Mr. Harris
English 2B
28 February 2012
Opposed to Animal Testing Have you ever witnessed an animal being abused? Well I have and it is heartbreaking and immoral. Just imagine how animals are being treated in factories today, they are being shoved into barren containers or kennels while suffering from pain and stress waiting to be blown up, maimed, or shot (Animal Experiments 1). As death may only be a miracle for those animals because many are tortured in ongoing experiments that may last over a period of months, or years. Pretend that it was your beloved pet, how do you feel now? Not only are they being abused and killed for experiments, products that contain animal testing harm us and may lead to depriving our existence. Study shows that in 2004 painkillers made from animal tests killed 60,000 people and 140,000 had strokes and heart attacks (Against Animal Cruelty 1). Killing innocent animals otherwise animal testing should be illegal because animals have the right to freedom from unjustified violence just like humans, they are self-aware and self-sufficient, and animals and humans are …show more content…
They are worthy of be treated fairly and should be able to have equality rights, since they are identical to humans. Yet we are treated with more quality, which is highly unfair. According to Darwin 95% of our genes are similar to chimpanzees and monkeys and 75% are analogous to dogs. Conversely we take their life and treat them lesser than their value, even though they are biologically related to us. So if they kill guiltless animals, why not kill innocent people? It was wrong when we stole life from orphans, blacks, G.I.s, and gypsies and it’s wrong to do it to animals because we all deserve to have rights that protect us. Animals and humans are naturally related based on true facts so they deserve basic human right, but others opinions may