Each year millions of animals around the world are being killed and tormented for tests that are supposed to work for humans. Because of all the harm that animals go through, companies must not be able to test on animals without knowing that the product will be successful. Scientists and researchers use animals to test human products on. Animal testing is harmful and ineffective for humans. There are many parts to animal testing. First, millions of animals around the world are used every year for testing and not many of them stay alive after testing. A lot of mice and rats are used for testing because there are so many of them. Also, chimpanzees are used often because they are an animal species that relates to humans the most (Bekoff). Other …show more content…
common species used for testing are: rabbits, dogs, cats, monkeys, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters, and some farm animals ("About Animals Testing: Humane Society International"). Next, there are many different testing products. Scientists use animals to try to find drugs that work for humans, but it usually doesn't work.
Some examples of products that worked for animals that didn't work for humans are Rexar, Celebrex, Enbrel, Zafirlukast, and many other products (Greek). These products did not have a good outcome on humans. Rexar resulted in seven deaths and cardiovascular events. Celebrex resulted in ten deaths and eleven cases of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Enbrel resulted in infections and death and Zafirlukast resulted in some people getting Churg-Strauss Syndrome (Greek). Animals have to go through many tests and each test has a purpose. An example of one test is a test that is supposed to be used for the beginning stages of cancer. The animals that is used for this test is mice or rats. During this test, the mice or rats are force fed a substance for fourteen days in a row. After being fed the substance, samples of bone marrow are taken from the animals to look at genetic changes ("8 Reasons Why Animals Testing Doesn't Help Humans"). Another example of a test is a test that is supposed to be for birth defects. Rabbits or rats are used for this procedure. A pregnant rabbit or rat is force fed throughout her pregnancy. The female is then killed the day before she is expected to give birth. After this, the pups are examined for any possible abnormalities ("8 Reasons Why Animal Testing Doesn't Help Humans"). Chemicals are also used on animals ("Product Testing: Toxic and …show more content…
Tragic"). The way that scientists and researchers test on animals is very cruel. In some testing procedures animals are forced to inhale or swallow test products, have chemicals smeared on their eyes or skin, have injections, go through physical restraint, have ear notching or tail clipping, have exposure to drugs, go through surgical procedures, have wounds or burns, and go through death ("About Animal Testing: Humane Society International"). Also, in some other procedures animals have to have holes drilled into their skulls, have their skin burned off, and have their spinal cords crushed (Merino). Some symptoms of these procedures include: abdominal pain, seizures, bleeding from their mouth or nose, diarrhea, convulsions, paralysis, and death ("Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic"). Many animals die from testing. Millions of animals are poisoned and killed each year for tests that attempt to help certain human medical conditions ("Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic"). Our government has all medications be testing on animals before using them on humans because they would rather put animals in danger instead of putting humans in danger. The government also says that using animal tested products on humans is a "leap of faith." (Greek). For those reasons, it shouldn't be a surprise why many humans die from illnesses and drugs that do not work. Animals and humans are not the same, so it doesn't make sense to test products on animals that are supposed to work for humans. Chimpanzees are a closely related to humans so they are often used for testing (Engdahl). Because they are being tested on so much, the chimpanzee population has gone down. Some tests on chimpanzees have shown to work on humans, but not many (Engdahl). Animal testing effects different species of animals very much. These animals in testing environments are held in small, isolated cages (Engdahl). They are forced to suffer through diseases and injuries without any pain killers. Some researchers try to minimize the pain that the animals go through, but it is hard to stop all of the suffering that the animals go through (Engdahl). Animal tests are unneeded because they are trying to help humans. In history, animal tests worked more often, but today, they no longer work as well. Some tests do help human health, but not many because many studies show that animal tests don't help human health ("About Animal Testing: Humane Society International"). People who say that testing on animals prevents humans from being tested on are wrong because even after products are tested on animals, the ones that work are then testing on humans (Greek). We shouldn't test on animals at all because it would be a lot more efficient to just test on humans right away (Miller). The reason why we should do this is because scientists and researchers are trying to find cures for human illnesses not necessarily animal illnesses. Animal testing is overall misleading scientists (Greek). The reason why it is misleading them is because they think that just because it works on an animal it will work on a human, but that is not the case. Not only is it misleading, but it is also unnecessary and dangerous to humans and animals. Next, animals are not strong testing models for medicine (Greek). Strong models should have the same symptoms as the human, the same disease as the human, the same neurobiological mechanism as humans, and the same treatment response as humans. Although animals have some of these, they do not have all of them (Greek). Ultimately, animal testing has not helped humans and the results of testing have not translated to humans ("8 Reasons Why Animal Testing Doesn't Help Humans"). Also, scientific testing on animals wastes lives for not only animals, but also humans. Some tests are actually done out of curiosity instead for scientific reasons (Berlatsky). Overall, many animal tests are unneeded. Next, many animal tests are unsuccessful. Because animals and humans are different many tests that work on animals do not work on humans. For example, a cancer treatment worked on mice, but did not work for humans (Merino). About ninety-two percent of approved drugs for humans didn't work ("Fact! Testing Drugs On Animals Does Not Work to Help Humans."). About nine out of ten drugs that should work for humans do not (Engdahl). Animal studies do not give reliable predictions for a human outcome (Engdahl). Many products that should work for humans do not and because of this many humans die every year because of unsuccessful drugs that were tested on animals (Greek). These reasons show that many animals tested products lead to unsuccessful test on humans. Many people ask the question, "Does animal testing help humans?" The answer to this question is no.
People have different views to this question, but ultimately multiple tests and studies show that animal testing does not help improve human health. Scientists and researchers have predicted what percent of animal tests are accurate on humans and what percent of human tests are accurate on humans. They predicted that sixty-five percent of animal tests used on humans would be accurate and that seventy-five percent to eighty percent of human-cell line tests used on humans would be accurate ("Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic"). Thousands of people die from animal tested drugs because it is shown that ninety-two percent of animal tested drugs don't work. So, only eight percent do ("Fact! Testing Drugs on Animals Does Not Work to Help Humans"). If people actually looked at the data above, then it could in the end be a winning situation for both humans and animals ("Fact! Testing Drugs on Animals Does Not Work to Help
Humans"). Companies must not be able to test on animals without knowing that the product will be successful because of all the harm that animals go through. Animals testing uses animals to test products that are supposed to work for humans, it is harmful, and it is ineffective for humans. People should know that animal testing is wasting lives for humans and animals. Alternatives Paragraph (don't know where to put it in outline) Because animal testing is unreliable, people are trying to end animal testing and are working towards discovering other models to use. The U.S.has realized that animal testing is not working, so they are going to replace it with more efficient in vitro tests and other computational techniques ("Fact! Testing Drugs On Animals Does Not Work to Help Humans"). Many computerized models and techniques are being used instead of using animals ("About Animal Testing: Humane Society International"). They are using computer power, computational biology, and even some robots. Because of new technology, a lot of human research is able to be done instead of animal research ("About Animal Testing: Humane Society International"). These models are being used to predict the accuracy of products that would be tested on animals ("Product Testing: Toxic and Tragic"). New models are more precise, less expensive, and are more humane than testing on animals (Berlatsky). Because of so much new technologies, the movement away from animal testing is currently underway (Rowan).
While animal testing has led to many life-saving cures, animal testing is cruel and inhumane because it involves inflicting pain and harm on the test subject to study its effects and remedies. Testing involves physically restraining; force-feeding; and depriving animals of food and water. They are forcibly given toxic substances and pain relief is never an option. Killing the animals at the end of the testing is common practice since the animals are no longer useful. In one example, rabbits acted as test subjects to test the eye irritation of certain shampoos. The bunnies were restrained; their eyelids forced open with clips for days and the shampoos were applied. Some of the test subjects
These animals used for testing products commonly include mice, rats, rabbits, monkeys, hamsters, guinea pigs, dogs and cats. These animals are forced to test new products before they are sold to humans, and even though there are numerous valid substitutes for us to test products on, the law doesn’t require that we do. What’s even more horrifying is that no animal experiment is illegal, and therefore these ‘tests’ can be completely irrelevant to human health, and no matter how painful or cruel the test may be to animals it is completely legal. Some companies that test their products on animals include Almay, Johnson & Johnson, Clearasil, Axe, Lancôme (owned by L’Oréal), and Pantene (owned by Procter & Gamble).
Another reason animal testing does not make sense is because we have alternative ways of testing. There are many new ways of testing besides testing on animals. By doing these other types of tests, people can save animals from pain and save their lives. In the article, “Alternative Testing” stated, “some new ways of testing could include ways like using tests on cells, using tests on types of tissues, and using tests on computer stimulations” (Howard). The article, “Ban Animal Testing” stated, “that an alternative method of testing is in vitro studies, which are cells used to test properties of drugs and tissues can also be used to test products and reactions from drugs as well” (Stachura). Some would argue to say that these alternative tests
The term animal testing refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research. The testing is used to research basic biology and diseases, to evaluate the efficiency of new medicinal products, and test the human health and environmental safety of consumer and industry products such as cosmetics, household cleaners, food additives, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals. All procedures, even those classified as “mild,” have the potential to cause the animals physical as well as psychological distress and suffering. Often the procedures can cause a great deal of suffering. Most animals are killed at the end of an experiment, but some may be reused in subsequent experiments (Humane Society, 2016). Animal testing is by no
The fact that animals are still used when animal experimentation is avoidable and not necessary makes animal testing unethical. According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (2013), over one hundred million animals suffer and sometimes die from experiments to test chemicals, drugs, foods, and cosmetics (para 3). Although it is good that the companies are concerned that their products do not harm consumers, the law does not require most of these tests animals endure. Furthermore, these tests do not have accurate results, so the animals may suffer, but the product is still sold to the people. While products that burn bunnies’ eyes away are being marketed to consumers, government agencies are using taxpayers’ hard-earned money to fund these horrible, pointless experiments.
Not only do we have other options for these tests, but animals testing has actually been proven to be ineffective. Companies claim that this sort of cruelty will benefit the human population by testing the “safety” of the products, as they have been for hundreds of years and although this may have been helpful in the past, scientists have discovered otherwise. “While funding for animal experimentation and the number of animals tested on continues to increase, the United States still ranks 49th in the world in life expectancy and second worst in infant mortality in the developed world” (“Animal Testing Is”). This evidence shows that while we still continue to support and spend money on animal testing, it is not working as well as we thought.Essentially we are torturing the animals for a negative outcome, both for the human and the animal. The Food and Drug Administration reports that “92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail in humans” (“Top Five Reasons”). If the products and drugs that we are testing on the animals are not working then there is no use in harming a harmless animal for them. Some may disagree and say that animal testing has enabled us to develop many life saving treatments for both humans and animals. But in reality there has been more cons then pros in animal testing. For example, “Animal tests on the arthritis drug Vioxx showed that it had a protective effect on the hearts of mice, yet the drug went on to cause more than 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths before being pulled from the market” (Should Animals Be). While animal testing has enabled us to create great products it is usually ineffective on humans and leads to animals being harmed for no
Humans don’t allow animals to have the right to say that they don’t want to be tested on, but humans have the rights to say they do or do not want to be tested on. There are many non-animal alternatives that humans can use to test products, but many testers refuse to use them. Do you think that these animals enjoy being tested on?! Animals are being tormented everyday in laboratories, animal testing must stop!
Testing animals is wrong and they are just poor helpless animals and they die every day. They are testing animals with products such as soap, household cleaners, drugs, cosmetics, pesticides and other chemicals. Drug tests that are done on animals that pass the test end up harming or killing humans. Lists of animals that get tested daily are cats, dogs, monkeys, mice, and rabbits. The researchers tested these animals with cleaners to see how it would affect them....
On the contrary, some say animals are better test subjects because they have such a short life span. For example, mice only live to be two to three years old. Because of their life span is so short, it allows researchers to see the effects of the treatment over a whole life span (Should Animals be used for Scientific or Commercial Testing, Procon.org). Personally, I do not think this is an effective method because they are only seeing the test results after two or three years. What if the product runs into trouble way down the road and cause some life corrupting ailment. I don’t fully trust the testing of
Animal experimentation is not a reliable form of experimenting because humans and animals have completely different immune systems. Items that humans use for pain suppressants could prove to be very harmful to small animals. For example, several small mice at an unknown non government funded facility were given aspirin although in theory it is said that mice and rats have an immune system similar to that of a human being, the rats used for the testing were unable to handle the level of toxins in the aspirin tablet that a human can handle fairly easily, several of these rats and mice died. The torture of these innocent creatures is another example of corporate greed, which has gotten to the point that harming innocent creatures is considered the best possible and “cheapest” solution.... ...
It still comes as a surprise to me that with all the technology in today’s society, we are still relying on animals for cosmetic research. Some people think that it is acceptable and even justified to test on mere animals rather than risk hurting people. So, for these kinds of people, animal testing makes perfect sense. However, in my opinion, animals are living creatures and have the right to live out their lives as nature intended rather than simply surviving in cages while being poked and prodded with whatever scientists fancy. I think it is depressing and sort of grotesque that I am using products that have been tested on animals that are even commonly bred as our pets. So, I began my research to find out what companies still test on animals, why they do so, and what other alternatives they could use in place of animal testing.
The researchers used DNA sequencing from a male chimpanzee’s blood to present the genomes; it is most closely aligned with humans. This event can explain farther how feasible the animal testing is, and explain the reaction of using animals on testing is just related the DNA sequencing, not about the environment (Lovgren 2005). There are no absolutely things on experiment. Scientists use different animal model and repeated experiments to get surest data that is the best way to test a new product before put it in
Imagine your sweet cat locked in a cage inside a laboratory with other various animals. Millions of animals every year are locked up in labs for testing. Animals are used to test medications, cosmetics, biology lessons, and for medical training. Thousands of mice, rats, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are used for testing. Most of these animals will die in cruel testing experiments. Animal testing is tortures to the animals, an unreliable option for medication, and there are better safer options for testing.
Other imputs say that 90% of medicines tested on animals fail on humans. Then again medicinces that fail on animals work for humans. For example, Aspirin is dangerous for some animal species, and Fk-506 which is used to lower the risk of organ transplant rejection, was "almost shelved" because of animal test results. Not only that but digitalis, a heart drug, cancer treatments, insulin, penicillin and other safe medicines would have been banned if animal testing 's were heeded. More facts found saif that about 33 animals die in laboratories worldwide one in every four seconds. Along with that, animal testing results in a large loss of money, it delays possible remidies, just like blood transfusions were delayed 200 years by animal studies and corneal transplants were delayed 90 years. One last good point made was looking into the future, we can only test certain animals that have common traits and relates as closely as possible
Animals should not be used for testing for scientific or medical research. A study by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the last 15 years experiments have shifted from dogs and cats to mice, rats and other small animals. This study shows that testing on small animals is up 73%. (Andrew Jefcoat)