Scientist Should not experiment on animals

What do you think should scientist stop testing on animals.

What do you think should scientist stop testing on animals.

Janet Madrigal Garcilazo, Contributor

Did you know that there are other ways to test chemicals without having to experiment on animals? Scientists shouldn’t experiment on animals. Animals go through pain, suffering, and sometimes even death. They can feel and think just like humans, animals are very similar to humans. Also, veterinarians say that experimenting on animals could cause permanent tissue damage and animals don’t have a choice.  

The first reason that scientists shouldn’t experiment on animals is that animals suffer, feel pain, and sometimes could die. According to the studies of the animals’ usage for testing. This means that humans usually benefit from animals being experimented on but the animals go through suffering, pain, and even death at times. “It is not worth the possible human benefits ”.

 

The second reason is that scientists shouldn’t experiment on animals because animals are similar to humans because they can feel, think, and express themselves. According to “ the article about stopping animal testing”. This means that animals and humans are similar because they can feel, think, behave, and experience pain. What if it was a human who is not willing to be experimented on. A difference between humans and animals is that animals can’t talk. Animals don’t have a choice when they are used for experiments. 

 

The last reason is that scientists shouldn’t experiment on animals because it could cause permanent tissue damage and animals don’t get a choice, According to veterans and medical statements , This means that it could cause tissue damage. “The American Veterinary Medical Association defines animal pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience perceived as arising from a specific region of the body and associated with actual or potential tissue damage”. Dogs don’t have a choice on being experimented on but humans do have choices. 

 

Animals go through pain, suffering, and sometimes even death. They can feel and think just like humans, animals are very similar to humans. Also veterinas say that experimenting on animals could cause permanent tissue damage and animals don’t have a choice. Based on all these reasons, scientists shouldn’t experiment on animals. You could help to stop animal testing by buying products that do not test on animals. Here is a list of the products that are cruataly free