Every year since the 20th century, researchers have been conducting toxicity tests on millions of animals to estimate the safety of products and chemicals before it is available for human use. Animals such as cats, dogs, mice, monkeys, and several other species are placed in artificial environments, like laboratories and medical schools to possibly undergo surgeries or other procedures. Scientists use animals to test chemicals, medicines, cosmetics, and many more products. They suffer from pain, torment, and loneliness every day. Most animals actually die a few short weeks after the testing. The point of the product testing is to test the product…
The general public as well as animals are put at a severe disadvantage as a result of the rules created by the politically elite. Those who are vulnerable in society: animals deemed useful and people who are economically disadvantaged, experience the most severe injustice, in part due to inadequate representation. There is no perceptible correlation between legislature, and mercy. The social justice movement is as strong as ever, and the discrepancy between laws passed and the need for basic human and animal rights has become more ubiquitous in modern culture. Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, Una Chadhuri and Holly Hughes’s Animal Acts, and multiple articles that identify key issues pertaining to animal and human rights. As illustrated through…
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, or in vivo testing, often uses non-human animals in experiments to test the safety of products and has been a topic of heated debate for decades. Although some research uses animals only for natural behaviors observation, F. Barbara Orlans claimed in her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, that more than sixty percent of all animals used in animal testing suffer from experiment procedure or even get killed in biomedical research and product-safety testing. On the one hand, successful animal testing can lead to medical cures and treatments for human beings, on the other hand, opponents are doubting the reliability of animal…
Long transportation and the inability to adapt to laboratory housing and environments cause more unnatural behaviors. The inaccurate side effects cause pointless death to the animals and can lead to major dangers to humans eventually using the product. Defenders of animal research describe the humane conditions that the scientists operate in. Many credit the Animal Welfare Act, a law passed by the United States, for protecting animals and acknowledging their…
PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. While they may say they fight for animal rights, many of their actions suggest far from it. Almost 97% of the animals that they liberate from facilities are euthanized. Most of the animals are killed within 24 hours of being brought to a PETA shelter. Why? Because most PETA members believe that an animal would rather be dead than be a pet.…
Right now, millions of mice, rats, rabbits, cats, dogs, and other animals are locked inside cold, barren cages in laboratories across the country. “For days they languish in pain, ache with loneliness and long to roam free and use their minds” (PETA). These animals come from a wide variety of places such as city pounds, zoos, commercial breeders, and even circuses. Did you know that around the world these animals are being used to test products ranging from shampoo to new cancer drugs? In fact almost every medical treatment that you use has been tested on animals. For instance, animals were used to develop anesthetics (AnimalPort). All they can do is sit and wait in fear of the next terrifying and painful procedure that will be performed on them. “The stress, sterility and boredom causes some animals to develop neurotic behaviors such incessantly spinning in circles, rocking back and forth and even pulling out their own hair and biting their own skin” (PETA). Believe it or not animal testing is not required by law, animal testing is only done to protect companies from consumer lawsuits (Zoomshare). Animal testing…
Animal testing, is also known as animal experiments in the act of using non-human animals in research, to develop projects or scientific experiments. Statistics show that each year, there are millions of animals such as cats, dogs, mice, rats, ferret, hamsters and monkeys that experience mental and physical torture due to scientific research. Although most people agree that animal testing is horrible and cruel, there are few who this is it necessary to find new medicines. During the experiments, the animals are forced to inhale or sallow large amounts of test substances. Which are often found to be poisonous and toxic. The largest concern, is that animals are being used in experiments and not humans. Meaning that the results might or might not be useful for all the humans. Million of animals are suffering from poor conditions of living, and then to…
Throughout history animals have been used to test everyday products and medicine to make sure they are safe for human consumption. The animal’s everyday life consist of torture, sleeping in cold cages, and often sometimes dying from the painful experiments performed on them. At times the animals are harmed so much that the start to show signs of erratic behavior like scratching their eyes out, biting themselves, and go through stages of stress or depression. After all the research is completed the animals are killed and thrown into medical waste. In todays the abuse continues. Numerous amounts of rabbits, rats, mice are being held in science laboratories across the world. Countless number of researchers believe that the only way to verify that…
Animal testing and experimentation in laboratories is always the form of animal cruelty that touches many hearts. This refers to animals being used in scientific experiments, such as medical, pharmaceutical, and commercial testing. These tests can be very dangerous for animals to partake; many animals are tortured and even killed in these procedures. It is estimated that over 70 million animals are tortured and killed in U.S. laboratories annually. This number has decreased over years due to stricter controls, scientific advances, and higher…
Thankfully, the Animal Welfare Act was passed (http://www.neavs.org/research/laws) and is regulated so as to avoid unneeded suffering for animals in research. Utilitarianism is a great ethical theory for this dilemma, animal research is the epitome of doing the most good for the most people. As The Ethics of Biotechnology (2009) states, we have to test our new antibiotics and medical theories on something to ensure that it works, using rodents and such are the only solution (for now) unless there are human volunteers willing to go through something like that. Even if there were, I am not sure that it is legal, even with contracts and everything! Great post, thank you for…
It is found that “ninety-nine percent of currently threatened species are at risk from human activities, primarily those driving habitat loss, introduction of exotic species, and global warming” (“The Extinction Crisis”). The Endangered Species Act was put into place in 1973 as citizens of the United States began to realize the harsh effects of their everyday living on the living species around them. Plants and animals began to disappear, causing discord in the overall health of the surrounding environment. Members of Congress ascertained that as ecosystems unravel from the loss of these endangered species, not only are even more plants and animals put at risk, but humans as well. The controversy…
about 33 animals die every second of everyday just for animal testing. This can cause many animals to start to be extinct.…
Last year, over 167 million animals died due to animal research. At this rate, the number of animals that will die this year will be well over 200 million. Animals used in these testing facilities are treated in inhumane and disgusting ways. Dogs are forced to eat pesticides, monkeys have their skulls cracked, mice grow tumors larger than their own bodies, bunnies are blinded, the list of cruelties goes on and on. After having these excruciating and terrifying experiments performed on them, they are usually dumped back into a cramped…
In today’s society, many people debate whether or not using animals in research is humane. An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. [2] Proponents of animal testing state that it has enabled the development of numerous life-saving treatments for both humans and animals, while opponents state that animal testing is cruel and often yields irrelevant results because animals are so different from human beings. Many different animals are used in scientific studies such as rabbits, mice, primates, dogs, cats, pigs, and cows. I believe that animal testing is beneficial because it provides opportunities to improve the lives of both humans and animals.…
“The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but, “Can they suffer?” – Jeremy Betham. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), over 100 million animals including mice, rats, frogs, dogs and cats are killed in laboratories for testing purposes. Animal testing has been a controversial subject for years now. Some believe that cosmetics, medicines, and health care products should be tested on animals to ensure their safety; on the other hand many believe that testing on animals is cruel and inhumane. Not only has our knowledge and technology advanced to the point where there are many alternative methods of testing, but animals are very different from human beings, therefore making poor test subjects.…