animal experimentation
...ds should be protected by the Animal Welfare Act as well, because they are animals none the less. The taxes that we pay to the government are being used to conduct these experiments on animals. We are partly supporting the experimentation of animals. Although we would like to avoid this, it isn't likely that we can. The money we contribute to foundations and charities are being used for the testing too. Disappointingly, the majority of institutions that do test on animals are being deficient to the regulations. There are approximately 73 inspectors to 10 000 facilities that test on animals, so it is nearly impossible to be able to provide proper inspections. We should not be having our taxes to help fund institutions that are not following the animal regulations. Everybody knows that animals are being tested on all over the world even right now. But do you know what is being done to the animals? Animals that are not being protected are tested regardless of the pain they may be feeling. Unprotected animals are being burned, mutilated, and killed even without anaesthetics. Foundations such as the American Red Cross have funded experiments in which mice have been consented to grow ailments such as neural tumours, gastrointestinal tissue malformations, shaking tremors, seizures, and paralysis. Every two weeks, rabbits had 20-30% of their blood bled from their bodies. These are just some of the examples of the pain tested animals have to go through. Animal testing is gruesome, so it should be stopped altogether. A law should be stated that pain killers must be used when testing on animals, because the pain that is being brought upon the animals is unbearable. A quote from an institution trying to defend their actions is "Most animals are just mice and rats...". But mice and rats can feel as well as humans can. In fact, mice and rats have a highly developed central nervous system. They still suffer pain and stress from routine caging, handling, and isolation. Rats and mice are commonly and most likely used in cancer testing experiments because they seem to be unpopular animals and are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. Rats and mice do not even have the same range of cancers as humans do, and results of the tests only match 70% of the time. The typical rats and mice used for experimenting have many reasons to be protected and untested on. There are many alternatives to animal testing. First, there are epidemiological studies that through human population studies have shown the transmission of AIDS and how to prevent it. You can also use clinical research where much has be...