Arguments Against Animal Testing

Animal experimentation is as diminishing as a candle snuffer. An animal’s happiness and freedom are like the flame and the testing is like the snuffer. As soon as they are tested on, the animal’s flame goes out and all rights are taken from them. Animal experimentation should not be allowed or legal in the U.S. because it is unfair to animals.
While they acknowledge the advancements brought from animal experimentation, many people criticize and object to the cruel practice. One reason for this is that animals and humans are extremely different species. Critics of animal testing believe that since the results are unreliable, animals should not have to go through the possible pain and torture of testing. Secondly, another reason people protest is because animals are denied their freedom and often suffer serious injury and discomfort when dragged through the process. Many people think they should

be treated with the same rights as humans. On top of that, 44% of animals that are in testing experience pain or distress. This is clarified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Inspection Service. Therefore, almost half of animals in testing are in excruciating pain, and should not have to go through the process.
Correspondingly, there is a vast discord with testing because the animals are in immutable pain.

Animal testing is similar to a school bully. The bully picks on someone smaller and weaker than they are and they cause the victim pain to help their self. Just like how many schools have a zero tolerance bully policy, 52% of people disagree, in any form, to animal experimentation. The poll was conducted towards the specific consideration of chimpanzees and dogs, which happens to be one of America’s favorite household pets. Also, the government protests animal experimentation as well. As a matter of fact, they fabricated regulations to prevent testing in the future. Even some people may still support it in a way, a large portion still believe that testing needs to have limitations. In addition, according to the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetic, methods excluding animal experimentation are inadequate for understanding the brain's function and disorders. The institute also says that when testing, animals should not be killed or tested in ways that affects their

brains.
Although several people are against it, others believe that successful results which benefit science and the human race’s knowledge outweigh all other negative reasons against animal testing. For example, the Gale opposing views website says that animals experimentation as helped us make important scientific and medical discoveries. In the article it says, “ Breakthroughs include the development of many antibiotics, insulin therapy, modern anesthesia, vaccines for whooping cough and other diseases, the use of lithium in mental health treatments, and the discovery of hormones. Studies using animals have also led to the development of new surgical techniques and medical devices.” This means that there have been a massive amount of discoveries accredited by animal testing, and that experimentation could possible revolutionize the medical field. However, many experiments that have either been conducted or are in progress can not be successfully applied to humans. This is because animals and humans have such different anatomy. Next, some have scientific beliefs that animals don’t even experience any pain or emotions. The truth is, humans really have no way of knowing what animals experience. This means that the slightest pinch could be the most excruciating pain to animals, and nobody would ever know. In the end, the possible negative outcomes are more important to take into consideration than the positive ones.
In conclusion, even if the human race gains many advancements, animal experimentation should not take place. It causes the animals far too much pain. Not to mention, the results are always paired with risk and unknown reactions,. Since an animal's anatomy can be so different than a humans, the results can never be accurate unless tested on humans, which is very dangerous. In the end, animal experimentation should not be allowed or legal in the U.S.