Alvarez 1
Anthony Alvarez
English 1A
09/28/2012
Animal Testing Right or Wrong? The number of animals killed each year in the United States, is from 17 million to 70 million animals. Even though, the Animal Welfare Act states laboratories must report the number of animals used in experiments; mice, birds, and rats are not included in this number over all. According to the Society of Animals, these animals are used in 80 to 90 percent of all animal testing. Animal testing may not directly affect people each day or be an issue on everyone’s minds, yet the actions are done daily affects those for and against animal testing. This has been a worldwide issue and an ongoing battle for decades. The practice of testing on animals has been around since scientist started creating more medicines. There are so many reasons why people and organizations want animal testing to be changed or even stopped. People of all nations and religions stand differently on this topic. People don’t think about it very often, but when they do or hear more about it and what goes on with it all, it should make them realize all of the sick things they do to these poor little innocent animals. Therefore animal testing should be banned. A group that is against animal testing is the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Their main claim is “Animals are not ours to eat, wear experiment on, or use for
Alvarez 2 entertainment”. PETA states animals used in experiments are free roaming animals, like frogs, birds, pigs and sheep, because the public will see them with less compassion for being less cute PETA believes more educated people is the key to help and save these helpless animals. Another claim against animal testing is the numerous cases where medicines passed by the FDA that posed no threat to animals, caused serious side effects on humans, forcing the items be withdrawn. That just clearly shows people that animals are not exactly the same as human beings and might react differently to certain medicines.
There are many companies that are trying to stop animal testing. The Body Shop just being one, a popular worldwide franchise; opposes cosmetic animal testing. They claim there are so many alternatives in which a good company may employ instead of doing testing on animals. The Body Shop’s products state the company’s “Against Animal Testing” (AAT) stance. They have an “AAT policy and the annual compliance checks they run involving all our suppliers worldwide are also subjected to independent review” They claim companies can avoid animal testing by not buying ingredients or other products from suppliers that test on animals. The Body Shop encourages
different ways. Issues related to animal experimentation are commonly debated in society, since each year lots of animals are hurt and killed in laboratories. Testing on animals is a very controversial topic. Some scientists see the benefits of testing on animals, but there are also some who see that testing chemicals on animals is not necessary since there are alternative methods. Many reasons can be explained behind the fact that animals are constantly used for testing. Isn’t cruel to harm helpless…
Using animals in research and to test the safety of products has been a topic of heated debate for decades. According to data collected by F. Barbara Orlans for her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, sixty percent of all animals used in testing are used in biomedical research and product-safety testing (62). People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques…
How many of you have pets at home? Now, how would you feel if your pet was kept in a small cage without interaction with other animals? What if researchers shaved your pets fur off and then doused them with harsh chemicals to see if their skin will blister and burn? Or if you had a rabbit and chemicals were poured into his eyes to test the irritancy of the chemical? (Rhetorical Question). The chemicals burn like fire. (Simile). Remember that your rabbit does not have tear ducts and cannot wash the…
methods using animals. Many major discoveries have changed the medical field including antibiotics, insulin, vaccines for polio and cervical cancer; but there has been controversy on how these discoveries have been made. Many people believe that it is essential to use animals to research different drugs or chemicals to find the cause or cure to a disease, to make sure that the drug or cure is safe to use before it is tested on humans, and many people do not want to risk their lives testing an unknown…
The number of animals killed each year in the United States alone varies between 17 and 70 million. The Animal Welfare Act (ACA) states that laboratories must report the number of animals used in experiments; yet mice, birds, and rats are not included in this figure. These animals are used in 80 to 90 percent of all animal testing. Because of this, it is impossible to calculate the exact number of animals used in such experiments (PETA, 5). Animal testing might not directly affect ordinary people…
Animal testing has been going on for far too long. Whether it is to test a new cosmetic or develop another medication, scientists have used animals as a way of testing out new drugs and products before they are used on humans. Each year animals are blinded, force-fed, genetically altered, injured and more. They are kept in tiny, uncomfortable cages just to test something new. These innocent animals are hurt for science and the results might not even hold true for humans. While some may think that…
Animal Testing Every year, 20 million animals are mutilated, blinded, scalded, force fed chemicals, genetically manipulated, hurt and killed for research and science. Three fourths of these animals die for medical purposes and the rest are killed for tests on various products. Mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, cats, and other animals are used for these cruel tests. Animal testing first started in the 1800’s for creating vaccines for children. The animals they tested on were monkeys, mice,…
Animal Testing “According to the US-based Foundation for Biomedical Research, 'animal research has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance of the last century - for both human and veterinary health.” (Kristina Cook 2006). There are so many drugs have been made possible through the research done on animals. Animal testing made great benefits on human life and medical research, not only on the length of our lives but also the quality of our lives. This essay will provide some examples…
Ethical Dilemma One ethical dilemma retained my attention. We saw briefly during class a subject regarding animal testing for medical purposes. Should be allowed to test medical purposes on animal rather than human being? From Wikipedia, in the United Kingdom there are approximately 45-70 millions cats and 40 millions dogs. It is also estimated that 3,000 cats and dogs are born every day and 4,000 rats every hour (derelictlondon.com). In other words, I would rather say that if one dies spontaneously…
2014 English 1301 Dr. Lopez Animal Testing “Every day in countries around the world, animals are fighting for their lives, these are mutilated and confined to tiny cages so that we can kill them in outdated product tests for cosmetics, personal-care products, and household-cleaning products. These animals are burned, blinded, poisoned, electrocuted, strangled, and tested on all in the name of “science”’ stated by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (1). Animals are abused and mistreated on…