Say Goodbye to Animal Experimentation
“Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year” (11 Facts). Testing on animals is scientifically known as vivisection and it is used for a number of reasons. Verifying the safety of products meant for human use is one of the reasons for animal experimentation. Products requiring animal testing are cosmetic, personal care, household, chemicals, and medical devices. Vivisection is also used to develop new medical treatments that may be beneficial to some patients. Another main reason for animal testing is to determine the toxicity of medications. Although many animals such as dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, pigs, sheep and monkeys are used; birds, mice, and rats are …show more content…
The AWA prohibits the experimentation on certain animals such as, any living or deceased dog, cat, monkey, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or any other warm blooded animal. With that said, it does not prohibit any bird, rats, mice, cold-blooded animals, or farm animals. “Up to 90% of animals used in U.S. labs are not counted in the official statistics of animals tested” (11 Facts). Animal testing should be illegal because it is cruel and inhumane, there are alternative methods, and animals are poor test subjects.
Animal experimentation often displays cruel and inhumane behavior. As stated previously, there are regulations made by the AWA on animal testing. However, these regulations are limited and quite broad. The animals who are allowed to be experimented on have little to no protection from the harmful ways of the laboratories. The AWA covers the housing and the transportation of the animals, but it does not control the procedures that are done. Also, the animal is excused from all regulations during the experimentation. Although, the AWA requires that any research facility must have a …show more content…
Since animals testing is cruel, unreliable, and expensive, there are proven substitute methods. In vitro testing is the main alternative to vivisection. Cell cultures can be studied in a petri dish and have proven to be more effective because the cells that are used are human cells. The human cells are grown in a highly advanced laboratory to closely replicate the the structure and function of the human body and its organs. The cells are placed into chips that can then be used for testing. The chip can be used for disease research, toxicity level determination, and drug testing. The grown human cells on the chip have been proven to be more identical to the physiology, drug responses, and diseases of the human body. Other products have been created with these chips by some companies to replace animal experimentation. There have been cell-based tests and tissue models to determine the safety of chemicals and products. A method to determine human allergic reactions has displayed effective results by using a skin model that compares to the characteristics of human skin. Researchers developed ways to test human blood cells to discover how certain drugs would react upon entering the body. An alternative to animal testing is also computer modeling. Computer models have been created to replicate human biology and diseases. Researchers have found that these models can accurately determine how
“Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year” (11 Facts). Testing on animals is scientifically known as vivisection and it is used for a number of reasons. Verifying the safety of products meant for human use is one of the reasons for animal experimentation. Products requiring animal testing are cosmetic, personal care, household, chemicals, and medical devices. Vivisection is also used to develop new medical treatments that may be beneficial to some patients. Another main reason for animal testing is to determine the toxicity of medications. Although many animals such as dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, pigs, sheep and monkeys are used; birds, mice, and rats are …show more content…
The AWA prohibits the experimentation on certain animals such as, any living or deceased dog, cat, monkey, guinea pig, hamster, rabbit, or any other warm blooded animal. With that said, it does not prohibit any bird, rats, mice, cold-blooded animals, or farm animals. “Up to 90% of animals used in U.S. labs are not counted in the official statistics of animals tested” (11 Facts). Animal testing should be illegal because it is cruel and inhumane, there are alternative methods, and animals are poor test subjects.
Animal experimentation often displays cruel and inhumane behavior. As stated previously, there are regulations made by the AWA on animal testing. However, these regulations are limited and quite broad. The animals who are allowed to be experimented on have little to no protection from the harmful ways of the laboratories. The AWA covers the housing and the transportation of the animals, but it does not control the procedures that are done. Also, the animal is excused from all regulations during the experimentation. Although, the AWA requires that any research facility must have a …show more content…
Since animals testing is cruel, unreliable, and expensive, there are proven substitute methods. In vitro testing is the main alternative to vivisection. Cell cultures can be studied in a petri dish and have proven to be more effective because the cells that are used are human cells. The human cells are grown in a highly advanced laboratory to closely replicate the the structure and function of the human body and its organs. The cells are placed into chips that can then be used for testing. The chip can be used for disease research, toxicity level determination, and drug testing. The grown human cells on the chip have been proven to be more identical to the physiology, drug responses, and diseases of the human body. Other products have been created with these chips by some companies to replace animal experimentation. There have been cell-based tests and tissue models to determine the safety of chemicals and products. A method to determine human allergic reactions has displayed effective results by using a skin model that compares to the characteristics of human skin. Researchers developed ways to test human blood cells to discover how certain drugs would react upon entering the body. An alternative to animal testing is also computer modeling. Computer models have been created to replicate human biology and diseases. Researchers have found that these models can accurately determine how