Fingarson
English 11
9 March 2017
Junior Research Paper: Anti-Animal Testing
An estimated of 100 million animals are used in commercial testing in a year in the United States alone. Millions of innocent animals such as rabbits, mice, dogs and cats are killed and abused every day for things like beauty and hair products. Imagine a family pet or a bunny in a factory operating table being abused, cut open and poked in the eye with a mascara wand until he's blind. This just an example of the horrifying truth behind animal testing. Although there is proof of medical positives it is taking millions of innocent animals lives to find a good makeup product. Animal testing needs to be illegal, humans and animals bodies don't work the same, …show more content…
They languish in pain, suffer from extreme frustration, ache with loneliness, and long to be free. This is the sad and painful truth behind animal testing, every morning you wake up and you products on your body and skin that an innocent animal was killed for. Why is this okay? According to “The Humane Society Of The United States” Although testing is not required by law, several tests are commonly performed by exposing mice, rats, rabbits and guinea pigs to cosmetics ingredients. This can include: skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed onto the shaved skin or dripped into the eyes of restrained rabbits without any pain relief. Many countries in the world have made this cruel and sad system illegal, but not America. It is not very talked about or publicly know that this happens companies keep it a secret and say they are “Cruelty free” but this does not mean testing and abuse free it happens in most companies and products. It is important for people to know when they use makeup and beauty products it could be contributing to animal abuse and …show more content…
This is a fact that everyone knows another fact is that animal testing does more harm than help “The reality is that the majority of animal experiments do not contribute to improving human health, and the value of the role that animal experimentation plays in most medical advances is questionable.” This fact from “ Experiments on Animals: Overview” this shows that most of the testing goes to waste and for so many animals killed we would get lucky to have only one advancement in health for humans. In conclusion testing goes to waste and does more harm than help with people and