Did you know that about 100 million animals are used each year to perform tests on each year? ("Experiments on Animals: Overview."). Many people are in denial that animal testing should be banned, many think that it is great that new products come out, but they don't consider how it got there and how they know it is safe. Many options would can be used to eliminate the unsafe practice of animal testing; alternatives would receive better results and do less harm to the animals. Several people find this unbelievable, but there are many more alternatives to animal testing that are less harmful. For example, A testers can give a human volunteer a small dosage and then analyze the effects. “Microdosing (in which humans are given very low quantities …show more content…
Electrocution is used as well, particularly for larger animals such as cattle or sheep.” ("What Happens to Animals After Testing?"). Some of they ways that they put tester animals down are not humane at all. To add onto that, after testing an animal can not be re-homed or saved, because the effects were so severe, so they have to be put down. “Many people do not realise that animals used in experiments are usually bred in captivity. These animals cannot simply be sent into the wild or into homes as they would not be able to cope and survive,”( "What Happens to Animals After Testing?"). The results can vary for how bad of conditions the animal is in, but usually they are at their worst. Lastly,animals can not stand up for themselves, they can not tell the horrid people to stop what they are doing, so we have to do it for them. “Before their deaths, some are forced to inhale toxic fumes, others are immobilized in restraint devices for hours, some have holes drilled into their skulls, and others have their skin burned off or their spinal cords crushed,” ("Experiments on Animals: Overview." ). These are just some of the brutal things these poor innocent animal have to go through, just for us, inconsiderate