What would one fell if they were being tested and experimented till death just for other people’s health and wellness? Well, let’s find out, about 26 million animals every year have gone through this process. They are tested for commercials and also for medication and sometimes are used to test the toxicity of the medications. In Procon.com it says that animal testing is cruel and inhumane, alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals, and most experiments involving animals are flawed, wasting lives of animals in the process.
First, animal testing is cruel and inhumane. According to Procon.org, “The Draize eye test, used by cosmetics companies to evaluate irritation caused by shampoos and other products, involves rabbits being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids held open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so they cannot blink away the products being tested.” This means that when the tests go on they cause the animals to sometimes suffer during these experiments. For example, animals are forced to do things like eat or not to eat and are also sometimes hurt to see the healing process. Furthermore, The U.S. Department of Agriculture said that about 71,370 animals are suffering and hurt during the testing and are not given anything to help relieve the pain.
Second, there are different testing methods that exist that can indeed replace the use of animals. According to Procon.org, ” In vitro (in glass) testing, such as studying cell cultures in a petri dish, can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used.” This means that having animals suffer during the tests is not the only way to test things and some ways can actually be better than animal testing. For example, people can be used in the testing even though they might suffer we get better results of the tests than animals. Furthermore, we can also use computer models that can actually predict the toxicity of the substance.
Lastly, most of the experiments are always flawed, wasting the lives of the animals subjects. According to Procon.org, “A 2017 study found further flaws in animal studies including incorrect data interpretation, unforeseen technical issues, incorrectly constituted (or absent) control groups, selective data reporting, inadequate or varying software systems, and blatant fraud”. What this means is that when the experiments are going on sometimes something is not right and can take the life of the subject. For example, some animals are also sacrificed in these experiments one being lethal dose 50 which is seeing what chemicals will kill around 50% of the animals that are being used. Furthermore, some of the things that they give to the animals like drugs are not safe for the animals and some have caused heart attacks and also sudden cardiac deaths.
In conclusion, animals are being used for tests or commercials. Over 26 million animals are used every year for testing items like mediation. They are, however, suffering while they go on and are used till they die. They are not released and animal testing has been going back to 500 BC. Animals testing should not be allowed because it is cruel and inhumane, there are many different ways to that exist other than using animals, and some of the experiments are flawed taking the life the of animals.