Animal Testing Persuasive Essay

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (Mahatma Gandhi). Scientists have been using animals for biomedical research for centuries. They provide a source to get information scientists can not get without harming humans. A lot of debate is spread about whether it is good or bad. Animal experimentation is a controversial topic because it is helpful to humans, but it is also cruel and inhumane.

Do you know that the lipstick that we use to make ourselves look better but blinded millions of innocent animals? Do you know that the perfume we use to make ourselves smell better but poisoned millions of innocent animals? Do you know that the medicine we had to make ourselves feel better but killed millions of innocent animals? Animal testing is the ‘ugly secret of beauty industry’ and ‘darkness portion in medical field’.

Throughout history, animal experimentation has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefits. However, what many people tend to forget are the millions of animals that are tortured or killed during the process of these painful, deadly experiments. Many people seem to misunderstand animal nature and the laboratory procedures and techniques that are executed on the animals. The procedures are cruel, unreliable, and harmful. Luckily there are more humane alternatives that have also proved to be less expensive.

Over the centuries, humankind has made incredible advancements in every field. Scientists have been able to document the history of the world without a single consistent writing system. They have gone to great lengths to finally prove evolution. Scientists have gained great knowledge, but some of this knowledge came at great cost to the innocent creatures of this planet. These creatures are being tortured and experimented on just because they are not human and somehow that makes them less important. There are alternatives to this behavior. The better path is not always easiest, but it will end this monster humankind created.

Isolated, "confined in small, bare cages", alone, their "dull and blank" eyes showed the loss of hope. Do these animals deserve this? Do they deserve to be torn away from their families just to be "locked away, innocent of crime, into solitary confinement" and tested on just so we can have all of these new cosmetic products that we already have a sufficient amount of. Do we need more shampoos or do we have enough? I am aware there are tests used to advance in medical research and I believe that this is acceptable but, the tests performed should be effectuated only if it will make progress. However, the tests being done for cosmetic usage are unnecessary, capitalistic, and inhumane.

Imagine, you are in an animal lab and there are scientists all around you. Now these people are not your friends. They put you in cages where you stay. Now they have shots that they give you every day. You never know what is going to happen to you next. You could throw up, get a disease, a horrible rash, and much more.

Every year, a total of one million children die from pneumonia. If you multiply that number by one hundred, you will have the number of animals that suffer painful deaths due to medical experimentation in U.S. laboratories each year. This number includes animals of all types, from mice and rats to fish and birds. These animals are typically used because of tradition rather than actual scientific reasoning, making their deaths all the more cruel. Animal experimentation is not only unethical, but ineffective and expensive. It should be phased out and replaced with technological alternatives.

Imagine just waking up one day being stripped of your home, children, food and everything you own. You’re in the dark and all of a sudden these bright, intense, fluorescent lights flick on. A very large, unfamiliar looking menacing figure approaches you and prods you with needles and all sorts of drugs. Your barely fed and you're stuck here for the rest of your life. Now what if I told you that already happens today in the year 2017. These “people” i'm talking about are poor defenseless animals that have to go through these horrible conditions every day just for an experiment that might not even work. All animal testing should be banned, even if such testings would save human lives because, the process is painful, you’re endangering a species and haven't all cruel despicable nations tested on not only humans but also animals.

People from all around the world may think they are different compared to others in other countries. If they believe so, they are wrong. Countries like India, Japan, and the United States are homes to millions of people. With the large amount of people living in these countries. There must be problems within the country as well.

(Allusion) These animals are forced to live in their own personal hell (Metaphor) where they are used in different experiments and are often subject to forced feeding and inhalation in addition to being deprived of water and food for prolonged periods of time. They are restrained and burned so that scientists can study the healing process of wounds, while the pain they feel is to study the effects of remedies. Would you want to be restrained while scientists inject you with strange substances, or pour liquids in your eyes and spread creams on you? (Rhetorical Q) According to PETA (Allusion), more than 100 million animals are used every year in unnecessary, cruel and unreliable experiments (Repetition of key point) such as drug, food, chemical and cosmetic tests but exact numbers can not be provided because 95% of all the animals used are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. This act minimally protects live or dead cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, monkeys or hamsters but does not protect birds, mice, rats and farm animals used for food and other purposes. The act regulates transportation and housing of the animals but it does not regulate the actual experiments, which allows the scientists to do unnecessary tests on the animals without getting in any

According to Professor Paul Furlong, “the anatomic, metabolic, and cellular between animals and people make animals poor models for human beings (Animal Testing - ProCon.org). This means that even though animals and humans are very similar, they are also very different. They have different cells that react to different chemicals and release different hormones than what it does to humans. Their bodies react differently to different tests. Maybe the company tests the product on a “dud” animal, and the product ends up killing the animal. And what if the animal dies later and the company thinks that the product is safe to put on the shelf? What if the product gets put on the shelf and ends up harming a bunch of people? Then the company will most likely get sued and they will probably go out of business. Which leads me to me second point is that even though a drug passes the animal test, doesn’t exactly mean that it’s safe for humans to use. In the 1950’s, there was this sleeping pill that basically killed 100,000 babies because the pill was tested on animals prior

Peta is bad, your opinion is wrong, and the animals should die for science. Hold on, give me a sec,* clears throat* angry mob, put the torches and the pitchforks down, it's a joke. Clickbait and controversy aside, back in the space race animal testing was completely necessary. Many people disagree with this topic, and that's ok. Now that the angry mob has settled down a bit, let me tell you why animal testing was necessary during the space race. “Was the testing even necessary? Is winning the space race even important? And how will this help us as a nation?” Most people didn’t and still don’t think of these questions. They think, “NASA, the smartest and most responsible people on our planet are killing animals for science? Not on my

They risk the lives of baby animals by testing on pregnant animals. If there is a chance a product will cause cancer, it just shouldn’t be tested because it is risking the lives of animals. Many people say animal testing has provided research and testing to save humans. All the tests performed on animals have led to research that has conserved the lives of many sick humans. However, animal testing may save the lives of some humans, it is also torturing and killing many animals in the meantime.

Majority of Americans have a clear and very strong opinion when discussing the death penalty, regardless of their side of the argument they stand on. Those who support this penalty claim that it serves as a disincentive to crime and that rightful justice is being executed or that it is more cost effective to execute the death penalty rather than a criminal serve a “life without parole” sentence. Personally, I feel that the death penalty is an ineffective, morally wrong punishment that does more harm than good to society. The objective of the death penalty is supposedly supposed to serve as a deterrent to others wo are contemplating committing the same crime or similar crime. In countries other than the U.S., for example, disprove this. In the countries, where the death penalty doesn’t exist, murders and other violent crimes that “deserve” the death penalty are at a much lower rate than in the United States. True, it seems redundant nevertheless, the evidence is clear.

Observation and experimentation are how we as humans have been able to learn more about ourselves and the world and universe we live in. One of the most common methods of experimentation is animal testing. However, there are controversies surrounding animal testing. There are some that believe animal testing to be cruel and overdone, advocating for the eradication of the practice and further reliance alternative research methods. Groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and other animal rights advocates fall in this category. There are some that believe animal testing to be an invaluable resource and should continue, such as some scientists and research groups. However, there appears to me to be a consensus that is closer to the middle: the belief and understanding that while there are benefits to animal testing, there are flaws in the practice and there should be changes to increase its efficacy while we simultaneously explore alternate testing methods. Many scientists and the National Institute of Health (NIH) subscribe to this idea. I aim to explore the benefits, problems, and implications of animal testing in order to reach a more informed conclusion about a position that is most validated by the information I have used.