Essay On Animal Testing

For years, scientist, doctors, and researchers have been using controversial methods to make new medical breakthroughs. They started thousands of years ago on human and animal corpses. However, nowadays researchers use controversial methods of testing for many reasons, including testing a new drug to seeing what affect a new mascara will have. But now researchers are using living animals to test these products. These new tests hurt hundreds of animals, are inhumane, most of the time do not work, and goes against all teachings of kindness. Admittedly testing on animals has benefited them as well, giving them vaccines for diseases such as rabies, leukemia, anthrax, parvo and tetanus. Likewise animal testing has developed treatments for diseases including pacemakers for heart disease and remedies for glaucoma and hip dysplasia. Also animal testing has helped animals such as the black-footed ferret, California condor, and tamarins stay above extinction (Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing? Pro par. 5). However, a hundred million lab animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, or otherwise abused each year (11

Con par. 8). Animal testing is horrendous for the animals involved, goes against teachings of kindness, is inhumane torture, and is an imperfect science. Now that you know the facts you can get involved. One method is to join DoSomething.org and abstain from using animal tested products. Another is to help America join Europe, the world’s largest cosmetic market, in banning animal tested beauty products and the sale of animal-tested beauty products (11 Facts About Animal Testing par. 5). Together we can all take a stand against the torture of these helpless