Animal Testing

The Benefits of Animal Testing

            The use of animals in scientific research has today provided us with beneficial information about medicines, cures, and treatments; and for that, I stand here to notify you, my classmates, that animal testing should be continued until a better course of action can be taken. I believe that animal testing should carry on so human, and animals, can live better healthier lives.

            Animal testing has been a procedure used by scientists for over a hundred years. Scientists are first-hand with the experiences of animal testing, and most believe the practice should be legal. 

People talk about cosmetics being the ultimate evil. But beautifying oneself has been going on since we were cavemen. If it’s proven to reduce suffering through animals tests, it’s not wrong to use them. To say cosmetics is an absolute evil is absurd.

Scientists also state that animal testing is not such a harmful or abusing process as many people believe it to be. They really care about the animals, too. They have developed humane ways to do the testing, besides the possible side effects. A spokesperson at a debate states “We have invested considerable time and effort for over two decades in developing and validating alternative safety testing methods.” Animal testing can also be used on animals such as rats, animals that are useless and/or are overpopulated.

            So far, scientists using animal testing have developed cures or treatments for major diseases such as diphtheria disease and certain HIV/AIDS diseases.  Diphtheria disease has a death rate of five to ten percent! A hundred years ago, an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people in the U.S were killed per year from diphtheria disease. But thanks to scientists that used animal testing to study its behavior, a powerful vaccine was developed. Now in a span of 20 years, only 52 cases have been reported! More than 100,000 lives have been saved per year thanks to animal testing.

            Animal testing has also been used to develop medicines, treatments, and cures, too. The heart worm disease, one of the worst diseases a dog can have, has been minimized. Thanks to a development for the cure through animal testing, thousands of animal’s lives have been saved.

Without the use of animal testing, oceans of medications and treatments would be put out for purchase that could be harmful us. Our family members, and loved ones, are in danger to hazardous products. They are vulnerable to dangerous side effects and allergy-causing products.  Who would scientists have to test their products on?  How do they know about the possible symptoms and side effects? How do they know the product will not react badly with our bodies? Without animal testing, scientists and all of us would never know 100 percent!  But we would with animal testing! Animals are the closest things on Earth that can represent us, so think today, of the lives that have been saved and can be saved.

Developments through animal testing have provided humans and animals with many medications, treatments, and cosmetics to improve our lives. Lives have been saved, and some lives have been taken: but most of all, far more lives have been saved. So know today, that animal testing is worth it!