Animal Testing (somewhat politics)

Ham and Bacon · valued member Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 28 0 Gold

Ok i had to right an essay for english and thought id throw it into the world wide net. tell me what ya think, and be honest.

The Flaws of Animal Testing

Imagine a rabbit in a small, dark, dingy laboratory cage isolated from the outside world until it becomes time for testing (Animal Testing 1). For years animals have been the victims of human testing. We as humans have used animals to test our latest developments. Some of these developments leave animals mentally and physically unstable. Between 25 and 50 billion animals are meaninglessly killed in laboratories each year (Animal Testing - Facts 1). Our animal testing has broken the border of what is natural and humane.
Testing human products and developments on animals is indubitably inhumane and unjust. A large portion of the beauty products worn by women today were at some point tested on monkeys; I question whether they made the chimps look better. Even as I speak, our primate counterparts are being tested an trained to be rocketed into space whilst strapped into a flaming chunk of aluminum-lithium alloy. These tests are to say the least unnecessary and inhumane. Why must our research come from our truculent treating of those living things we consider to be “lesser” than us. If we wish to find answers to the many mysteries of the world, we should find them for ourselves and leave other species out of our meddling.
Cruel methods are being used to forcefully involve animals in these tests. Rabbits immobilized in wooden stocks with ulcers in their eyes; baby seals being clubbed over the head, and the infamous shock treatment (Cruelty of Animal Testing 1). We think of many animals as cute and fuzzy, yet that ceases to end our relentless barbarity we say is in the name of science. Scientists argue that animals have a very close body composition to humans, which is the reason they are subjected to testing (Animal Testing 1). If that is so, should we not treat them more like humans and leave them unharmed by our mindless testing and cruelty. We think only skin deep in this matter and concern our selves with the positive results while remaining oblivious the seriousness of the damage we cause.
We spend billions of dollars on research that half the time ends up causing a breakout of disease in a species we attempted to use as a test dummy. Rabbits end up blind and hairless, rats roam rabid, radioactive birds fly around aimlessly; Is this the kind of world we want to live in? Shall our children have to worry about exposing themselves to the spawn of what we called research. We mean well, but no good is to bestow on the unwilling subjects of our tests.
Drugs that pass animal tests end up harming or killing humans about 61% of the time (Animal Testing - Facts 1). Are we really making that much progress in our cruel acts? We spend all this money and still we lose lives we thought we could keep safe. If we are killing and torturing animals only to have the drugs that helped them fail the human race, shouldn’t we realize we aren’t achieving our goals. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University tested similarities between rats and mice, and found that only 30% of the time, a drug that cures a disease in rats cures the same disease in mice (Animal Testing - Facts 1). I think this proves that though we expose ourselves to aide tested on rats and mice, there is still a large chance of those drugs failing in humans. If we want real results, tests should be taken on those the devotement is intended for.
Humans should seek to achieve answers by testing what will be used in, on, and by humans in and on humans. One women stated, “To be honest, I think we should do lab testing on convicts. Then, we would have more space in our prisons and spend less tax money (Lindsey Winterton 1).” It is only logical. With such high rates of failure and drastic side effects, shouldn’t we ensure that our test results will be the same with humans. The only flawless way to ensure that is to test on humans. Convicts have lost there rights and in my understanding are relatively on the same level as animals who appear to have no rights. Also if people wish to be so devoted to science ant the greater good, I am sure individuals would volunteer themselves to tests that will aide us in the future.
We are only searching in vain for the answers we seek, harming innocent creatures along the way. Our causes and effects have gone astray to a worse end. Our tests have come to lead animals to their deaths. We need to find better and less destructive ways of finding our answers. Join the fight against mankinds sins and tragedies.

queen

I made some corrections......hope you don't mind....

Ham and Bacon · valued member Joined: 29 May 2007 Posts: 28 0 Gold

Sweet thanks. My teacher definetly would have pointed those out

Matthew The Wise · valued member Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 221 2 Gold

Lol i just want to point out to the FBI that i have nothing to do whatsoever with the "group" im about to mention, i just know who they are from school!!!!

ANYWAY, about animal testing, what do you guys think about ALF/ELF?

If this is an unkown for ya the ALF/ELF are the Animal Liberation Front/ Environmental Liberation Front, and as they stand, they are considered an elite (very secretive) terrorist group.

im SURE you've all heard of animal testing labs going up in flames, and people getting killed, and millions of dollars in damages from these various terroist acts by the ALF or ELF.

ANYWAY the reason im bringing this up is... Do you think that the acts that the ALF or ELF do are too far?

Personally i think they are maniacs, but the cause is just... but i think that they go WAY to far as to torch these places, and release all the animals and such, when these animals wont survive very long in the wild, being bred in captivity.

What do you think?
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queen · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

i may be going out on a limb here....

but, i honestly believe that medical testing NEEDS to be done.....

we need to learn about methods for treating cancer, arthritis.....epilepsy....and many other conditions and diseases that plauge mankind......
as even prisoners have rights.......(sorry Ham & Beans....but they do.....always will....) our next best chance at doing so is to work w/ animals....

Perhaps we need to show a bit more caution in the WAY we do things.....but I STILL believe they need to be done.
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jen · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject:

medical testing on animals i hate it does not need to be done we dont need it u sould never be sick or anything like that any things i never been to the doctor in my life sept for a phyiscal i had to have for soccer camp
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queen · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

must be nice......

I was born w/ epilepsy.......and NEED the drugs they give me.....

15 years went by w/out ANY developements in seizure meds......because of a lack of testing......

sorry....but you have the wrong audience ....
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jen · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject:

ok whatever sry
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Anarae Borealis · Guest 0 Gold

This is so hard, being a vegetarian, but I think animal testing for medical reasons is a must. Just think about chicken pox, meningitis, TB. All those things were massive killers. I know some people do still die from these kind of diseases, but nowhere near as much as before the vaccinations were brought out.

Animal testing for cosmectics? Not so easy to swallow that one. I dont wear a lot of makeup, but I do look for the little sticker that says not tested on animals.