Animal Research
Marisa Moomaw
March 4, 2014
Professor Nordling
English 112-2 HOM
Animal Testing
One of the worst feelings in the world is being tortured and not knowing why it is being done. Imagine if animals could talk, do you think that animal testing would still be done? Of course because of animal testing some various things have been discovered, but is it worth putting these animals through torture over and over again? Personally I think that animal testing is wrong, and in most cases a waste of money because it can take multiple tries and animals just for one experiment.
Everyone has a right to life according to the Declaration of Human Rights and I think that this should be applied to animals as well. It is horrible to torture a human being, but it is even worse to harm an animal. Animals have no say, and can’t comprehend what is going on so I imagine that any animal going through an experiment is very frightened. “There is no doubt that animals experience life, certainly the vertebrates, and possible others. Like us, animals can feel pain and fear, but also excitement and satisfaction.” (Animal Liberation) This just goes to prove that just because an animal can’t express through words that it is in pain doesn’t mean that the animal is experiencing torture at all. Every single experiment from injecting medicine with unknown side effects, to sticking them with needles; they feel it all. Of course more people tend to care more about dogs, cats, or rabbits but animals that people don’t seem to care much about like mice still deserve a chance. What I don’t understand is why they do experiments on animals. For example, why inject medicine into a dog, which would be used for a human? How can we be sure that just because side effects don’t show up on a dog doesn’t mean it won’t on a human?
Throughout the years it has become more known that animal testing does not work, but why continue to still do it? How is it safe humans to take drugs that are approved by being
March 4, 2014
Professor Nordling
English 112-2 HOM
Animal Testing
One of the worst feelings in the world is being tortured and not knowing why it is being done. Imagine if animals could talk, do you think that animal testing would still be done? Of course because of animal testing some various things have been discovered, but is it worth putting these animals through torture over and over again? Personally I think that animal testing is wrong, and in most cases a waste of money because it can take multiple tries and animals just for one experiment.
Everyone has a right to life according to the Declaration of Human Rights and I think that this should be applied to animals as well. It is horrible to torture a human being, but it is even worse to harm an animal. Animals have no say, and can’t comprehend what is going on so I imagine that any animal going through an experiment is very frightened. “There is no doubt that animals experience life, certainly the vertebrates, and possible others. Like us, animals can feel pain and fear, but also excitement and satisfaction.” (Animal Liberation) This just goes to prove that just because an animal can’t express through words that it is in pain doesn’t mean that the animal is experiencing torture at all. Every single experiment from injecting medicine with unknown side effects, to sticking them with needles; they feel it all. Of course more people tend to care more about dogs, cats, or rabbits but animals that people don’t seem to care much about like mice still deserve a chance. What I don’t understand is why they do experiments on animals. For example, why inject medicine into a dog, which would be used for a human? How can we be sure that just because side effects don’t show up on a dog doesn’t mean it won’t on a human?
Throughout the years it has become more known that animal testing does not work, but why continue to still do it? How is it safe humans to take drugs that are approved by being