Why Is Animal Testing Unethical
Animal testing is an unethical and cruel act towards animals, but sadly it is done all over the world. I strongly disagree that animals should be used for testing and experimenting that cause them harm. This type of act should be banned and made illegal, especially in the US. There are so many reasons it should be banned such as the fact that it is unethical, there are other testing option, and that it is a costly way of gathering test result.
Testing animals is such a cruel thing that I don’t how people can even do that. Small animals such as mice and rats are kept in small boxes as big as a shoebox. Animals such as guinea pigs are kept in boxes about twice the size as two shoeboxes and usually have more than one animal. Cats and dogs are usually kept in wire cages. In a BAUV undercover investigation performed on the Wickham Laboratories for eight months showed how bad the animals were being …show more content…
Conservatives say that tens of millions of animals are killed or maimed each year for research for the safety purpose of drugs, agricultural, chemicals and consumer products. The biggest forces behind the big shift away from animal testing is the high cost and the concerns of it reliability. Testing can cause hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars. Some test can take years to conduct and analyze for example the rodent cancer study which took 4-5 years (Humane Society International). While the non-animal alternatives can test hundreds of chemical is about a week and cost a fraction of the cost of animal testing. An example is Phototoxicity tested on rats cost $11,500, while 3T3 neutral red uptake test cost (in vitro test) $ 1300. Also to maintain the animals can be costly as well. Feeding, housing, equipment, etc cost money and depending on how long the experiment takes can eventually add up into a big amount of money in the end. Non-animal test can benefit the scientist as well as the
Testing animals is such a cruel thing that I don’t how people can even do that. Small animals such as mice and rats are kept in small boxes as big as a shoebox. Animals such as guinea pigs are kept in boxes about twice the size as two shoeboxes and usually have more than one animal. Cats and dogs are usually kept in wire cages. In a BAUV undercover investigation performed on the Wickham Laboratories for eight months showed how bad the animals were being …show more content…
Conservatives say that tens of millions of animals are killed or maimed each year for research for the safety purpose of drugs, agricultural, chemicals and consumer products. The biggest forces behind the big shift away from animal testing is the high cost and the concerns of it reliability. Testing can cause hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars. Some test can take years to conduct and analyze for example the rodent cancer study which took 4-5 years (Humane Society International). While the non-animal alternatives can test hundreds of chemical is about a week and cost a fraction of the cost of animal testing. An example is Phototoxicity tested on rats cost $11,500, while 3T3 neutral red uptake test cost (in vitro test) $ 1300. Also to maintain the animals can be costly as well. Feeding, housing, equipment, etc cost money and depending on how long the experiment takes can eventually add up into a big amount of money in the end. Non-animal test can benefit the scientist as well as the