Why Is Animal Testing Unnecessary

Animal testing has brought us many results as to how safe a product is to use. However, is it really the best way to go when it comes to product testing? Animal testing can not only be harmful to the animals, but can also be unnecessary. Though humans and other animals have things in common, we also have many differences. Therefore, animal testing is cruel and harmful, unnecessary, and not justified.

Animal testing is not only harmful to the animals, but cruel. In the article Results from Research on Animals Are Not Valid When Applied to Humans, it says, “animals in laboratories are frequently treated as objects that can be manipulated at will, with little value for their lives beyond the cost of purchase.” this shows that the animals that are being tested are treated with disrespect, and are not properly cared for. Another reason that it is cruel is that “In most cases, researchers attempt to minimize the pain and distress experienced by animals in laboratories, but suffering is nonetheless inherent as animals are held in sterile, isolated cages, forced to suffer disease and injury, or euthanised at the end of the study.” as stated in the same …show more content…
In Results from Research on Animals Are Not Results Valid when Applied to Humans, it says, “...Subtle differences between humans and animals in terms of our physiology, anatomy, and metabolism make it difficult to apply data derived from animal studies to human conditions.” This means that since humans are different from other animals, effects that animals have from tests can be completely different then the effects that humans have. Animal testing is sometimes accepted simply because people believe it is in necessary to improve human health. In Medical Testing on Animals Is Cruel and Unnecessary, it states “The reality is that the majority of animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health, and the value of the role that