Do you have a pet? Most people in america do have some type of animal. Approximately 44% of all households in the United States have a dog, and 35% have a cat. What if one day you woke up, and your dog or cat had been taken away to a lab. Well for some people and animals/strays this is a nightmarish reality. More than a 100 million animals a year are tested on for makeup, medicine and other things we use everyday. According to the Humane Society, registration of a single pesticide requires more than 50 experiments and the use of as many as 12,000 animals. Most people think they just test on smaller animals like rats, bunnies and even fish. Unfortunately that is not true they will use all types of animals dogs, cats, and even horses. While …show more content…
And the law doesn’t require the use of valid alternatives to animals, even if they are available. The test they do on animals involve burning, poisoning and even poking them with sharp objects. They are abused by being locked up for hours, tortured they are given harmful drugs and they are burned and drugged. After being burned and tortured for hours they are not given any pain reliever. Instead of using a living creature why not use test dummies? Not only would it be better for the looks of the brand they would not have to worry about making people upset. Using test dummies would be easier and safer. By using test dummies they would not have to worry about hurting animals using test dummies could also be helpful because it would make the company look better if people know they don’t test on animals it may make people feel better about buying their brand. When choosing to develop or use new, untested ingredients in their cosmetic products, some companies will conduct new animal tests to assess the safety of these new ingredients. This practice is both unnecessary and inaccurate, and the HSUS actively opposes the choice to unnecessarily use animals in these cruel tests. Some raw materials, used in cosmetics, were tested on animals years ago when they were first introduced. A cosmetic manufacturer might only use those raw materials and base their "cruelty-free" claims on the fact that the materials or
Cosmetic testing on animals is unnecessary when it comes to consumer wants. Defenseless animals should not have to suffer through useless experimentations of cosmetics. Millions of animals have painful deaths every year, because people are allowing this to happen. Since these experiments are an ancient way of testing, the animals’ deaths are in vain. They’re not the most accurate results, and there are other ways to avoid this without the cost of beauty.
We are so lucky to have animals in the world. I mean, what better living creatures to use than rodents, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters for experimentation. Several popular beauty and cosmetic brands including Maybelline, Avon, Rimmel London, Covergirl and even Dove, test their products or ingredients on animals. Regardless of this having effects on their sales, companies perform this act for our safety and so that our mascaras don’t make our eyelashes fall out or our shampoos won’t make us bald. Most importantly, it’s done for proof when injured customers sue.
Since animal testing is cruel, inhumane, and alternative testing methods now exist, we should discontinue animal testing once and for all. For these reasons, animals should not be used in research or to test the safety of human products. To begin with, animal testing is cruel, inhumane and it violates animals’ rights. The USDA reported that in 2016, 71,370 animals suffered pain during experiments while being given no anesthesia at all for relief.
At this present day most companies are not required to test on animals, but despitefully still do because of “new” ingredients. In fact, in a article ,Beauty and the Beasts:The U.S. should ban testing cosmetics, it
There was a dog scrunched up on the roots of a tall redwood. With the rain pounding on the road, the dog would do anything to find a warm, cozy shelter, and food. There are about 7.6 million pets that get abandoned in a year in just the U.S. Don’t follow careless owners’ mistakes- change them back into achievements by helping, where there are many options you can choose.
This proves how immoral it is to test on animals especially since the law does not require the cosmetics to be tested. The most plausible answer for why the animals are being tested on is a business wants to make money and if the business cosmetic is unsafe and harms one human then no one is going to want to buy another cosmetic from that business. This could leave a business with no
Animal abuse and abandonment is a serious problem in the United States. Researchers say, “The most shocking number of cruelty cases reported…is only the tip of the iceberg. Most cases are never reported, and most animal suffering goes unrecognized and unabated…1,880 cruelty cases reported in the media in 2007.” Most people get animals for their children, for birthdays and holidays. When somebody gets a new puppy, they have to teach the pup to behave, or the puppy could become a huge problem.
Animal testing has been an extremely controversial subject for many years now. Some people know about animal testing because it comes up in the news and others know about it from the makeup. Any person that uses makeup will read the label “Cruelty Free” or “Not Tested on Animals” When seen on the product this lets the customer know that no animal was used for testing for the creation of the product. This can affect the purchasing habits for any makeup consumer. People might not like the idea of using animals for testing and some think it's necessary.
Is animal testing really the only way to see if our products are safe to use in our everyday lives ? This is a question many people should start asking themselves for the good of animals all around the world. Plus animal testing is not necessary for all the products that are suppose to be for human use .There are many other ways to test if products are safe for human use. Animal testing is not just used to see how a disease works in the body of a living organism animal testing is also used to see the effects of household products as well. One of this items is Windex uses animal testing by feeding animals or spraying Windex in the animal's eyes to see the effects of the product if it were to be ingested or if eyes would get irritated
Animals should not be used for product tests and researching. The first reason that we should not be testing animals, is because animals are going to be going extinct if we keep it up. Millions of animals are getting terribly injured or suffering or even
Imagine walking through a humane society or dog shelter and seeing the many dogs without homes. Abuse, neglect, surrendering, and running stray have led them to the shelters they now call their homes. Seeing those sad puppy dog eyes looking through the cages at potential owners breaks one can not help but feel sad for the dogs. Not only are millions of dogs homeless, cats and kittens are as well. To make matters worse, many of these animals will never make it out of the shelter.
Leaping Toward a Cruelty-Free World Worldwide, cosmetic animal testing is still implemented. Although some parts of the world have banned testing chemicals on animals such as the European Union and New Zealand, countries such as the United States and Canada continue to consent. “The beauty industry makes people look and feel beautiful but is horrifically ugly when it comes to the treatment of animals in laboratories.” (Cole 2). Knowing the alternatives, organizations, and cruelty-free products ultimately improves the knowledge about animal testing.
The Humane Society International (HSI) says that there are around 100,000 animals tested and killed in labs each year. They test medicine for headaches and sicknesses and if that medicine works it’s sent out to be sold. Animal testing is a necessary evil to keep you and a family member alive. Animal testing is bad but a lot of good comes out of it. “The animals being tested are treated like kings and queens.
So how do they test their product since using another human is unethical. They use animals because they think that “hey animals don’t have feelings so they can't object to this” and that animals aren’t superior to them. But they do and when you
Also, the FDA does not regulate cosmetic animal testing, so this means that any company could put a sticker which says cruelty-free, but that may not be the truth. Animals are also frequently used in testing medications or new procedures. This type of testing is defined as using non-human animals in experiments that seek