Its’ another morning and the room is white. There are bars all around and the smell of cleaner is everywhere. Soon I see a person holding a tube of something. The person is coming towards me. Suddenly I’m out of the bars and sitting on a table. The person held me down and put the tube against me. It burns! I want to run but cant. My heart rate goes up and I start to tremble. This will be done several times a day with several different tubes. Law requires I get pain medication but it is minimal and wears off quickly. This is the life of a cosmetic testing rabbit and really, the last way anyone wants to see a rabbit. Sadly, so many are coming to this fate. Many people around the world think animal testing should be banned. The reasons and ideology may be different but the same goal is in mind. Completely banning animal testing is this goal. There are a few main reasons why so many people think animal testing should be banned. Firstly, animal testing needs more oversight. A likely objection to this would be to bring up the Animal Welfare Act. However, This Act specifies that “alternatives to animal testing should be considered, however, it does not restrict any procedures or conditions to which an animal can be subject too during the course of the experiment that may include pain and distress.” (In defense of animals, 100) Many believe the Animal Welfare Act was able to help with animal testing. However, this quote from the organization In defense of animals. “The AWF [Animal Welfare Act] does not govern the care or usage of rodents, birds, and farm animals because they were exempt. Unfortunately it is these species that make up 80% of all animals used in animal testing.” (In defense of animals, 1o1) So sure, you could protec... ... middle of paper ... ...be poked, prodded and exposed should come together and help make a difference. Works Cited Barnard, Neal. “Animal testing?.” Vegetarians Times 348 (2007): 19-21. Health Source - Consumer Edition. EBSCO. WEB. 18 Apr. 2011. Garner, Robert. “Animal Experimentation is Unethical” Animal Experimentation San Diego, California. 2002.68-71. Print. Goldberg, Alan. M. and Thomas Hartung. “ PROTECT MORE THAN ANIMALS.” Scientific American294.1 (2006): 84-91. Health Source – Consumer Edition. EBASCO. Web. 18 Apr. 2011. In defense of Animals, “The Animal Reasurch Industry Needs More Oversite.” Animal Experimentation San Diego, California. 2002.99-105. Print. Linker,Damon. “ Animals are not Equal to Humans.” Animal Experimentation San Diego, California. 2002.35-43. Print. Regan, Tom. “Animals have Rights” Animal Experimentation San Diego, California. 2002.20-24. Print.
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In modern society, animal experimentation has triggered a controversy; consequently, vast amount of protests have been initiated by the animal rights community. Although these organizations have successfully broadcasted their concerns toward animal experimentation, its application continues to survive. Sally Driscoll and Laura Finley inform that there remain fifty million to one-hundred million animals that experience testing or experimentation throughout the world on a yearly basis. But despite opposition, animal experimentation, the use of experiments on animals in order to observe the effects an unknown substance has on living creatures, serves multiple purposes. Those particular purposes are: research of the living body, the testing of
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There are many pros and cons to the practice of animal testing. Unfortunately, neither side pleases everyone- including the general public, government and scientists. Animal testing is a process that has been going on for centuries for many different reasons; finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medication. Many medical treatments have been made possible by animal testing, including cancer, HIV drugs, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more. Scientists usually use animals for testing purpose because they are considering similar to humans. Animals have their differences, and are also similarities. This is what comparative medicine is about: researches use both similarities and differences to gain insight into the many complex human biological systems.
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Right now, millions of animals—including mice, rats, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and monkeys—are locked in tight cages in laboratories waiting in fear for the next terrifying and painful lab experiment to be performed on them. (“Animals Used for Experimentation”) Such testing is used for things like biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and general cosmetic testing. (“Animal Experiments: Overview”) Animal testing should not continue in our world being that animals have rights similar to us, rights to live a life free of torture, free of being held against their will in a laboratory. Furthermore, animal testing is inhumane, it violates the lives of all animals used in such testing, it is very expensive for the inaccuracy of the results we obtain from it and it is unreliable as animals differ from humans in many ways. (“Pros and Cons of Animal Testing Facts”)
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Right now, millions or animals including mice, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs and others are locked inside cold cages in laboratories across the country. More than 100 million animals each year suffer and die from chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics tests as well as biology lessons, medical training exercises, and curiosity-driven medical experiments at universities. Throughout history, animal testing has played an important role in harming animals for human advantages, making many animals suffer. Animal testing should be excluded because its inhumane, violates the rights of animals, and there are safer alternatives.
Canary in the kitchen detects carbon monoxide! Animal testing must be banned for unnecessary tests. Animals should not be guinea pigs. Animals still feel the pain when they are injected with medicine just like humans. Humans can defend themselves and stop the pain, but the animals get strapped down and cannot move. It is better to have tests run on animals because animals will help find cures faster.
Certain countries are considering a ban on animal testing and experimentation. I disagree with this ban on animal testing. While it may seem that animal testing is cruel and unethical, it has helped both humans and animals in many ways. For example, many horrible diseases that have been cured have, at some point used animal testing. This and many other reasons is why there should not be a ban on animal testing.
Did you know that the shampoo you use was probably forced down the throat of a rabbit, cat, or maybe even a dog? Each year, millions of animals are used to test how safe and effective products, such as cosmetics, are. They are genetically modified, force-fed harmful chemicals, blinded, scalded, and maimed. How could one not object to this awful cruelty? Animal testing should be banned because it is cruel, unnecessary, inaccurate, and expensive.
Animal testing is wrong and no matter what the circumstances are, it should never be condoned. Imagine living your life in a miniature cage where your body is unable to move due to the little space surrounding you. Imagine not being able to give your opinion on anything. Your life consists of getting coated in creams which could potentially burn your skin, yet nothing is done to stop it. Picture it as if it were yourself in that situation, you wouldn't like it, would you?
One reason why animal testing should be stopped is because it is killing many harmless animals that would otherwise have a happy and healthy life. Shockingly, each year more than 100 million animals are killed in laboratories due to animal testing. This clearly is not the way to test human products. Also, many tests done on animals are simply undertaken because of the lack of curiosity. A scientist might be curious about an animal test one day, and then the next completely lose interest. This is usually because the experiment will either take too
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