Animal Testing
By: Alyssa Magadanz
What is animal testing?
My Questons~
Are there alternatives to animal testing?
Can we stop animal testing?
Did you know?
Over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year.
92% of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human clinical trials because they are too dangerous or don’t work.
Labs that use mice, rats, birds, reptiles and amphibians are exempted from the minimal protections under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA).
Up to 90% of animals used in U.S. labs are not counted in the official statistics of animals tested.
Europe, the world’s largest cosmetic market, Israel and India have already banned animal testing for cosmetics, and the sale or import of newly animal-tested beauty products.
Pros of Animal Testing
Animal testing has contributed to many life saving cures and treatments
Animals are appropriate to test on because they have similar to humans in many ways
Animals themselves benefit from testing
Animal research is highly regulated, with laws in place to protect animals from mistreatment.
Animals often make better research subjects than human beings because of their shorter life cycles.
Cons of animal testing
Most experiments involving animals are flawed, wasting the lives of the animal subjects
The Animal Welfare Act has not succeeded in preventing horrific cases of animal abuse in research laboratories
Medical breakthroughs involving animal research may still have been made without the use of animals
Religious traditions tell us to be merciful to animals, so we should not cause them suffering by experimenting on them.
Products that were not mentioned in the video
- Windex
- Post-it notes
- Trojan Condoms
- Mars candy
- Band-aids
- Iams pet food
- Vasline
- And more!
Cosmetic Brands:
- ALMAY
- MAC
- Maybelline
- Aveeno
- Stila
- AVON
- Head and Shoulders
- Caress
- Dove
- Bobbi Brown
- Revlon
- Clinique
- Dior
- And many more!
The yes side of testing
“On the outside, you don't want to hurt animals. But animal testing helps both human AND animal health. You probably don't understand that animal testing also helps major diseases, all the way to a simpler one, like the common cold. In a Cambridge laboratory, the cure may have been found, due to animal testing!!! You can choose what side you want, but for the greater good, vote pro!”(Debate.org)
“Animal testing is beneficial for a multitude of reasons but the main reason is if we got rid of animal testing who would we test the products on. We cannot test on humans because it's inhuman and a form of torture. This subject itself is a double edged sword. We cannot please the public with testing on animals or humans.”(Debate.org)
“Do you want to put our child, a loved one, or yourself on a surgery bed and give them to a doctor who has only practiced surgery type demonstrations on only foam or on a computerized program? I would trust a doctor who has had practice on actual tissue and cadavers aren't always available. The animals they test on have no use otherwise. Not all of them were wanted as pets and would have been killed in nature in a more violent way. Animal deaths in the wide are more vicious and violent than in a lab. Animal testing should be done, but it should be done the right way where there is minimal to no pain to the animal and a successful cure or medicine is created.”(Debate.org)
“Animal testing is beneficial for a multitude of reasons but the main reason is if we got rid of animal testing who would we test the products on. We cannot test on humans because it's inhuman and a form of torture. This subject itself is a double edged sword. We cannot please the public with testing on animals or humans.”(Debate.org)
What concerns are raised by Animal Testing?
It causes suffering to animals
The benefits to human beings are not proven
Any benefits to human beings that animal testing does provide could be produced in other ways