Why Is Animal Testing Dangerous

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An issue that is hotly debated is about animal testing. It is clear that overall animal testing should not be allowed. It shouldn’t be allowed because animal testing does not even do much to the humans, because it can hurt or kill the animals, and finally because these animals that are being tested aren’t being protected the right way. Even though that other people could say that animals are a great replicate of humans and can develop cures. Also they could say that it helps less people get sick, it kills the animals by the scientists not protecting them. Overall animals shouldn’t be tested on.

There are so many products being tested on animals , from being lipsticks, shampoos, makeup, skin care etc. But have you ever wondered the side effects these animals experience while using these products? They will experience Burning, torturing, pain, hunger, thirst etc. How is living in a cage living? It's not it is just surviving.

Animal testing is a cruel way to try and develop new products. There are several other and much safer options that will get better results and potentially save up to two million animals every single year. The Animal Welfare Act is in place but only minimally protects certain animals and leaves many others, up to 95%, vulnerable to atrocious fates. The animals not protected by this act (mostly small or considered house pets) are most widely used and not related closely to humans. There are several alternative methods but they are being neglected since they are new and not being enforced because of it. A few countries and states have banned certain aspect of animal testing but others are encouraging this cruelty.

“Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing” says Peta.org. Animal testing can injure or sometimes even kill animals, some animals don’t even have any protection to help them through the process of testing, and if you think about it animals have many differences from humans, so whatever your testing on animals could work for them but not work for people and vice versa. Animals shouldn’t be used for any type of testing, whether it be medical or cosmetic.

Testing drugs on an animal is not only wrong, but also inaccurate. There are drugs tested on animals and thought to yield positive results, however “92% of experimental drugs deemed to be effective fail in a human trial.” Such mistakes have led to dangerous drugs being sold off the shelf. The inconsistency of effective drugs isn't helped by the undesirable living situations of some of the testing subjects. Many subjects live with others that are sick or in places that are unsanitary, which also hinders the results of the tests (Animal Testing - ProCon.org.).

Photos, websites, posters, and many more items have displayed the negative effects of medical testing on animals. Though, those websites and photos you see every day are not what testing on animals is really like. According to an article from Patricia George and Geraldine Wagner, over the last century and a half, more progress has been made in medical animal testing than in all previous years combined. Animals have actually benefited from the medications they were being tested on and although animal testing helps animals, it also helps humans in the process (2). Animal testing has cured many medical issues, but testing on animals is changing the viewpoint of people today. Because many diseases and cancers have been cured from animal testing, doctors should continue to medically test on animals, but should follow a set of strict rules to have the animals being tested on in healthy and good condition.

Today animal test subjects such as white rats are used in experiments such as drug testing to make sure it is safe for humans and as a result some animals die. Most scientists live by certain moral most of which are humane unlike Nazi scientists. In their eyes, the perfect test subjects to use were humans, mostly concentration camp inmates. Leading and foremost Nazi doctors were caught and brought to justice before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg after the end of World War II. The trail exposed evidence of inhumane and immoral human experiments performed at the Buchenwald, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, and Dachau concentration camps. Twenty Nazi doctors were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ever

Animals have been test subjects for many years for many products for safety issues before use on humans. These tests are unreliable they do not accurately portray how the material or drug interacts in the human body. Because of this, many products are put on the market and found to be very harmful to humans. Most of the drugs end up being discontinued or relabeled due to harmful side effect. The reason for some of the unreliability is animal test is the condition the animal is under, like stress. Stress on the animal can raise the heart rate, blood pressure and raise certain hormone levels, making the drug work in a

A quote from an experimenter showed his view on animal testing “Because the animals are like us.” Experimenters were asked why it is ok to test animals the answer would be “Because the animals are not like us.”

According to Professor Paul Furlong, “the anatomic, metabolic, and cellular between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings (Animal Testing - ProCon.org). This means that even though animals and humans are very similar, they are also very different. They have different cells that react to different chemicals and release different hormones than what it does to humans. Their bodies react differently to different tests. Maybe the company tests the product on a “dud” animal, and the product ends up killing the animal. And what if the animal dies later and the company thinks that the product is safe to put on the shelf? What if the product gets put on the shelf and ends up harming a bunch of people? Then the company will most likely get sued and they will probably go out of business. Which leads me to me second point is that even though a drug passes the animal test, doesn’t exactly mean that it’s safe for humans to use. In the 1950’s, there was this sleeping pill that basically killed 100,000 babies because the pill was tested on animals prior

Many animals are born with their family, in the open wild where they can live their lives as animals, however additionally many other animals are born to become test subjects or to be experimented on. Some may argue that these tests and experiments will lead to a better cause, however there are many different reasons why testing animals is bad and have been proven to not be successful to the human society.

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Nowadays, animal testing has become a prevalent way to test medicine and beauty products. Some animals are tested for these products, it still has some issues, when research checks this product by the animal. Accordingly, animal testing is widely a way to test results of new medicines and feedback of cosmetic products. A number of people have started to consider whether it is inhumane to test on animal, however other people believe this is effective for creating new medicine to heal miscellaneous diseases. The essay will discuss some advantages and disadvantages of the animal testing. But, most of new medicines which are created still need testing on animal. Garattiui and Grigusschi (2017) displayed that “Animal testing is still the best way to find new treatments for patients”. The best way of finding new treatments remain is animal in order to patient.