Animal Cruelty: The Negative Effects Of Testing On Animals

"More than 100 million animals are poisoned, burned, crippled, and abused in other ways in U.S. labs each year."(#1video) Animal testing became a common method between 200-300 BC, these tests were often led by important male figures such as Aristotle. In 1242 Ibn al- Nafis used animals to test blood circulation, his theory of human blood circulation was later proven by William Henry many years later. In the 1660's another scientist, Robert Boyle, theorized that living beings needed air to live, he proved his theory by testing on animals. In the 1800's people started standing against animal testing. People who stood against the cruelty brought on to animals led Great Britain to pass the Cruelty to Animals Act in 1876. In the 1900's the exact …show more content…
Peta is a group which strongly believes that animals were not created to make our food, clothing, entertain us, or be abused in any other way. Before Peta existed there were only two ways to help animals. You could either donate your time at animal shelters, or you could donate money to a humane society. While these were very helpful to some animals, it never truly helped those still in laboratories being mistreated. That is when PETA decided to put an end to animal testing for good. They started doing so by questioning those who support or participate in animal testing why we kill animals for their flesh or skin, or why we test new products on them. Many had answers that placed our lives over those of animals. People believe that animals lives are not as valuable as a humans life. They test on animals due to believing that animals have a similar anatomy as humans do. However, it has been proven in multiple ways that an animal and human have slightly different anatomy's. Scientists typically test on animals to find cures for disease, or for testing new forms of medicine. Makeup companies also test on animals to determine rather a new beauty product is safe or …show more content…
During experiments animals are put through many cruel and inhumane daily activities. According to the Humane Society International animals are force fed, forced inhalation, deprived of food and water, physically restrained for long intervals, burned and cut to study the healing process, killing by "carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, and decapitation. An example still used today is the Draize eye test, which is used by cosmetic companies. The draize eyes test is used to evaluate irritation caused by shampoo and other products. It involves rabbits being incapacitated in stocks with their eyelids help open by clips, sometimes for multiple days, so that they can not blink away the product being tested. The LD50 (lethal dose 50) test typically kills nearly fifty percent of the animals being used in the experiment. Another con in animal testing is that the data gathered could be misleading to researchers into potential cures and treatments. Some chemicals that are harmful to animals are useful to humans, such as aspirin. Fk-506 (tacrolimus) is used to lower the risks of rejecting organs during an organ transplant. Like every other product, it was tested on animals and was "almost shelved" due to the animal test results, according to neurologist Aysha Akhatar, MD, MPH. On June 1st, 2006 a report on