Animal testing may seem like such a small issue to
some people, but to other animal lovers in the world like me, it is a big
problem. The United States of America,
is one of the countries that contribute a majority of the animals testing done
around the world. Over 100 million
animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year, and 92%
of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human
clinical trials because they are too dangerous or don’t work. With this information alone, it seems to be
uncertain to me why animal testing has gone on for as long as it has. We seem to be wasting animal’s lives in order
to try these new products that will in the end be used for human use; while
these animals and humans do not have the same genetic make-up, and are almost
certain to effect each species skin and body differently. I understand that sometimes animal testing is
the best option when I comes to important medical advances, and important
research for terminal diseases such as Cancer. While limiting the use of
animals testing, we are able to end the madness of wasting the animal’s life
and health on products such as make-up, and hair supplies. Another idea that came out of researching this
topic was that we can relax the rules and regulations in order for a human to
test a certain medicine that could save their life. For example, if a medication that is possible
to cure for cancer, and a patient that has the same type of cancer in a severe
form, may be willing to give it a try.
In turn that will cut time in between experimenting on the animals and
then continuing it onto test on a human. A common saying by other campaigns that have
the same beliefs on animals testing as I came up with “3 R’s:” replaces a
procedure that uses animals with a procedure that doesn’t, reduces the number
of animals used in a procedure, refines a procedure to alleviate or minimize
potential animal pain. Using animals to
test new products isn’t the main issue I wish to stop, the pain and torture
that these animals have to go through for these products is unjust and
inhuman. For my project I would like to
spread awareness around the world of the severity of the issue and the effects
it has on the animals. Although my topic
is basically the same as PETAS, I do not plan on spreading the knowledge like
their campaign does. By simply making a
blog with pictures, posts, and more information and the detailed process of
animal testing, we will be able to take major steps to more far regulations of
animal testing. PETA has more of an
aggressive approach when confronting the problem directly, and instead my ad
campaign will also have inviting voice, to teach the other side ways to avoid
this problem. I would also wish to add a
petition onto my blog to give anyone the opportunity to support the beliefs demonstrated
throughout my blog, and to help change to rules and regulations of animal
testing to make it more, Animal friendly.
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