Animal testing is “the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs.” Since animals are seen as a lesser, animal-testing is deemed necessary by most experts. However, animal testing is torture because we do not allow animals the choice to be tested on or not. Companies like MAC or Mary Kay cosmetics should not test their makeup on animals because animals are not able to voice an opinion. When captured and awaiting for experimentation, we hold the hostages in cages. Animals become separated from their families due to death, and when an animal is showing signs of rejection, we begin to show force. Animal testing is specialized torture because
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Edward’s syndrome, or Trisomy 18, is a disease that is due to a single extra Chromosome. If simple altercations within human DNA causes such a dramatic bodily reaction, how can animal testing be any sufficient for correct information? The National Anti-Vivisection Society explains, “Even though humans share genetic material with other animals, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is expressed in the same way. For example, a recent study which compared the activity of human genes important for sepsis, trauma and burns with equivalent mouse genes revealed that humans and mice use very different sets of genes to cope with these insults. This explains why 150 drugs that successfully treated sepsis-like conditions in mice failed in human clinical trials.”
The products tested on animals are expensive and have a low rate of even showing correct results that would align to human reaction. The cost to purchase an animal and the products needed to maintain it under substantial conditions ( because in order to do experiments you must keep consistent conditions for every animal) , and to keep all of them is expensive enough. It costs to keep the animals there, so this induces companies to keep the animals as long as can be, only restraining themselves from killing the animals. This excludes the idea of keeping them out of harm. As long as it is not lethal, it is …show more content…
The animals within laboratories for testing are often subject to unnatural environments. They often change their natural behaviors due to the stress caused from the change in environment. Animals are also aware of their surroundings, so they understand when they are about to endure pain (ex: workers coming to use the animal, and animal using memory to connect the fact that he is only collect for painful events). Andrea Nolan, a journalist, explains more in depth as to how animals react to pain in the Independent, a UK news media:
“As a subjective emotion, pain can be experienced even in the absence of physical tissue damage, and the level of feeling can be modified by other emotions including fear, memory and stress. Pain also has different dimensions – it is often described in terms of intensity but it also has “character”, for example the pain of a pin-prick is very different from that of a toothache, a slipped disc or labour pain. Nearly all of us have experienced pain in our lives, but for each person, the experience is uniquely individual.
Edward’s syndrome, or Trisomy 18, is a disease that is due to a single extra Chromosome. If simple altercations within human DNA causes such a dramatic bodily reaction, how can animal testing be any sufficient for correct information? The National Anti-Vivisection Society explains, “Even though humans share genetic material with other animals, it doesn’t necessarily mean it is expressed in the same way. For example, a recent study which compared the activity of human genes important for sepsis, trauma and burns with equivalent mouse genes revealed that humans and mice use very different sets of genes to cope with these insults. This explains why 150 drugs that successfully treated sepsis-like conditions in mice failed in human clinical trials.”
The products tested on animals are expensive and have a low rate of even showing correct results that would align to human reaction. The cost to purchase an animal and the products needed to maintain it under substantial conditions ( because in order to do experiments you must keep consistent conditions for every animal) , and to keep all of them is expensive enough. It costs to keep the animals there, so this induces companies to keep the animals as long as can be, only restraining themselves from killing the animals. This excludes the idea of keeping them out of harm. As long as it is not lethal, it is …show more content…
The animals within laboratories for testing are often subject to unnatural environments. They often change their natural behaviors due to the stress caused from the change in environment. Animals are also aware of their surroundings, so they understand when they are about to endure pain (ex: workers coming to use the animal, and animal using memory to connect the fact that he is only collect for painful events). Andrea Nolan, a journalist, explains more in depth as to how animals react to pain in the Independent, a UK news media:
“As a subjective emotion, pain can be experienced even in the absence of physical tissue damage, and the level of feeling can be modified by other emotions including fear, memory and stress. Pain also has different dimensions – it is often described in terms of intensity but it also has “character”, for example the pain of a pin-prick is very different from that of a toothache, a slipped disc or labour pain. Nearly all of us have experienced pain in our lives, but for each person, the experience is uniquely individual.