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Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

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Throughout each year in the United States, 26 million animals are used in lab testing (animal-testing.procon.org). In the laboratories, chemicals, in which are used in medical facilities and used by humans, are put on animals to determine if that certain chemical is toxic and or if it is safe for humans to handle it. Most of the chemicals used for testing are chemicals that are used in everyday products such as, paint, household cleaners, or dyes. A great deal of people sees the positives on animal testing; however, there are many reasons as to why lab testing on animals should be illegal in the United States. The first reason is because countless facilities mistreat lab animals and it can be considered as animal abuse. Secondly, animals cannot …show more content…

Inside of the laboratories, animals are locked inside cages; they have no control of anything that happens. “Animals are infected with diseases that they would never normally contract, tiny mice grow tumors as large as their bodies, kittens are purposely blinded, rats are made to suffer seizures, and primates’ skulls are cut open and electrodes are implanted in them” (peta.org). If we as a society showed this behavior towards humans, it would be stopped, yet laboratories in the United States do this to animals every day. Animals are put in highly painful procedures and then placed back into their cages, locked back up, with no painkillers (peta.org). After this occurs, animals fear seeing anyone who wanders near to their cage. That animal does not know what will happen next; all that it knows is the pain that he or she suffered before, so how could they trust a person to come back to their cage? Animals should not be locked away in a cage to be tested on; therefore, being highly mistreated is the first reason why animal testing should be

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The first reason is that animal testing is unethical. Animals have killed, intoxicated, and captivated during experiments. This causes so much pain for them. According

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Begin your paper with a opening sentence about your topic that catches the reader’s attention. Reference the list on the front for ideas. Animal experimentation is very controversial in today's society due to its advantages and disadvantages it has. Include context: provide the information the reader will need to understand the topic. Vivisectionists claim that animal testing helps advance medical research however anti animal testers strongly believe otherwise.

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Another reason is that there are other testing methods that do exist that can eliminate animal testing, along with this animal testing can be very unreliable, misleading researchers into ignoring crucial information. Animal testing is such a cruel and Inhumane act that one could not bear to think about and it should be ended. These animals that are involved with such experiments are not all given anesthesia and are forced to sit through the pain. These animals are even subjected to force feeding, inhalation and even deprivation of things such as water or food.

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During animal testing, animals do not have a say in what happens to them. The animals in labs never get to see sun light or feel fresh air and they are crammed in small cages for most of their life. Some experiments they test on animals have the animals restrained, sometimes by the legs and neck, and sometimes their entire body is restrained and they are left that way for months, helpless and in pain. Animals do not only experience physical pain, but emotional as well. They are always in agony, and in fear of the next procedure that may be practiced on them.

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Animals cannot talk so they cannot agree to being tested on, nor can they say “stop” or “no.” These animals have to sit in silence and put up with the pain. There are always an alternative ways to figure out the information that comes from animal testing. It is proven that approximately 90 percent of experimental drugs that are tested safe and effective for animals fail in human trials because they are fatal or they do not work(DoSomething.org). There are nearly 50 different ways to test that does not include animals.

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Animals in Research and Testing According to PETA, the animals who are in research and testing “shake and cower in fear whenever someone walks past their cages and their blood pressure spikes drastically. After enduring lives of pain, loneliness and terror, almost all of them will be killed,” (“Animal Testing 101”). Animal-testing is the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances, such as foods, beauty products, and/or drugs. Although animal research plays a crucial role in experiments focused on disease treatments and preventions, it is cruel, inhumane, and should be stopped. This is an act that should be banned and prohibited in all states and countries

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