On average, about 26 million animals are taken and used as little test subjects for big corporations to test their possibly harmful, and occasionally lethal, products before they release them to the public's use. This testing on animals began in 500 B.C and many corporations that participate in it see no harm, and have absolutely no intentions of stopping it anytime soon. There are many people that think testing these possibly dangerous products on innocent animals is not a big deal, but this paper will inform the public with some statistics and also give you the writer's perspective on why animal testing is wrong. One thing that is very arguable when talking about whether testing on these creatures should be approved, and continue or
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When the animals come to a testing laboratory, they are subjected to many things that will horrify you to imagine, but this paper will go into detail about what they endure so you can have a clear view of what happens to these animals. When these animals are taken to the laboratory for testing, they are commonly subjected to force feeding by tubes and needles, are forced to breathe a certain type of gas that can permanently alter them, and even be deprived of food and water for days while these experiments go on. Not only do they have to go through these things everyday, but they also undergo long periods of physical restraint, infliction or burns and other, sometimes serious wounds so that the corporations that are testing on them can examine the healing processes of these animals. Neck-breaking, decapitation, and infliction of pain, to study effects and medicine remedies are also very common. The draize eye test is also commonly used by cosmetic companies to evaluate irritation caused by shampoos, which involves rabbits being incapacitated with their eyelids held open by metal clamps. The time that these rabbits have to stay here with their eyelids open, with absolutely no availability to blinking, can range from a few hours, to a week before the testing is stopped. The commonly used LD50 (lethal dose 50) is where they find out how high of a dosage of a chemical can be administered before it kills 50 percent of the test subjects. In the 1950s, the sleeping pill called thalidomide, was tested on several pregnant mothers or various animal species before it was released, and once released, the effects were horrible. This product being released into the market caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe, and life altering deformities.
When the animals come to a testing laboratory, they are subjected to many things that will horrify you to imagine, but this paper will go into detail about what they endure so you can have a clear view of what happens to these animals. When these animals are taken to the laboratory for testing, they are commonly subjected to force feeding by tubes and needles, are forced to breathe a certain type of gas that can permanently alter them, and even be deprived of food and water for days while these experiments go on. Not only do they have to go through these things everyday, but they also undergo long periods of physical restraint, infliction or burns and other, sometimes serious wounds so that the corporations that are testing on them can examine the healing processes of these animals. Neck-breaking, decapitation, and infliction of pain, to study effects and medicine remedies are also very common. The draize eye test is also commonly used by cosmetic companies to evaluate irritation caused by shampoos, which involves rabbits being incapacitated with their eyelids held open by metal clamps. The time that these rabbits have to stay here with their eyelids open, with absolutely no availability to blinking, can range from a few hours, to a week before the testing is stopped. The commonly used LD50 (lethal dose 50) is where they find out how high of a dosage of a chemical can be administered before it kills 50 percent of the test subjects. In the 1950s, the sleeping pill called thalidomide, was tested on several pregnant mothers or various animal species before it was released, and once released, the effects were horrible. This product being released into the market caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe, and life altering deformities.