Animal Testing Is Cruel And Inhumane Essay

Of Mice and Men Animals are murdered, tortured, and abused every day, but it is overlooked “in the name of science.” The use of animals for experimentation can be traced back to the second century. The first person known to have performed these experiments was named Galen, also known as “the father of vivisection.” Although, the first writings were believed to have originated from the Greeks, Aristotle and Erasistratus were among the first to perform on living animals. Animal testing is not a practice we should continue because it is inhumane, unreliable, and wasteful. Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. First of all, there is a huge lack of respect in the industry. According to Dunnuck: "Animals have a basic moral right to respectful treatment. . . .This inherent value is not respected when animals are reduced to being mere tools in a scientific experiment." During scientific tests, animals can be used any way. There are little to no limitations to what goes on in terms of chemical, drug, cosmetic, and food experiments, including during research. Before their death, animals have been known to be immobilized in restraint devices for hours, have holes drilled into their heads, their skin burned off, or even their spinal …show more content…
Emotional states in animals are very easily recognizable. Such as their faces, eyes, body language, and vocalizations (Bekoff). The happy body language for dogs is for them to wag their tails, whereas when a cat is hissing or growling this means it’s angry (Haylock). Knowing this, animals feel pain as well. Referring to an earlier statement, animals are not given any anaesthetic. This means they undergo excruciating procedures and have to endure the pain until either the experiment is over or they die