Monsters We Created: Animal Testing

Monsters We Created - Animal Testing Universally, animal testing has a famous reputation known for things like medicinal production and (mainly) cosmetic purposes; however, while these experiments may make humans look more beautiful and attractive, the animals’ treatment in these experiments looks horribly ugly in comparison. People have disputed the controversy of animal testing for many years, mainly questioning the morals of animal experimentation or trying to justify it. For the most part, advancing into animal testing has shown itself as a great mistake for humanity and continues to cause unnecessary animal suffering. New technologies offer many alternatives to animal testing and after all these years, we should begin trying these methods …show more content…
This quote explains animal testing perfectly; “Many cosmetic companies test their new products and ingredients by forcing rabbits, hamsters, and mice, among others, to endure horrific practices such as breathing in poisonous fumes or having lethal chemicals poured into their eyes and rubbed into their skin”(Natasha Cole, Cruelty Free Cosmetics). Many supporters of animal testing will argue that it can have positive outcomes, however, humanity uses it in vain ways. This makes it especially wrong because humans are treating animals cruelly and inhumanely mostly to look attractive. Continuing on about cosmetic testing on animals: “Animal testing for cosmetics is an outdated practice and does not provide the most reliable results regarding the safety, performance, or possible reactions that cosmetic products or ingredients could have in a person” (Natasha Cole, Cruelty Free Cosmetics). The reason to continue these means of testing on animals proves to be no longer relevant because easier and more reliable ways of testing do indeed exist. Also, an animal will never be a more reliable source than humans because each person reacts differently to cosmetics, making animal testing wrong by moral standards. Knowing this, testing cosmetics on animals is a very selfish thing for humanity to do and just proves that testing on …show more content…
This quote describes such benefits: “Because scientists experimented with research animals, vaccines were developed, new medical and surgical techniques were perfected, diseases were cured, extending our lives and alleviating incalculable amounts of human suffering” (Wesley J. Smith, The Grim Good of Animal Research). People’s lives improved greatly because of medicine through these experiments. The only cost of this experimentation included many animals’ lives; however, it did save human lives, for these animals’ had not died without a cause. Yet, the amount of time and money this testing accounted for did not equal out with the lives saved: “Animal experiments prolong the suffering of people waiting for effective cures by misleading experimenters and squandering precious money, time, and resources that could have been spent on human-relevant research” (Wesley J. Smith, The Grim Good of Animal Research). Animal research tends to take a large amount of time, money, and other resources due to the fact that it takes trials to confirm and reconfirm the results. Lifesaving drugs and medication could come out even faster if scientists tested on humans rather than animals because of the difference in human and animal body chemistry. Considering this, animal testing cannot be justified by the fact that it has saved many human