Persuasive Essay On Stop Animal Testing Pros And Cons

Do you have a pet at home? If so have you ever considered animals just like your pet and many others being used for medical research to help create medicine that will keep you healthy? You may not know it but animals are more than just a man's best friend. Imagine living in a world where illnesses plagued everyone and advancements in medicine was scarce. The number of people dying everyday grew out of control. That's what the world would be like if animals weren't used in research. "Sixty-five percent of all animals are used for testing" (Save The Animals: Stop Animal Testing). That may not sound like a lot to some but to me that makes a huge difference. When it comes to scientific and medical research, animals definitely have our back. Animals are used to help find the cure for top diseases in America. “The benefits of using animals research is that Polio is now …show more content…
Some of them arguments get started by people saying that the animals get hurt or killed in the process of the test. When animals get used for research scientist aren’t guaranteeing that the animal is going to be alive after testing. Another con of animal testing is that not all of the things are used after they are done testing on the animal. There has been many medicines that have been tested on animals that are not FDA approved. When animals get tested it’s not only harmful to the animal but it is very expensive. The United States spend at least sixteen billion dollars every year for animal testing. Where do they get the money to do so you may ask? They get the money from taxpayers. It’s not fair to the animals that go through this testing. Animals have the same qualities humans do they have feelings and they feel pain. The only difference between a human and an animal is that humans can talk to tell you to stop. Animals can’t talk so they are being tortured. Testing on animals should be considered animal