Animal Experiment

Thesis: Animal experimentation should be made illegal around the world.

Many products that we used now are tested on animals before they are sold to us. Animal experimentation has been an ongoing phenomenon for years. Animals are used for research to help evaluate the effectiveness of new medicines and industry products on human. These industry products can range from beauty products and medicinal drugs to household cleaners (Humane Society International, 2013, para. 1). Collins (2011) gathered statistics from various sources like the U.S. Department of Agriculture and noted, “ yearly, U.S. accounted for more than 100 million animals that are killed due to researches” (para. 1). Noting that this statistic only applies to the U.S. makes it very alarming, as there are animal testing going on everywhere in the world.

Although we are not able to understand animals as well as we do humans, it does not mean that they should not be given equal rights. Animal experimentation should be made illegal globally as every life should be seen as important as another. There are several reasons why animal experimentation should be stopped. Numerous alternatives are made available for product testing and experimenting, however there does not seem to be a way to stop animal experimentation for good.

Animal and humans may seem similar in many ways, both having the same organ system and similar ways of executing task. However just like no two humans are the same, animal's response to a drug can be different to a human's. For example a drug know as “Penicillin, a well-tolerated medicine, used today by doctors against infections for patients. This drug if consumed by guinea pigs and hamster can cause their lives” (Croce, 2011, para. 5). Therefore if the way animals and human react to a drug is different, animals experimentation should cease since the experiment will mostly likely be inconclusive. There are several alternative methods for testing safety of products....