Arguments Against Animal Rights

Animal Rights

It’s depressing to think of the unjust and unfair ways people treat animals. However, it’s a harsh reality because animal cruelty is far more common, especially in today’s society. I realized animals are treated completely different from the way humans are. Humans are served with respect while animals are tested on, beaten, and neglected. Nowadays, humans are thought of as much more important than other living things on this planet. We feel that we must do everything to ensure human survival, therefore thinking it’s okay for us to conduct tests and experiments on animals if it’s going to be beneficial to our health. Under these conditions it no longer matters if animals are suffering. Some people believe that animals do not

When animals are used for experiments they are force-fed, forced to inhale toxins, food and water deprived, and experience prolonged periods of physical restraint. The ones who are injecting the product into the animals observe how the chemicals behave in the body, they inflict burns and wounds to study the healing process. This is a huge infringement on animal rights. Daily routines like washing your face, shampooing, or even putting on makeup, with a product that was tested on animals does nothing but contribute to these cruel activities. We make these animals sacrifice their health, shorten their lifespan, and affect their mental health. This causes them to lose the will to do anything because of how weak they become from all the experiments being done on them. Common animals such as, monkeys, rabbits, dogs and cats are being tested on frequently, impacting their quality of life negatively. Animal testing should stop completely, there are alternative testing methods that now exist, making it easier for everyone. One of these methods is, studying cell cultures in a petri dish that can be beneficial towards us both, animals will be unharmed and the results would be more relevant. I believe that animal testing is unnecessary and I completely disagree with the idea, animals are living creatures just like us and it’s not fair that they are the ones being tested