Sally Porter
Sally Porter
English 310
Persuasive Essay: Product Testing on Animals Should be Banned An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States fir various types of testing. These animals are used for scientific and commercial testing to develop medical treatments, determine toxicity of medications and chemicals, check the safety of products destined for human use and other biomedical or healthcare purposes. This testing on animals is cruel, inhumane and should be banned. It should be banned because the animals are held and live in inhumane conditions, it is harmful and at times lethal to the animals and there are other research method available that do not require animal testing. The living conditions of these animals are less than ideal. More than 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Federal Animal Welfare Act (FAWA). A common procedure that these animals are subject to is the Draize eye test. This test is used to evaluate irritation due to cosmetics, shampoos etc. During this procedure, the test animal (most commonly a rabbit) is held in stocks and left with clips on their eyes to hold them open after the product has been dropped into their eyes. The animal is left like this for hours, even days to watch for irritation. These animals held in labs are subject to force feedings, force inhalations, food and water deprivation and prolonged physical restraints against their will.
In addition to inhumane living conditions, test subject animals are subject to painful and at times lethal procedures. Animals are often inflicted with burns and other wounds to study the healing process. The scientists also use this opportunity to observe how certain products such as drugs and ointments aid or harm the healing process. In a 2010 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) it was reported that 97,123 animals used for product testing suffered pain during testing while given no anesthesia for pain. An
English 310
Persuasive Essay: Product Testing on Animals Should be Banned An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States fir various types of testing. These animals are used for scientific and commercial testing to develop medical treatments, determine toxicity of medications and chemicals, check the safety of products destined for human use and other biomedical or healthcare purposes. This testing on animals is cruel, inhumane and should be banned. It should be banned because the animals are held and live in inhumane conditions, it is harmful and at times lethal to the animals and there are other research method available that do not require animal testing. The living conditions of these animals are less than ideal. More than 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Federal Animal Welfare Act (FAWA). A common procedure that these animals are subject to is the Draize eye test. This test is used to evaluate irritation due to cosmetics, shampoos etc. During this procedure, the test animal (most commonly a rabbit) is held in stocks and left with clips on their eyes to hold them open after the product has been dropped into their eyes. The animal is left like this for hours, even days to watch for irritation. These animals held in labs are subject to force feedings, force inhalations, food and water deprivation and prolonged physical restraints against their will.
In addition to inhumane living conditions, test subject animals are subject to painful and at times lethal procedures. Animals are often inflicted with burns and other wounds to study the healing process. The scientists also use this opportunity to observe how certain products such as drugs and ointments aid or harm the healing process. In a 2010 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) it was reported that 97,123 animals used for product testing suffered pain during testing while given no anesthesia for pain. An