Animal Testing: Necessary Or Inhumane?

Imagine a dark place lined with cold metal cages, almost like a jail cell. Shivering animals in those crates wait in fear, hunger, and pain for their next operation. They have no way to escape. This is their lives- every day they wait in agony only to be taken into labs to be poked, prodded, stabbed, hit, and grabbed. Living in the conditions that they do: compact cages with limited amounts of food and water- the animals develop mental disorders. These animals didn’t ask for this. These animals just want to be loved. These animals don’t have a choice. An intimidating figure dressed in a long white coat emerges from the dark, the sound of their footsteps echoing off of the bare walls. Instantly, the animals jump at the sound. They know the torture that they must soon endure. A crate door squeaks open and an animal is grabbed violently by the hands, the human having no concern for how the animal feels. The animal resists, struggling to loosen the grip and run away. However, there is nowhere to run. The animal is taken to a lab, knowingly waiting for the abuse he must endure. The rest of the animals know that they are safe; for now. This may seem deranged and inhumane. But this is a reality of so many animals used for testing and research.