Animals or Humans?
Animal Testing, animal experimentation, and animal research are all considered the same thing. It refers to the experimentation carried out on animals whether it is conducted in universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies or farms. It is used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medication and household products to cosmetics and pesticides, as well as find out exactly how the human body moves and functions. Millions of innocent animals are investigated or killed, in laboratories every year across the world, for scientific research. A variety of animals are used for animal testing: Mice, frogs, fish, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, monkeys, and birds are just a few that have been used in laboratories for …show more content…
Is it ethical to destroy an innocent animal’s life just to do a simple test on lipstick or shampoo? Animal testing should be abolished because it is inhumane and unethical to destroy the life of an innocent animal. Animals are put in laboratories to gain research way too frequently. It is a form of animal cruelty and needs stopped.
While purchasing soap or hair products, not many people think about the poor rabbit that had the product rubbed in their eyes while having their eyes held open with clips. This type of test alone caused swelling, bleeding, and even blindness to the rabbits. No matter if it’s a short or long time period, while being restrained, animals are immobile. They are restrained so they cannot escape while tests are being performed. Animals have even intentionally been infected with cancer, diabetes, and other types of diseases, for treatment, to see if a cure can be found (Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary, para 2). But, what most people don’t know is when animals are artificially …show more content…
The animal welfare act was created a law in 1966 that put guidelines on animals, In the United States it is the only federal law that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers (National Agricultural library, para 1). The act requires that the minimum standard of care and treatment be provided to all animals, other laws or policies may include more species protection but all laws refer back to the Animal Welfare Act. The act may never be changed but other parts of the law have been added throughout the years to benefit the animals a little more. Even with these laws, more than 100 million animals are killed each year in U.S. laboratories alone (Animal Experiments Overview, para 1). Gallup polls have found more than 40 percent of U.S. adults oppose the use of animals in research (Animal Experiments Overview, para 2). So why test animals for research? Sometimes what is tested on animals, does not even have the same effect of humans. Many products across the nation have been pulled from the shelf because of the horrible reactions they can have on humans. One of the most famous examples of the dangerous misleading’s of animals testing was the Thalidomide tragedy of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The drug caused an estimated 10,000 birth defects and thousands of fetal deaths worldwide (The Tragedy or Thalidomide and failure of animal testing,
Animal Testing, animal experimentation, and animal research are all considered the same thing. It refers to the experimentation carried out on animals whether it is conducted in universities, medical schools, pharmaceutical companies or farms. It is used to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medication and household products to cosmetics and pesticides, as well as find out exactly how the human body moves and functions. Millions of innocent animals are investigated or killed, in laboratories every year across the world, for scientific research. A variety of animals are used for animal testing: Mice, frogs, fish, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, monkeys, and birds are just a few that have been used in laboratories for …show more content…
Is it ethical to destroy an innocent animal’s life just to do a simple test on lipstick or shampoo? Animal testing should be abolished because it is inhumane and unethical to destroy the life of an innocent animal. Animals are put in laboratories to gain research way too frequently. It is a form of animal cruelty and needs stopped.
While purchasing soap or hair products, not many people think about the poor rabbit that had the product rubbed in their eyes while having their eyes held open with clips. This type of test alone caused swelling, bleeding, and even blindness to the rabbits. No matter if it’s a short or long time period, while being restrained, animals are immobile. They are restrained so they cannot escape while tests are being performed. Animals have even intentionally been infected with cancer, diabetes, and other types of diseases, for treatment, to see if a cure can be found (Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary, para 2). But, what most people don’t know is when animals are artificially …show more content…
The animal welfare act was created a law in 1966 that put guidelines on animals, In the United States it is the only federal law that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers (National Agricultural library, para 1). The act requires that the minimum standard of care and treatment be provided to all animals, other laws or policies may include more species protection but all laws refer back to the Animal Welfare Act. The act may never be changed but other parts of the law have been added throughout the years to benefit the animals a little more. Even with these laws, more than 100 million animals are killed each year in U.S. laboratories alone (Animal Experiments Overview, para 1). Gallup polls have found more than 40 percent of U.S. adults oppose the use of animals in research (Animal Experiments Overview, para 2). So why test animals for research? Sometimes what is tested on animals, does not even have the same effect of humans. Many products across the nation have been pulled from the shelf because of the horrible reactions they can have on humans. One of the most famous examples of the dangerous misleading’s of animals testing was the Thalidomide tragedy of the 1950’s and 1960’s. The drug caused an estimated 10,000 birth defects and thousands of fetal deaths worldwide (The Tragedy or Thalidomide and failure of animal testing,