Wednesday 18 February 2009

WHY YOU SHOULD & SHOULDN'T SUPPORT ANIMAL TESTING:

WHY SUPPORT?
Every day, thousands of people are saved from painful diseases and death by powerful medical drugs and treatments. This incredible gift of medicine would not be possible without animal testing. Also it would be inhumane to test new drugs on children or adults, this way it would also take longer to see potential effects but also because of the length of time we live compared to labartory animals such as rabbits or rats. A further point often raised against animal testing is that it is cruel. Some of the tests certainly seem painful, but the great majority of people on this planet eat meat or wear leather without any guilt. Where is their sympathy for animals? Furthermore, animals clearly do not feel the same way as humans, and scientists are careful to minimize stress in the animals, since this would damage their research.

WHY NOT SUPPORT?
Despite these overwhelming benefits, however, some people are calling for animal testing to be banned because of alleged cruelty and the lab animals which are used in experiments for either medicine or make-up, do suffer alot of pain. However people find that animal testing is okay as it isn't hurting humans. What about the animals say? They don't get a say whether they should be put into a lab for the rest of their lives and put in some considerable amount of pain which leads to most of the animals used in experiments to eventually die. An example of Animal Testing is a leading brand called "Procter and Gamble" they are most well known for selling Ariel, Daz, Fairy, Max Factor, Olay, Pantene Pro-V, Herbal Essences, and Head and Shoulders. All of these famous products which are on our shelves today are all tested on animals including your normal pet dog or cat. Procter and Gamble admitted that they even test on guinea-pigs, rabbits, rats, monkeys, hamsters, ferrets and mice as well as cats and dogs in pet-food experiments.

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