It was the summer of 1981, when PETA's (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization in the world) founder, Alex Pacheco, discovered something unbearable to comprehend. While trying to get experience in a laboratory at the Institute of Behavioral Research, Pacheco went undercover to understand the experience without having the bias of the other scientists knowing the company that he is from. The information he found will change the future of not only the Institute of Behavioral Research, but also the way people view laboratories world wide.
While undercover, Alex Pacheco discovered cruel and unusual treatment of the animals tested in the laboratory. According to PETA, “The monkeys were subjected to debilitating …show more content…
These monkeys were torchered by scientists, for the good of humans. The animals humanity is not in mind, only the selfishness of the scientists. Scientists using animals to test their products or medications use the excuse that there is no other alternative methods for testing. “Microdosing, the administering of doses too small to cause adverse reactions, can be used in human volunteers, whose blood is then analyzed. Artificial human skin, such as the commercially available products EpiDerm and ThinCert, is made from sheets of human skin cells grown in test tubes or plastic wells and can produce more useful results than testing chemicals on animal skin.” (ProCon) This breakthrough in scientific studies will help protect animals, and allow the subjects being tested, to have the opportunity to volunteer instead of being forced into horrible conditions such as the PETA case, “In one experiment, monkeys were kept immobile in a dark chamber made out of a converted refrigerator and then repeatedly shocked until they finally used their …show more content…
The living conditions of the monkeys were very inhuman, having them in small wire cages full of feces and urine and very unsanitary. “Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing” (ProCon). There are alternatives to using animals for testing and putting them in harm. This experiment led to many movements to help save animals in this situation. Animals do not deserve to be put through terrible experiments just for the good of
While undercover, Alex Pacheco discovered cruel and unusual treatment of the animals tested in the laboratory. According to PETA, “The monkeys were subjected to debilitating …show more content…
These monkeys were torchered by scientists, for the good of humans. The animals humanity is not in mind, only the selfishness of the scientists. Scientists using animals to test their products or medications use the excuse that there is no other alternative methods for testing. “Microdosing, the administering of doses too small to cause adverse reactions, can be used in human volunteers, whose blood is then analyzed. Artificial human skin, such as the commercially available products EpiDerm and ThinCert, is made from sheets of human skin cells grown in test tubes or plastic wells and can produce more useful results than testing chemicals on animal skin.” (ProCon) This breakthrough in scientific studies will help protect animals, and allow the subjects being tested, to have the opportunity to volunteer instead of being forced into horrible conditions such as the PETA case, “In one experiment, monkeys were kept immobile in a dark chamber made out of a converted refrigerator and then repeatedly shocked until they finally used their …show more content…
The living conditions of the monkeys were very inhuman, having them in small wire cages full of feces and urine and very unsanitary. “Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing” (ProCon). There are alternatives to using animals for testing and putting them in harm. This experiment led to many movements to help save animals in this situation. Animals do not deserve to be put through terrible experiments just for the good of