“Each year, more than 100 million animals- including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds -are killed in the U.S laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic testing.” But some people don’t care about that. Some people say “ Animals do not have rights, therefore it is acceptable to experiment on them.” Just because Animals don’t have legal rights doesn’t mean they don’t have Legal duties.
Another controversial topic in animal testing is religion. Religion is a controversial subject in almost everything but a lot of people have an opinion about it concerning animals. On the pro-animal testing side, people say “Religions allow for human dominion over animals.” But on the flip side people who are against animal testing say “Religious traditions tell us to be merciful to animals, so we should not cause them suffering by experimenting on them.” Which looking at both standpoints I agree with not causing them suffering by experimenting on them.
Another topic people disagree on is, just because drugs can pass animal tests are not necessarily safe. In the 1950’s a sleeping pill came out called thalidomide. Thalidomide cause 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities. Thalidomide prior to its release was tested on animals. Later tests on pregnant mice, rats, guinea pigs, cats, and hamsters did not result in birth defects unless the drug was administered at extremely high doses. Another example is the arthritis drug Vioxx. Vioxx showed that it had protective effects on the hearts of mice. Weirdly there were 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths caused by the drug before being pulled off the shelves of supermarkets.“Animal tests are more expensive than other methods, They are also a waste of government research dollars.” This is one point in a lot of debates use. The use of government research dollars is very important to know for a lot of people so they can keep up with what else the government was
Another topic people disagree on is, just because drugs can pass animal tests are not necessarily safe. In the 1950’s a sleeping pill came out called thalidomide. Thalidomide cause 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities. Thalidomide prior to its release was tested on animals. Later tests on pregnant mice, rats, guinea pigs, cats, and hamsters did not result in birth defects unless the drug was administered at extremely high doses. Another example is the arthritis drug Vioxx. Vioxx showed that it had protective effects on the hearts of mice. Weirdly there were 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths caused by the drug before being pulled off the shelves of supermarkets.
“Animal tests are more expensive than other methods, They are also a waste of government research dollars.” This is one point in a lot of debates use. The use of government research dollars is very important to know for a lot of people so they can keep up with what else the government was doing. Another important point is that testing on animals can hurt them. We don’t know how they feel and if what we are doing hurts them, so why do it then.
In conclusion, Animal testing is wrong because we are hurting them for our own personal needs. We use animals for drugs, finding a cure for diseases, cosmetics, and so much more. Don’t get me wrong finding cures for diseases and developing drugs to help people is fantastic, But with the technology we have today, we should be able to find cures another way. Animal testing shouldn’t be a thing and animals should be protected. That is my view on Animal Testing.