Formal Writing

Testing On Animals Should Be Banned

Are you aware that those cosmetics or beauty products you use on an everyday basis could be causing an animal unnecessary pain, or in some cases death? You could be supporting animal cruelty without even knowing it. Each year more than a hundred million innocent animals are killed as a result of animal testing in the United States alone. When are we as human beings going to stand up and speak for those animals who don't have a voice to be heard?

Animal testing is when scientists conduct experiments on animals to test certain products. Today a lot of products are tested on animals without the consumer even realizing, like mascara, lipstick, deodorant, perfume, shampoo and many more. These experiments are disgusting and inhumane. They do things like spray dangerous harmful chemicals into their eyes, cutting them open while they are still alive, burning their skin off, exposing them to existential heat, tying and trapping them in metal boxes so they can't move, ripping out the animal's vocal cords so they can't make noise, and sadly many more inhumane acts. This is not an experimental ‘test’ it's torture.

It is the modern 21st century we have so much technology at our fingertips, so why are we still testing products on animals? It is completely unnecessary. Some people argue that we need to test on animals because otherwise, we are halting the future of medication, but this is not true. In fact, it has been proven that testing on animals is incredibly inaccurate and there are many more effective and efficient ways to go about the matter. Dr. Richard Klausner who is the former director of the National Cancer Institute proved the theory of how unreliable animal testing is when he said “We have cured cancer in mice for decades—and it simply didn’t work in humans. Even chimpanzees, our closest genetic relatives, do not accurately predict results in humans—of the more than 80 HIV vaccines that have proven safe and efficacious in chimpanzees (as well as other non-human primates), all have failed to protect or prove safe in humans in nearly 200 human clinical trials, with one actually increasing a human’s chance of HIV infection”. Science needs to move on from their ineffective outdated ways.

If you had the chance to spare at least one innocent animal's life would you? One of the things that you can do to take a stand against this cruelty is check the description on the back of the product you are buying, make sure it says “Not tested on animals” or “Cruelty-free”. Although this doesn't seem like a big step it's a start, if enough people stop purchasing these products the companies and mass producers will not make any money and be forced to stop the testing. If this is not your thing but you still want to help there are charities you can donate to, but make sure to be careful and do your research first because some of them are hurting rather than helping.

So as you can see, Animal testing is a disgusting barbaric act that is completely unnecessary and unreliable. We need more people to take a stand against it. Animal testing is wrong on so many levels. It is time to enforce a ban on animal testing and make it against the law all around the world. We need to save the animals.