The Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

“If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.” -Ellen DeGeneres. Although I probably should be agreeing with Ellen, I feel that animal testing is a good thing. Yes, that may make me sound cruel, but animal testing can bring many benefits to a lot of people. I’m not trying to say that animal testing isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’m saying that it’s an important thing that we have to do in society to keep us healthy. “About 20 million animals are experimented on and killed annually, three-fourths for medical purposes and the rest to test various products.” -Santa Clara University, Claire Andre and Manuel Vasquez. Obviously, that’s a lot of animals that are being tested on. Yes, I do feel that maybe scientists are going overboard and testing on a few too many animals. But, I still feel that animal testing is a strong factor in human health.

This topic may be one of the most ever argued, but I feel that the only argument against animal testing that people use is, “No, please, animal testing can kill all of the animals, it’s cruel, it’s inhumane, and you’re a terrible human being.” Okay, Of course this isn’t untrue, but like I said, animal testing can bring many benefits. For example, animal testing has led to the founding of many life-saving cures and treatments. According to the US-based Foundation Biomedical Research, “animal research has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance of the last century - for both human and veterinary health. From antibio...

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... a better way of animal testing. Instead of taking perfectly healthy animals, and holding them in captivity for testing, I think we should use older, slightly unhealthier animals for testing. Because those animals are already suffering, and are most likely to pass soon, than if the medicine they are testing works, than they will be benefited. But also if the medicine isn’t successful, then it wouldn’t make much of a loss.

So to conclude all of the things I have just told you, I don’t think animal testing should be banned, and that it benefits us in a lot of good ways. Of course I absolutely love animals, however animal testing has given us huge medical advances that we would have never came upon. I don't know if anyone would volunteer their baby for the new rounds of testing, but someone has to be tested before the public. So if we can’t test on animals, then who?