Mary Kate Fain is a great example of an animal lover and activist trying to do the right thing after being revealed what animal testing is really like. Fain wanted to become a neuroscientist and studied at a private university. There, she was able to work in a lab that tested on rats. But after doing this for some time, she became an alcoholic and suicidal because of what they were doing to them. Fain said that she couldn’t sleep or eat because she knew what she was doing was wrong. She discussed in her article “The Dark Truth Behind Animal Testing,” that many of the things they were doing were illegal. They had unqualified student doing surgeries, lab workers accidently throwing away baby rats, and killing off rats that were healthy enough
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John P. Gluck was a psychologist studying how to recreate physiological disorders in chimpanzees to better understand it in humans. He says very similar things to Fain like how he thought this would do more good than harm and that it was better if an animal lover was doing it than someone else. Gluck discusses how intelligent the chimpanzees are and how heart-breaking it was to do these experiments on them. They would separate baby monkeys from their mothers and leave them in soundproof cages that were lit 24 hours a day. Gluck discusses how animal life is just as important as our own. He says, “There is no research more valuable than our own integrity and ethical coherence, and our treatment of animals is a direct reflection of our values towards life and one another” (Gluck, 2016). It’s quite ironic when the point of these experiments is to better help human life but they clearly have no sympathy to one of our closest relatives. If non-animal alternatives were more focused on then they could create one for this kind of experiment to get effective …show more content…
The Humane Society has also been campaigning to stop animals being tested in laboratories. For many years they have been working to “decrease and eventually end the use of animals in testing, research and teaching by promoting the development of innovative and effective alternative methods” (“Animals in Laboratories”). On their website they provide links to show animals like chimpanzees that have been rescued from animal testing and that were able to live out the rest of their lives in a happy, playful environment. It’s important that the world knows there are other very effective options other than animal testing. Many scientists have made us believe that it is the only way to get results. Even if it’s necessary for some research, at least have the decency to give them a safe and pleasant
John P. Gluck was a psychologist studying how to recreate physiological disorders in chimpanzees to better understand it in humans. He says very similar things to Fain like how he thought this would do more good than harm and that it was better if an animal lover was doing it than someone else. Gluck discusses how intelligent the chimpanzees are and how heart-breaking it was to do these experiments on them. They would separate baby monkeys from their mothers and leave them in soundproof cages that were lit 24 hours a day. Gluck discusses how animal life is just as important as our own. He says, “There is no research more valuable than our own integrity and ethical coherence, and our treatment of animals is a direct reflection of our values towards life and one another” (Gluck, 2016). It’s quite ironic when the point of these experiments is to better help human life but they clearly have no sympathy to one of our closest relatives. If non-animal alternatives were more focused on then they could create one for this kind of experiment to get effective …show more content…
The Humane Society has also been campaigning to stop animals being tested in laboratories. For many years they have been working to “decrease and eventually end the use of animals in testing, research and teaching by promoting the development of innovative and effective alternative methods” (“Animals in Laboratories”). On their website they provide links to show animals like chimpanzees that have been rescued from animal testing and that were able to live out the rest of their lives in a happy, playful environment. It’s important that the world knows there are other very effective options other than animal testing. Many scientists have made us believe that it is the only way to get results. Even if it’s necessary for some research, at least have the decency to give them a safe and pleasant