Anti Animal Testing Satire

Edy White
English 101, Section 1
30 September 2014
Essay #1: Anti-Animal Testing
One unjust action that is very common in the United States is animal testing. Each year, millions of animals die because of the experiments they endure in laboratories. Animals are used to test new products like shampoo, make-up, soap, and many other things that may be “beneficial” to us. These animals include mice, rats, cats, dogs, birds, rabbits

But what has society decided to do? Ignore them, use them and abuse them in the worst way possible -- animal abuse and animal experimentation. It is way too common that people take advantage of animals because they cannot speak for themselves. We are their voice and are the only ones who can put a stop to this brutal treatment to animals. P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is a huge animal support and rights group that helps protect factory farms and laboratories, including the cruel killing and cruelty to animals. Recently, they had made a protest against using lion and tiger cubs during the Toronto Blue Jays’ pregame activities. We need to make sure that the trillions of animals who are used for testing new products are treated with the minimum amount of suffering. If not, we are violating the numerous Animal Welfare and Protection Acts that have the right to protect all animals under each and every

Studies show that with all of the animal experimentation that has been done, most of them were inhumane, unreliable and had violated the Animal Welfare Act of 1966. This act ensures that animal care for research is a main priority. It is also required to have appropriate veterinary care, housing, feeding, handling, sanitation, ventilation, and sheltering. For some, animal experimentation is “supposed” to help human beings use certain products for their own benefit. What people do not realize is that these animals have rights and that their rights are being more than violated. In a laboratory, all of the animals are crammed into small cages with no food or water, stretching room or fresh air to breath. Another regulatory requirement is that the United States Department of Agriculture requires institutions to report the number of animals used in research and the number of animals that experience pain or distress. In my opinion, this is far worse than any kind of animal abuse or torture; this is pure evil. Animal experimentation is inhumane because all of the animals are commonly subjected to force-feeding, forced inhalation, food and water deprivation, prolonged periods of physical restraint and numerous amounts of suffering that no animal should ever have to go through during its life. Animals are here to love and protect us, whether they are domestic or not.