Animal Testing Informative Essay
Informative Writing
Anirudh Ahuja
9G
Pathways World School
Topic: Animal Experimentation
More than 100 million animals are poisoned, burned, crippled and abused in other ways in U.S labs each year. None of the experiments which are performed are illegal, no matter how cruel it is. Even when alternatives besides animals are available, the law doesn’t require that they should be used. 92 percent of animals of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human trials because they don’t work or are too dangerous.
Most of the animals used in animal research include dogs, cats, sheep, hamsters, guinea pigs, and primates. 1.5 million animals were used according to research in 2002. 1.4 million mammals besides rats and …show more content…
It happened when he was 5 weeks old during a raid on April 20th, 1985 by Animal Liberation Front (ALF). The ALF made a video of their raid and of Britches’ condition when they found him. As a result of the publicity since the release of the video by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) the university had stopped allowing baby monkey’s eyes to be sewn shut.
There have also been many protests against animal testing. Animal testing has had a long history. They have been there nearly since the 1960’s, but have decreased past these several years. The reason is that many of the more aggressive protesters have been arrested from which many of them were put behind bars, and the others on probation.
Some groups have made beliefs which are against animal experimentation. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) believes that animal suffering is equivalent to human suffering. This means that a rat is no different than a person. PETA quotes “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any way”. PETA is the largest animal rights association in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters. What PETA does is that it focuses on 4 major areas in which animals are abused: Factory farms, in clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue,
Anirudh Ahuja
9G
Pathways World School
Topic: Animal Experimentation
More than 100 million animals are poisoned, burned, crippled and abused in other ways in U.S labs each year. None of the experiments which are performed are illegal, no matter how cruel it is. Even when alternatives besides animals are available, the law doesn’t require that they should be used. 92 percent of animals of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human trials because they don’t work or are too dangerous.
Most of the animals used in animal research include dogs, cats, sheep, hamsters, guinea pigs, and primates. 1.5 million animals were used according to research in 2002. 1.4 million mammals besides rats and …show more content…
It happened when he was 5 weeks old during a raid on April 20th, 1985 by Animal Liberation Front (ALF). The ALF made a video of their raid and of Britches’ condition when they found him. As a result of the publicity since the release of the video by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) the university had stopped allowing baby monkey’s eyes to be sewn shut.
There have also been many protests against animal testing. Animal testing has had a long history. They have been there nearly since the 1960’s, but have decreased past these several years. The reason is that many of the more aggressive protesters have been arrested from which many of them were put behind bars, and the others on probation.
Some groups have made beliefs which are against animal experimentation. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) believes that animal suffering is equivalent to human suffering. This means that a rat is no different than a person. PETA quotes “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any way”. PETA is the largest animal rights association in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters. What PETA does is that it focuses on 4 major areas in which animals are abused: Factory farms, in clothing trade, in laboratories, and in the entertainment industry. PETA works through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue,