Animals Used for Testing.

Animals have been used for the testing of medicines, cosmetics, and medical procedures for many years. The use of animals for research is cruel and inhumane. There is much evidence showing how the difference of the genetic makeup between humans and animals can cause a conflict of these test results. Animal testing shouldn’t be allowed because millions of animals suffer and die as a result of testing, animal tests can be dangerous to the human health, and there are much more effective ways to experiment without the use of animals.

Every year in the United States, Millions of animals suffer and die through medical testing and experimenting. More than a one hundred million animals are killed in United States laboratories. These animals are killed while being tested for chemicals, drugs, foods, and cosmetics. These animals are also harmed in biology lessons, medical training, and experiments driven by curiosity. Types of animals included in these tests are mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish and birds. These animals suffer both mental and physical trauma. They can be forced to inhale toxic fumes, be immobilized in restraint devices for hours, have holes drilled into their skulls, have their skin burned off or their spinal cords crushed. They can be confined to their cages for countless hours or even days leaving them socially isolated and psychologically traumatized. These intelligent animals that also have human feelings are treated like disposable laboratory equipment. People are under the impression that animal experimentation is necessary for medical progress, but the truth is that the value of these experiments is questionable.

There is overwhelming evidence that animal tests can be dangerous to human health; it may even be the reason that so many drugs that were safely tested have so many side effects. Ninety two percent of potential pharmaceutical drugs that are shown by animal testing to be effective and safe