I am Patricia Morris, a student at Granada Hills Charter High School in southern California. I have a project to research and present an injustice that I am passionate about. Because of my love of animals and science, I chose animal experimentation as my topic. As I researched, I was inspired to fight for every living creatures’ right to quality of life. I have decided to help spread awareness of the dangers of animal testing, and to convince others to likewise push for change.
In animal testing, the animals are forced to endure excruciating pain on hot plates to test pain medication, have their eyes held open for days to test for eye irritation, and suffer in many other horrible ways (“Animal Testing”). Though many people think that animals …show more content…
Tens of millions of animals are put through these dangerous experiments per year. ("Animals in Science/Research."). However, in an interview by Humane Research Australia, Dr. Andre Menache stated that the differences between animal and human biology are too great for the experiments to be relevant, stating “If we rely on animals to predict human response, we will get the right answer 33% of the time.” With products, especially ones that can hurt or even kill people, there should be ninety five to one hundred percent certainty on the safety, not thirty three percent. As such, animal experiments are not safe or reliable enough to be used as much as they are …show more content…
However, they do not work, and they just disappoint those affected by the diseases when they do not help. They can also harm the patients with side effects that were not seen in the animal experiments, sometimes even leading to the deaths of the patients ("Why Animal Experiments Are Not Necessary"). Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany puts it as “Humans just aren’t mice,” so people cannot expect the “cures” that work for mice to work for
In animal testing, the animals are forced to endure excruciating pain on hot plates to test pain medication, have their eyes held open for days to test for eye irritation, and suffer in many other horrible ways (“Animal Testing”). Though many people think that animals …show more content…
Tens of millions of animals are put through these dangerous experiments per year. ("Animals in Science/Research."). However, in an interview by Humane Research Australia, Dr. Andre Menache stated that the differences between animal and human biology are too great for the experiments to be relevant, stating “If we rely on animals to predict human response, we will get the right answer 33% of the time.” With products, especially ones that can hurt or even kill people, there should be ninety five to one hundred percent certainty on the safety, not thirty three percent. As such, animal experiments are not safe or reliable enough to be used as much as they are …show more content…
However, they do not work, and they just disappoint those affected by the diseases when they do not help. They can also harm the patients with side effects that were not seen in the animal experiments, sometimes even leading to the deaths of the patients ("Why Animal Experiments Are Not Necessary"). Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany puts it as “Humans just aren’t mice,” so people cannot expect the “cures” that work for mice to work for