes on (Companies That Test on Animals). It does not stop at makeup other everyday used things test on animals such as, hair products, skin care, and soap. People have to take a moment and think about how much an animal suffered just to make their cheeks blush. On top of the cruelty, up to 90% of animals used in U.S. labs are not counted in the official statistics of animals tested (Do Something.Org). Exact numbers are not available because mice, rats, birds, and cold-blooded animals—who make up more than 99 percent of animals used in experiments—are not covered by even the minimal protections of the Animal Welfare Act and therefore go uncounted (Peta.Org). Accounting for the real number of animals including those not covered by the Animal Welfare Act would cause those numbers to look outrageously high. There should be supervised labs to ensure that the animals are not getting treated worse than they already are. Supervised labs would secure the animals are being cared for properly and are as comfortable as they can be while they are being tested on. The lab tests have long term damage some animals to develop neurotic types of behavior such as incessantly spinning in

Some experiments include skin and eye irritation to when chemicals of the product make contact with eyes or shaved skin. Scientists do similar actions to rabbits without any pain relief. They also force feed the animals the product that deal with the mouth, such as lipstick, chap stick, and lip gloss to discover any signs of illness or any other specific health hazards like cancer or birth defects. And lastly they determine the “lethal dose.” Meaning, how much of the product would you have to consume for death to occur, inevitably killing the animal being tested. Many animals are killed by suffocation, neck-breaking, and decapitation. Pain relief is never provided for the experimented animals even when they are obviously in discomfort (“Fact Sheet: Cosmetic