In the following essay, I will debate the issue of animal testing along with the manufacturers whom participate, and provide information for both sides. I will start by presenting some basic animal cruelty laws. The Animal Legal Defense Fund maintains a database of criminal animal cruelty cases in the U.S. reported to our organization. In the last ten years, over 30% of cases that we have tracked involve animal neglect (Animals Neglect Facts). Animal cruelty includes some of the following, torturing an animal, failing to provide food, care or shelter, abandoning an animal, killing, seriously injuring or poisoning an animal, causing an animal to fight with another, using a live animal as a lure in a dog race, etc. (Texas Animal Cruelty Laws).
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That is less than half to be reliable for human use, concluding, animal testing is unneeded since it is not being effective. Often these tests work on animals, yet come out otherwise on humans, our bodies and functions are not the same as an animal’s. If it is not effective and is continuing to be used in labs, it makes one wonder if those labs are committing a crime of animal cruelty. Animal testing is legal in the United States, although if there is no progress and animals are still suffering, by definition, is a felony or jail time, guilty of animal cruelty. As stated by the Animal Welfare Act, “A federal law that addresses the standard of care animals receive at research facilities. Yet it excludes roughly 95% of the animals tested upon (such as rats, mice, birds, fish, and reptiles) and provides only minimal protection for the rest. Labs are not required to report non-AWA protected animals (Animal Testing and the Law). Animals are meant to be loved and enjoy their life not to be spent in a laboratory to barley benefit the beauty that society strives for. Animal testing is lifelong unnecessary excruciating pain for those animals whom did nothing to deserve such treatment. They deserve to have rights to protect them, they deserve to have a strong voice to speak for them since they cannot, they deserve respect for their …show more content…
From antibiotics to blood transfusions, from dialysis to organ transplantation, from vaccinations to chemotherapy, is based on knowledge attained through research with lab animals(Pro-Test). Without animal testing, there would have been hundreds of medicine and treatment let out to the public without the proper testing beforehand. This could have led to catastrophic events of panic and major lawsuits. It has been the reason for many breakthroughs in medicine for over a decade and continues to do so. The animals that suffer is a small price to pay for the great aids they give to the public and a healthier overall society. The projection of medical research has greatly helped the humans though years of testing. An example of animal testing furthering medical research is, “Only by 1940 was enough penicillin available for testing. Eight mice were infected with a deadly dose of 110 million streptococci bacteria. One hour later, four of them were injected with penicillin. These survived but the untreated ones died. Florey said, “It looks like a miracle” (SpeakofResearch). Penicillin is one of the major medicines used to cure countless sicknesses this would not have been made possible without the help of animals.
That is less than half to be reliable for human use, concluding, animal testing is unneeded since it is not being effective. Often these tests work on animals, yet come out otherwise on humans, our bodies and functions are not the same as an animal’s. If it is not effective and is continuing to be used in labs, it makes one wonder if those labs are committing a crime of animal cruelty. Animal testing is legal in the United States, although if there is no progress and animals are still suffering, by definition, is a felony or jail time, guilty of animal cruelty. As stated by the Animal Welfare Act, “A federal law that addresses the standard of care animals receive at research facilities. Yet it excludes roughly 95% of the animals tested upon (such as rats, mice, birds, fish, and reptiles) and provides only minimal protection for the rest. Labs are not required to report non-AWA protected animals (Animal Testing and the Law). Animals are meant to be loved and enjoy their life not to be spent in a laboratory to barley benefit the beauty that society strives for. Animal testing is lifelong unnecessary excruciating pain for those animals whom did nothing to deserve such treatment. They deserve to have rights to protect them, they deserve to have a strong voice to speak for them since they cannot, they deserve respect for their …show more content…
From antibiotics to blood transfusions, from dialysis to organ transplantation, from vaccinations to chemotherapy, is based on knowledge attained through research with lab animals(Pro-Test). Without animal testing, there would have been hundreds of medicine and treatment let out to the public without the proper testing beforehand. This could have led to catastrophic events of panic and major lawsuits. It has been the reason for many breakthroughs in medicine for over a decade and continues to do so. The animals that suffer is a small price to pay for the great aids they give to the public and a healthier overall society. The projection of medical research has greatly helped the humans though years of testing. An example of animal testing furthering medical research is, “Only by 1940 was enough penicillin available for testing. Eight mice were infected with a deadly dose of 110 million streptococci bacteria. One hour later, four of them were injected with penicillin. These survived but the untreated ones died. Florey said, “It looks like a miracle” (SpeakofResearch). Penicillin is one of the major medicines used to cure countless sicknesses this would not have been made possible without the help of animals.