Animal Testing Animal testing is starting to become one of the big worries in today’s society. While other problems come about every so often, such as abortion, they never tend to last more than several years. In contrast, the realities of animal testing have, reasonably, been a worry for informed animal activists for years, and it will continue to be a worry for many more years to come. Recently animal testing has been catching more public eye attention though. While scientists continue to use animals for testing, more people are realizing that it shouldn’t be done and it is pointless. The reason this is pointless is because scientists are now using in vitro, animal testing takes too long to produce usable data, humans and animals do not
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Most people tend to think that because animals cannot speak or cannot reason that they have no feelings. This however is false. Writer Peter Singer writes “Nearly all the external signs that lead us to infer pain in other humans can be seen in other species, especially the species most closely related to us--the species of mammals and birds” and this is what most people tend to forget (singer, Animal liberation). While animals may not be able to speak, they are able to whimper, growl, have facial contortions, and have dilated pupils. Also, Koko, the gorilla, has been taught to speak and communicate with humans in sign language. This tells us that animals are able to learn and comprehend just like humans can. Because this all is for medical research to help humans though, no one cares. But if the tables were turned and the experiments were done on humans, we as humans would realize how unjust this is. If our rights are there to protect us because we feel pain and feel what is right and wrong, then the same should be done for …show more content…
For example, some think it is good because when it comes to the lives and wellbeing of humans, the lives of animals become irrelevant. If animal testing has a chance to prevent things such as child dormancy, humans don’t care what is happening to the animals. Another reason people are in favor of animal testing is that researchers claim to be using the safest and most harmless ways to test on the animals and that the testing will work because gene resemblance is so close to humans. While these people may have their opinions, it is irrelevant. More than 85% of animal testing fails and becomes harmful to humans. An example of this is the drug Cioquinol. This drug was said to stop or control diarrhea. Even though it was tested safe on animals, it ended up either killing thousands of humans or leaving them blind. This proves that animals and humans do not have the same genes. Also, people who think animals do not get harmed in this process are wrong. Tests on animals, such as the draize test, cause rabbits to have swelling, irritation, bleeding and blindness in their eyes. Also with this test, the rabbits are restricted with only there head protruding and their eyelids clipped back. There is no known test yet that doesn’t cause an animal pain and suffering. Also after the tests are done and the researchers have their results, the animals are
Most people tend to think that because animals cannot speak or cannot reason that they have no feelings. This however is false. Writer Peter Singer writes “Nearly all the external signs that lead us to infer pain in other humans can be seen in other species, especially the species most closely related to us--the species of mammals and birds” and this is what most people tend to forget (singer, Animal liberation). While animals may not be able to speak, they are able to whimper, growl, have facial contortions, and have dilated pupils. Also, Koko, the gorilla, has been taught to speak and communicate with humans in sign language. This tells us that animals are able to learn and comprehend just like humans can. Because this all is for medical research to help humans though, no one cares. But if the tables were turned and the experiments were done on humans, we as humans would realize how unjust this is. If our rights are there to protect us because we feel pain and feel what is right and wrong, then the same should be done for …show more content…
For example, some think it is good because when it comes to the lives and wellbeing of humans, the lives of animals become irrelevant. If animal testing has a chance to prevent things such as child dormancy, humans don’t care what is happening to the animals. Another reason people are in favor of animal testing is that researchers claim to be using the safest and most harmless ways to test on the animals and that the testing will work because gene resemblance is so close to humans. While these people may have their opinions, it is irrelevant. More than 85% of animal testing fails and becomes harmful to humans. An example of this is the drug Cioquinol. This drug was said to stop or control diarrhea. Even though it was tested safe on animals, it ended up either killing thousands of humans or leaving them blind. This proves that animals and humans do not have the same genes. Also, people who think animals do not get harmed in this process are wrong. Tests on animals, such as the draize test, cause rabbits to have swelling, irritation, bleeding and blindness in their eyes. Also with this test, the rabbits are restricted with only there head protruding and their eyelids clipped back. There is no known test yet that doesn’t cause an animal pain and suffering. Also after the tests are done and the researchers have their results, the animals are