Inhumane Practices: The Dark Reality of Animal Testing

Over 25 million animals a year in the United States are maimed and massacred for scientific research purposes (“Experimentation”). Animal testing has three main uses in biomedical research, product testing, and education. The military also use animals for trauma training. These various tests happen at the hands of many different private companies for cosmetics and household products. The makers of the products choose animals to test their products on because many animals have similar organ systems and body processes that humans do. Scientists perform these experiments to better understand body processes and how a product will affect them. The process of experimenting on animals is completely inhumane and unnecessary because there are other
When researchers perform any of these procedures wrong it causes the test animals extreme pain and discomfort. In some cases lab workers do not have the proper training needed to avoid such suffering. Xenotransplantation is another commonly used procedure where cells, tissues, or organs are transplanted from one species to another; this is similar to genetic engineering. Genetic engineering consumes and destroys numerous amounts of animals in attempt to create specific traits in animals. Examples of the animals that are subject to these procedures are cats, dogs, rodents, and primates, many of which die while test are still in progress. Surely there is a better, more humane way of testing
With tests such as cellular experiments and bacteria-based test the need for animals to experimented on is virtually extinct. Although some individuals and scientist may think differently the facts are there that non-animal alternatives are more ethical and relevant to the health of people. Even without knowing about non-animal testing alternatives the devastating conditions that the poor test animals are in is enough to want the experiments to stop. It is heartbreaking to learn that some of the test animals have never seen the world outside of the lab environment. To know that they suffer so much and die just to test products that make everyday life easier is sickening. Hopefully with help the new Moran Bill coming in to power in January the experiments on animals for these products and drugs can finally come to a complete