Persuasive Essay Against Animal Testing

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Do not test on animals
When you put perfume on in the morning, do you automatically think of how many animals were hurt in the process? Whether you do or not, the answer is that 26 million animals are used for testing a year, as shown from “Background of the Issue-Animal Testing-ProCon.org” Some animals were most-likely used for that perfume of yours. Animal testing has a very long and unpleasant history. 9 out of 10 animal tests have not worked for humans, let alone fix anything. Why do we test on animals? in the end it doesn't help us, animals will become extinct and where will our food source go? How would you feel if your dog or cat was taken from you and used for commercial testing? You would not feel great about it, so why do we use other animals? What's the difference? Overall, animals should not be tested on. First off, animal testing is wrong and we should stop because animals’ lives are being invaded and they are being taken from their homes. They have done nothing wrong, and they are being shown no respect for what they do for everyone. …show more content…

There are substitutes for human skin that are for commercial use. For example, artificial human skin, such as the commercially available products EpiDerm and ThinCert, it is made from sheets of human skin cells grown in test tubes or plastic wells and can produce more useful results than testing chemicals on animal skin. Most animals are very different from humans. Therefore, they make poor test subjects. “Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe for all humans. For example, the 1950’s sleeping pill thalidomide, has caused over 20,000 babies born with health conditions and bad hearts.” As stated from Animal Testing- ProCon. Org con 4” Taken as a whole, this drug was tested on animals and has passed the test. Now human lives are at risk because of animal tests that aren't