Blog 64

Many people think animal experimentation is too cruel for animals. Some scientists had experiments on animals without giving them any pain killers and that led them to death. It may not lead to death, but it gave animal great pain. The cruelest thing however, is keeping the animals alive without doing anything to relieve their pain from the experiments for effective results. According to the Animal Testing Facts, nearly 17 to 22 million animals are used in research every year. This shows that many animals are suffering just because of experimentation. Therefore, some people suggested testing on human cells by using technologies based on culturing cells. Other people also feel cruelty about animal experimentation, because they cannot understand how the people can use pets as lab rats. Since most people treat their pets as family, the animal experimentation for them is like sending their family to experimentation. Another opposing opinion was the doubt about the effectiveness of animal experimentation. The animals and humans are different species, which means that the types of disease they get are different. According to the American Medical Association, the animals and humans share only 1.16% of all diseases that are discovered until now. However, the biggest opposing factor that they argue is that most of animal experimentation is caused by human supremacism. Like humans, the animals also have the right to live and we actually ignore it because we think humans are superior over the animals. Just because they cannot speak does not mean that they do not have any thoughts. All of these opposing factors that they mentioned are reasonable. I hope you guys understand these factors too. Happy Thanksgiving!!^^