Is Animal Testing Wrong
Animal experimentation, animal research and animal practice all generally mean the same thing. One may be more familiar with the term animal testing. Animal testing has been a controversial topic between supporters and the adversary for quite some time, but animal testing is wrong, even if it helps find cures for illnesses. Between all the strong public opinions, hefty fines and likelihood of the tested drugs working on humans, it is best if animal testing comes to an end. Animal testing came to scientists back in 500 BC by Greeks. It has always been such a controversial topic, because of the harm that comes to the animals. Proponents to animal testing say that animal research is beneficial. They say that numerous life-saving treatments
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The California Biomedical Research Association says that there major medical breakthroughs have been acquired by using animals in their research. The polio vaccine was tested on animals. This reduced the number of cases from three-hundred fifty thousand cases to two-hundred twenty three cases. On the contrary animal experimentation is still cruel and inhumane. Recently, cruelty free makeup has become a popular in the cosmetic industry. People are becoming more aware of how dangerous cosmetic testing is to animals. There is a large amount of ads now being produced about animal testing. Speaking of ads, on April 15th, 1980, The New York Times published an ad created by Henry Spira. The ad said “How Many Rabbits does Revlon Blind for Beauty's Sake?” This ad created an outrage and brought much attention to the Draize drug being tested on animals. The Draize test is little drops placed in the test animals eyes. This drug causes excruciating pain to the animal and can cause blindness. There is now may cosmetic companies making their products cruelty free due to the pictures of animals that were tested on being exposed to the public. After the commotion of the ad, a campaign called Be Cruelty-Free was created. The campaign was created by The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International. The campaign is going for L’Oreal. L’Oreal still uses animals in their cosmetic testing and sells their products in China, where animal testing is still a common
The California Biomedical Research Association says that there major medical breakthroughs have been acquired by using animals in their research. The polio vaccine was tested on animals. This reduced the number of cases from three-hundred fifty thousand cases to two-hundred twenty three cases. On the contrary animal experimentation is still cruel and inhumane. Recently, cruelty free makeup has become a popular in the cosmetic industry. People are becoming more aware of how dangerous cosmetic testing is to animals. There is a large amount of ads now being produced about animal testing. Speaking of ads, on April 15th, 1980, The New York Times published an ad created by Henry Spira. The ad said “How Many Rabbits does Revlon Blind for Beauty's Sake?” This ad created an outrage and brought much attention to the Draize drug being tested on animals. The Draize test is little drops placed in the test animals eyes. This drug causes excruciating pain to the animal and can cause blindness. There is now may cosmetic companies making their products cruelty free due to the pictures of animals that were tested on being exposed to the public. After the commotion of the ad, a campaign called Be Cruelty-Free was created. The campaign was created by The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International. The campaign is going for L’Oreal. L’Oreal still uses animals in their cosmetic testing and sells their products in China, where animal testing is still a common