Animal testing is putting animals lives at risk. Testing random chemicals on animals and and probably will kill them. Animals and humans are different from each other so the experiments probably won't have the same effect. Animal testing is horrible it’s cruel and inhumane. First of all, testing unknown chemicals on animals could kill them. According to navs.org scientests are doing toxicity tests to estimate the safety of products and chemicals. Manufacturers and/or scientists are putting…
Animals who are experimented on in medical labs; later suffer from mental illnesses and never become themselves again. “The animals suffer from severe anxiety, depression, hair loss and other physical and mental illnesses and engage in self-destructive behavior such as biting themselves and pulling out their own hair”. (Goodman). The quote explains how the animals suffer from distraught because of the procedures they had to experience. The animals are never themselves again because they are…
Have you ever looked at you make-up and wondered how people knew it wouldn’t hurt your skin. Or when you get a shot, how people knew it would help you and not harm you. Well, you can thank animals for that. Animals are the ones that get tested for your make-up, flu shots, sunscreen and so much more. But after you read that, don’t say “oh my gosh, I am never going to get a flu shot again or wear makeup again.” because they get relieved of their pain if doesn’t go as planned. They also get housed…
Pros of Testing Cosmetics on Animals Have you worried about going blind from your mascara? Luckily, you don’t have to because of the animal testing that makes sure there is no potentially harmful ingredients in your cosmetics. Although we don’t have to worry about this today, people did before animal testing was so huge. About dozen women really did go “blind in the 1930’s because of a Lash Lure mascara that had chemicals which burned the skin” (Animal Research Cures). This shows how important…
Medical professionals should not use medicines like poop pill and cockroaches because of their diseases. In the world many animals carry diseases and many of those disease could be dangerous or even deadly for all the doctors know so why should anyone take the chance of harming more of themselves. Most patients of doctors could be overweight or in other words obeses, some medical professionals give these poop pills to their patients so that they can loss their weight. Vomiting or gagging is…
The novel about Wesley the Owl tells an alluring story about a woman that took care of an owl for nineteen years. This book captivated me in many ways. What surprised me the most about this novel was Wesley himself. As a person that has never owned a pet, I found it fascinating how Wesley seemed to have a mind of his own. Before reading this book, I just thought of owls as creatures that delivered mail at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series. But in reading this book I have come to realize that…
Animal abuse and cruelty is almost always a fiery topic to bring up. The documentaries Project Nim and The Paw Project are very different in their approach to how best show animal treatment and what is best. The similarity is that both show and prove we cant just take creatures away from their innate lives. They are born to be and do what they do regardless if humans exist or not. Project Nim is the story of a chimpanzee that was taken from his mother days, if not hours after being born. He was…
Psychologists use animals to learn and understand some basic human behaviours such as hunger, thirst and reproduction. The use of animals in psychology links back to the 17th century in the UK. From this point of the history animals have been used for various psychological and biological reasons but now we face with a debate were people believe that animals shouldn’t be used in experiments. There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one,…
Without going into detail, ‘animal cruelty’ is just another commonly used and overlooked word. However, the real truth about animal cruelty is horrific. Each year millions of animals suffer and die from animal abuse from humans. Why should humans be able to torture innocent living beings who have no voice to speak up? Animal cruelty is more than just treating animals in an unkind behavior. There are different types of animal cruelty including animal experimentation, use of animals for sports and…
Since 2001, the year when PETA’s co-founder Ingrid Newkirk declared the organization would intentionally become provocative, controversial “press sluts” to further pursue its goals, PETA’s media usage (notably the advertising method) has changed drastically. PETA’s media tactic has since then been widely criticised by various minority groups: feminists, black civil rights activists, and animal advocacy organizations alike. The tactic is considered by many to promote a “hierarchy of oppressions”,…