The Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

When you reach for a cosmetic product or even medication you do so in confidence that these products have been tested and are safe for you to use. You use these products knowing that they have been tested repeatedly, but do you know how they have been tested? It turns out that many of the products that you use every day such as cosmetics and even medication have been tested thoroughly on animals (Abbot). These test that are being ran are supposed to be for our safety but in many cases “the results of testing on animals are different from the results of testing on humans because we have different physiologies and metabolisms” (Callanan 20). These test on animals are not only unnecessary and sometimes give false results but they cause harm to

Animals are forced into small cages where they barely have any room for movement. They are starved, because experimenters see these animals as nothing more than a part of a science experiment. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the “lack of enrichment” and the amount of stress these animals are forced into causes a number of these animals to develop “neurotic types of behavior such as incessantly spinning in circles, rocking back and forth, pulling out their own fur, and even biting themselves” (PETA). These conditions are torturous to the animals that are being held captive and they only make the testing the animals go through worse. One example of these harmful tests is chemical testing. Animals that are used in chemical testing are “always alive and fully conscious” and “are never given pain relief”. "They 're scalded by chemicals on their skin and eyes, shoved into tubes no larger than their bodies and forced to breathe noxious fumes." (Animal Testing). These test that are performed on animals leave long lasting side effects and even cause death. Chimpanzees have even been known to develop PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A disorder “most commonly associated” with soldiers returning from war (Animal Testing). If these test can leave this kind of side effect on the animals, they are being performed on, we need to seriously rethink the way we go about