Should Animal Testing Be Outlawed - 903 Words

Bethanie Rushing 8th Grade English Mrs. King April 26, 2016 Should Animal Testing Be Outlawed? Everyone has probably worn or has owned something animal tested, whether they’ve known it or not. Animal testing has been around since the early ADs but was most commonly known for starting about 150 years ago with the rise of physiology as a science. As â€Å"Companies That Still Use Animal Testing† says, these testings have gone down a lot with new developments for these kind of testing but there are still many major companies such as L’oreal, Clorox, Covergirl, MAC, Pantene, Dove, Avon and hundreds of other companies you’ve probably used. These companies torture these animals and even kill them with their products just so there is yet another†¦show more content†¦Not only do these products hurt people but Andrea Nolan says that animals may experience more pain than humans do. Keeping animals locked up in cages while being experimented on is cruel, unfair and unnecessary. Animals go through awful things while being locked up including conducti ng diseases they would never normally contract. Animals have wires implanted in their brains and have their spines crushed all in the so called â€Å"name of science†. There are now have dozens of alternatives for animal testing that requires no animals nor humans to get hurt. Dr. Elias Zerhouni explains that animal testing is unnecessary because of the newest alternative called â€Å"Organs on chips†. Organs on chips is human tissue grown in a state-of-the-art system to mimic the structure and function of human organs and organ systems. With this there is absolutely no need for animal testing. While animal testing isn’t bad enough, keeping animals locked up has it’s own issues. According to Scotlun’s blog, keeping an animal locked in a cage only a few times bigger than the animal itself can lead to many health issues. These include depression, anxiety, these usually result in a physiological turmoil, leading to death. Animals are forced to eat, s leep and defecate in their already small cage, this can result to many health issues and even death. Animals are meant to be free in nature, eating what they want, doing what they want and living how they were born to live.