Testing on Animals For many decades, using animals for testing has become one of the many controversial topics. Experimenting on animals can be beneficial but can be misleading when an animal has a different response than a human. Animals have as much rights as humans do but are still being violated. And even when there has been laws and acts passed to protect them, they are still being used in many laboratories in the United States. For many people, animals are pets or companions to them whether it’s a dog, a hamster or a bunny. Many of these people don’t realize that like the pets they have at home, others are being used and harmed so they have the ability of using products that won’t harm us. Just like humans, animals can feel pain, fear and excitement so why treat them like they aren’t worth anything? Brands like Johnson and Johnson , Clorox, Colgate, and Downey are all involved in using animals to test their products. It is estimated that 26 million animals are being subjected to …show more content…
For example chimpanzees share similar DNA with humans as well as mice which indicate that the products being tested on animals will likely be a success to humans too. Various life-saving treatments have been discovered from testing on animals and have especially served the medical field in a positive way. For example, reassuring the safety of drugs, the development of new medicine and improving health. In addition to all this these experiments it can be very expensive, have led to many animal deaths, and have gone against their rights. In conclusion, there should be a stop to animal testing because most of the time animal testing don’t meet the human standards and are being treated in a cruel and inhumane way. We have forgotten to put their lives into consideration and have failed to remember that they have as much rights as we