Why Animal Experimentation Should Stop

For many years, the field of science has used animals in medical experiments worldwide, because of this innocent animals are being killed everyday. They are being tested with new drugs, new treatments, and by many makeup companies. Connecticut recently celebrated the passage of the “Beagle Freedom Law”, a law that requires laboratories to work with charities and rescue groups to find homes for research cats and dogs. Animals are being tested so humans do not have to be but animal tests do not reliably predict results in human beings, although animals are the closest thing to humans. Most experiments involving animals are flawed, wasting the lives of innocent animal subjects. Over 100 million animals suffer a year from testing. Testing animals is a lot more expensive than alternative methods and it is wasting government research dollars. Animal testing is not only a bad idea, but it is also inhuman and it should not be tolerated. The FDA should stop allowing animal testing. An animal does not give out the same results on a test than a human would.

Over the past few decades, animals have been enduring unimaginable pain and fear due to being used to test the everyday products we use. And as unfortunate as it sounds, animals simply do not have the choice in these cruel experiments scientist put them through. According to data collected by F. Barbara Orlans for her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, “sixty percent of all animals used in testing are used in biomedical research and product-safety testing” (Orlans There will always be different points of views on this troubling topic, some may be against it because they see animals as their companions or some may support it because they only see animals as objects to move forward with science and experimental

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.

An estimated 100 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine how toxic medications are, check the safety of products for human use, and health care uses. Animal testing is unnecessary and should be banned because of how they treat the animals, Animal testing is pointless, and because of how they suffer and die.

There is much debate over whether animal testing should be allowed or not. Some people think that it is not essential to sacrifice animals for human benefits because they are being abused and tortured severely during experiments. Some others who stand against animal testing claim that humans eliminate many lives on earth in order to safe humans’ lives, so there is no justice because even animals have the right to live on earth, yet these people do not consider the truth that animals are being used in the food industry or in the laboratories. Thus, if someone asks how many animals are being used in the laboratory experiments around the world every year, who can give an accurate answer? It can be one, ten, or fifty million. It is difficult to find the exact figure on this question because people only read news through mass media such as having a new vaccine which can help human avoid uterus cancer or a new medicine help humans cure strokes, but they also need to know how many lives of the animals would have to take in order to get theses vaccines. Therefore, some organizes think that animal testing is one of the most disturbing experiments ever, and it should be banned. Despite many controversies with opposing opinions, a compromise can be made in order to reduce the use of animals in the laboratory experiments.

Experimental animal science, has now become an inseparable part of modern science and technology. However, it is argued that the research involving animals causes death, pain and suffering to animals. Should animal research be banned ? The answer of course is NO. The reason is animal research has a significant contribution to the development of science and medical. It is a safe and efficient way to deal with the problems in scientific and medicine. Also, it is conducive to human and animal development.

It is estimated that each year over 100 million animals in the United States are used for animal testing (ProCon.org, 2017). This is unlikely an underestimate as it is impossible to receive a correct count worldwide. Thousands of animals are to be euthanized from the complications they endure from testing. Animals are used to test scientific developments and commercial products. New medical and non-medical experiments are tested on animals to verify the harmfulness of new medications or the safety of a product that will be used on humans. Although the importance of animal testing brings more medical advancement over the years using fewer humans in experiments, it is still an expensive way of researching inaccurate results and at the same time, it is a practice of animal cruelty.

“Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.” “Also in Canada, 3.02 million animals were used in experiments in 2013 and 78,294 animals were subjected to severe pain near, at, or above the pain tolerance threshold of unanesthetized conscious animals.” Animal testing is frequently used for developing beauty products and medicines and in a lot more areas. Many people believe that the animal testing is necessary for humans. New vaccines and medicines are being developed continuously as humans are exposed to the pollution and lots of diseases. However, it is hazardous and fearful for people to use a new medicine without knowing its effect. People want to be guaranteed to the least safety and the virtue of the medicine.

Animal testing has become a controversial issue among many people in the world today. Some of these people involved in this controversial debate believe that animal testing is unethical and should be replaced by other methods. The other group of people in this debate believe that animal testing is necessary in order to research new products that cannot be tested on humans. Traditional animal testing forces animals to undergo numerous experiments for different forms of research. Medical, cosmetic, and many other types of research experiments use animals to provide the results on how the new product may affect humans. There are many people that support the use of alternative methods to animal research and then

According to CBSNews.com, animal testing has risen 73% in the last fifteen years. It is estimated that by the end of this year, over 100 million animals will have been used for experimentation. While some people believe that use of animals for experimentation is imperative in order for medicine to

“Each year, more than 25 million animals are used for scientific research in the U.S.” (Ericson). Animal testing has been around for hundreds of years, and it has cause excruciating pain, suffering, and even death to helpless animals. Testing on animals needs to be against the law and no longer be used as a way to examine products. Some ways to solve this would be to ban animal testing over the whole country and to start testing on new technology. All of our technology today, and new technology being built everyday could test products without harming any animals. Animal testing is becoming a worsening problem in the United States and to end it, the government must ban testing on animals and start using technology as a way to examine products.

“Humans and animals would still be dying from rabies if Pasteur hadn’t experimented with dogs” (Franco). Pasteur was one of the first men to start animal experimentation. “Animal testing or animal experimentation is the process of using non-humans for the purpose of experimentation” (Phil). It is better to test on animals than it is to test on humans because animals live a shorter life than humans do. “Animal experimentation are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products” (Ethics). Scientists have to test medicines before using them on humans because if they did not, how would we know if the medicine is going to work? Animal experimentation is used for coming up with cures and treatment while also being used to test beauty products. Makeup like MAC is a brand that is tested on bunnies. It is tested for the safety of the people that will use the product. “Some cosmetics and healthcare products must be tested on animals to ensure their safety” (Animal Testing). People think that scientist should not test on cute little bunnies, but if that test helping save their life, they would be okay with it. Animal testing may be cruel and expensive but it is saving many human and animals lives. No matter how someone feels about animal testing there are still many positive things that come from it; however, there are also some negative effects. Animals experimentation helps save many lives and is ethically acceptable.

Every year, over a million animals are tested on across the world. Animal experimentation is one of the most controversial issues. Animal testing is the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. Some people believe that animal testing is unnecessary and there are more efficient alternatives. Others believe that animal testing is crucial to the development of new products and cures. According to the Science of Toxicology, “Research involving laboratory animals is necessary to ensure and enhance human and animal health and protection of the environment”(1). Animal testing should be stopped because animals do not react the same way as

Animal experimentation remains serious problems in our society. Some people treat animals as pets and others use them to develop technology. In recent years, animals are used in order to make sure that products are safe enough to be used for humans. Also new effective medical treatments have been effectively developed because of animal experiments. However, people are using animals to satisfy their own desires and they do not consider the rights of animals that were sacrificed for animal experiment. People should know that the animals used in animal experimentation are worthier than the benefits that people can earn from it. Animals should not be used in the experiments for the following reasons; it is a

Observation and experimentation are how we as humans have been able to learn more about ourselves and the world and universe we live in. One of the most common methods of experimentation is animal testing. However, there are controversies surrounding animal testing. There are some that believe animal testing to be cruel and overdone, advocating for the eradication of the practice and further reliance alternative research methods. Groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other animal rights advocates fall in this category. There are some that believe animal testing to be an invaluable resource and should continue, such as some scientists and research groups. However, there appears to me to be a consensus that is closer to the middle: the belief and understanding that while there are benefits to animal testing, there are flaws in the practice and there should be changes to increase its efficacy while we simultaneously explore alternate testing methods. Many scientists and the National Institute of Health (NIH) subscribe to this idea. I aim to explore the benefits, problems, and implications of animal testing in order to reach a more informed conclusion about a position that is most validated by the information I have used.