Alexandra Sedgwick Animal Testing

Starting off an essay with four different sickening cases of animal abuse from animal testing definitely catches an audience's attention. In the article, Calls to Stop Testing on Animals at Universities, kittens, monkeys, dogs, and rats were all tested and abused at Australian Universities. All four cases had occurred in the last year with the goal to make medical and scientific advancements. Although the testing does not break any laws, the animals endured a great amount of pain from the tests. Alexandra Sedgwick was one person that noticed the testing and took a stance. The Deakin University student’s main goal is to end animal cruelty. Her proposal, that got support from PETA, was to use digital software and human simulators for testing. Alexandra is taking action by leading a protest, and PETA is sponsoring some software for her school. Sedgwick is an animal lover and wants to see Australia follow in the United States footsteps and stop using animals for learning surgical skills. …show more content…
The author does a nice job of collecting information from various sources like the universities, PETA, and Humane Research Australia. There are quotes from Alexandra Sedgwick, the girl responsible for the protest. The information all adds up and seems reliable because of the detailed information and all the people referenced in the article. This article shines the light on the efforts to ending animal testing, but the article is not biased. Although there is descriptive results of brutal cases caused by animal testing in the beginning, all four were horror situations that were real. The author simply informed the audience with out her opinion added in. The goal was to inform people of the testing done in Australia and how people are trying to make a difference and stop animal