Why Is Animal Testing Wrong

“The question is not, can they reason nor can they talk, but can they suffer” said Jeremy Bentham,an english philosopher. Animal testing has been a controversial topic for many years. Some people believe that animal testing is beneficial, while other people feel as if animal testing is cruelty. Many people who are against animal testing have created organizations to spread awareness for people who do not know much of this topic such as in books and websites. Animal testing is abuse to the victims and is not very beneficial.

One of the many reasons that animal testing is wrong is that it is abuse to the victims. Not only mental abuse for the animal but physical abuse as well. Many animals result in alterations in behavior, physical appearance, and in many cases death. On the website DoSomething.org it cites¨Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.¨ This comes to show how animals are mistreated during these times.This also shows how animals are affected.
Animals have different functions then the human body, therefore, a cure that might work on them does not mean it would work on the human anatomy. At procon.org it states¨ Animal tests do not reliably predict results in human beings¨. It also states ¨94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials.¨ This proves that animal testing for medical research does not work 100% all the time for humans. Animals also do not get the same sicknesses and diseases as humans do which is why most of the time the results are