Why Animal Testing is Wrong
Animal testing is different types of procedures done on animals to find out if a type of medication or cosmetic is safe to use on humans. Over 100 million animals are tested on each year. While there are alternatives to animal testing, it can save a human life, but puts animals through misery and possibly death.
Millions of animals including rabbits, cats, mice, and dogs are suffering due to testing for cosmetics and medications. According to the article “About Animal Testing” from Human Society International, animal testing is a process done on different types of animals to provide results on if certain medication or cosmetics are safe to use on humans. These tests include “oral force feeding, forced inhalation” …show more content…
For example, there has been tests done on dogs where they take their pancreas out which helped to discover insulin which is “critical to saving lives of diabetics” (“About Animal Testing”). Without this testing done insulin or other types of medication that help save lives everyday could have never been discovered. While animals are very different than humans they can also be similar. All mammals have organs that are the same, including humans. “Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans” (Louwe). As research shows testing on animals helps humans it also can help benefit themselves. If animal testing was never a thing a lot of animals would have died from “rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, infectious hepatitis virus, tetanus, anthrax, and canine parvo virus” (Louwe). Certain products need to be tested on animals to make sure that they are safe to use. “American women use an average of 12 personal care products per day, so product safety is of great importance” (Louwe). As there are all these positive sides of animal testing, there is still the fact that these animals are being tortured and there are other things scientists can do
Animal testing is different types of procedures done on animals to find out if a type of medication or cosmetic is safe to use on humans. Over 100 million animals are tested on each year. While there are alternatives to animal testing, it can save a human life, but puts animals through misery and possibly death.
Millions of animals including rabbits, cats, mice, and dogs are suffering due to testing for cosmetics and medications. According to the article “About Animal Testing” from Human Society International, animal testing is a process done on different types of animals to provide results on if certain medication or cosmetics are safe to use on humans. These tests include “oral force feeding, forced inhalation” …show more content…
For example, there has been tests done on dogs where they take their pancreas out which helped to discover insulin which is “critical to saving lives of diabetics” (“About Animal Testing”). Without this testing done insulin or other types of medication that help save lives everyday could have never been discovered. While animals are very different than humans they can also be similar. All mammals have organs that are the same, including humans. “Chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans” (Louwe). As research shows testing on animals helps humans it also can help benefit themselves. If animal testing was never a thing a lot of animals would have died from “rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, infectious hepatitis virus, tetanus, anthrax, and canine parvo virus” (Louwe). Certain products need to be tested on animals to make sure that they are safe to use. “American women use an average of 12 personal care products per day, so product safety is of great importance” (Louwe). As there are all these positive sides of animal testing, there is still the fact that these animals are being tortured and there are other things scientists can do