Monday, January 18, 2016

Animal Testing

Animals in laboratories live a terrible life filled with constant fear and stress, but most of all having to be put through tests almost every day of their life. The things that are done to these animals are sanctioned and legal abuse. Over 25 million animals are used in biomedical experimentation, product and cosmetic testing, and science education in the U.S. These animals include dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, pigs, sheep, monkeys, chimpanzees, and more. However, the majority of animals in labs (over 90 percent) are rats, mice, and birds. In the laboratories there is no limit on what can happen unless the committee of that lab says so. The animals can be testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, burning skin, causing brain damage, implanting electrodes into the brain, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures. Cause severe suffering, such as long-term social isolation, electric shocks, withholding of food and water, or repeated breeding and separating of infants from mothers.
Also some experiments require animals to be restrained  so they can't move. Some experiments require the immobilization of specific parts of the animal such as neck, pelvis, head, and legs. while other require a complete immobilization of the animals whole body.
Its inexcusable what is allowed to be done to these animals, they shouldn't be put through all this pain. And worst of all no animals should finch and have their heart start racing every time someone passes their cage.

1 comment:

  1. This makes me so sad, and pissed. Like how can people be so cruel to creatures that are so sweet?

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