Experimentation


 * =====Even though millions of animals used for research aren't made to suffer as part of the experiment, they usually have to be killed in the end=====
 * =====Science and technology are faster than research protocols, so there is no longer a need for experimentation=====
 * =====Animals resemble us anatomically and physic logically. They behave in ways that seem to convey meanings by expressing fear of a tormentor, recoiling from pain, and showing pleasure during activities=====
 * =====On February 14, 2008 government agencies including the EPA and the National Institute of Health, announced an agreement on testing methods that could lead to the end of animal testing=====

Do you think it’s fair for animals to be used and killed everyday when they haven’t even done anything wrong? Imagine being captured, thrown in a cage with nothing to do or eat. And once you’re finally taken from the cage, you find that you have been taken to a laboratory to be tested on or just put outside for people to watch you while you’re sitting in a small enclosed space all day. I am against the use of animals for medical experimentation and entertainment because it causes them unnecessary, unfair harm. Animal cruelty laws need to be enforced to a greater extent.

Many people who are for animal cruelty think animal research is a benefit to humans and that it is needed in order to seek advances in medical human health. Truth is, animal research is avoidable and can be done effectively without experimenting on any living creatures. Science and technology are faster than research protocols, so there is no longer a need for experimentation. According to the International Debate Education Association (IDEA), even if the millions of animals used for research aren’t made to suffer as part of the experiment, they usually have to be put to sleep in the end. Yes, animal experimentation has led to many developed treatments like diabetes, rabies, antibiotics, cancer chemotherapy, and organ transplants, and I think we should keep all the benefits and medicines we have from the animal research, but we shouldn’t continue with it. Animal research isn’t necessary anymore and saying that “we need it” is no longer a good excuse. Animals have a right not to be harmed by the effects medical research can have on them. “Animals resemble us anatomically and physic logically. They behave in ways that seem to convey meanings by expressing fear of a tormentor, recoiling from pain, and showing pleasure during activities.” (IDEA) According to SIRS: Animal Rights Timeline, on February 14, 2008 government agencies including the EPA and the Nation Institute of Health announced an agreement on testing methods that could lead to the end of animal testing. I think animals do have a right not to be harmed because they didn’t do anything wrong and don’t deserve to be killed and used for animal testing.

The United States government has taken some steps toward trying to end animal cruelty and help animal rights. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) was passed after an incident where a pet was used in an experiment without its owner’s consent. It now regulates the care and treatment of warm-blooded animals excluding birds, rodents, and those used in farming. The government has also passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to set aside land for animals that were going extinct because of animal experimentation and entertainment. I think in order for the numbers of animals used for medical experimentation to go down, the government needs to take action to pass a law to protect all mammals from being used for this particular reason. Not only should the law be made, but it must be enforced. It is very important that the government enforces these laws and acts being passed. They can’t just make the law, they have to enforce it. If the law is broken, there must be harsher consequences because without them people will obviously never learn their lesson. This needs to stop and it needs to stop now.