Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

Animal testing has been occurring forever. It can even comeback to the ancient times of the greeks and romans. Doctors would dissect animals with the interest to gain knowledge. But even back then, one practicing doctor stated that he would rather use a pig as his subject because he wanted to, “ avoid seeing the unpleasant expression of an ape” (Monamy 9). The thought of it being right or wrong to use animals for testing has always been questioned. Humans do not want to think of animals as on the same level of us. The similarity is terrifying and makes the case of whether or not the abuse is obvious. In the early days of this research roman people recorded that early scientists who perform experiments and operations on live animals, did not

humans and animals have many characteristics and features in common. About twenty million animals are experiment subjects annually. Most of these animals are used in hope to make human life better and to progress in the world of medicine. The remaining are used as test dummies for products. Hundreds of thousands of animals are experimented on each year in order to figure out the results and dangers of products such as cosmetics, other personal care items, and cleaning supplies (Peta). Experiments and research are also done in order to obtain knowledge and attempt to advance in science. In most science classes today students will dissect animals that were caught or even bred just for the purpose to one day be cut open and discussed. Animals in laboratories are also constantly given drugs and chemicals to test out possible cures or solutions for

One test done is for eye irritancy. A test is performed, on rabbits, called the Draize eye test. It is a test created by John Draize, a scientist working for t. During the test a substance of some sort will be placed in the rabbit’s eye and the rabbit will be observed in Trials. The rabbits may suffer side effects such as bleeding, and blindness for up to three weeks. At the end of the tests it is probable that the rabbits will be killed. Another test is done to determine acute toxicity, which is done to check the danger when a chemical is puut to the mouth and skin, or is inhaled. It is generally conducted on rats and mice. In the past the test included poisoning a large amount of animals and waiting until at least half of them died. The tests today are less lethal. They now conduct the tests until the animals show signs of suffering and then the scientist will stop the experiment. These signs of suffering are severe and include pain, seizures, and loss of their body parts function. In the end though the animals are still killed in order for the scientists to observe the animals’ inside damages. A further experiment done is called repeated dose toxicity, which observes chronic damage when exposed to chemicals daily over a period of time. Sometimes this test is done on animals other than rodents to obtain a better comparison. These animals are watched over the test