By: Juliann Cummings

 Animal testing is abuse to many different kinds of innocent animals and should not be used, this type of cruelty should be stopped immediately.

 “Some [research animals] are burned with blow torches or submerged in scalding water, some are beaten with mallets until they die of shock or internal injuries, some are inoculated with cancer cells and die a lingering and agonized death, hundreds of thousands undergo major surgery and are cruelly neglected while they recover or die” (Shaffer).

 Medical Testing (cancer, vaccines, burns, transplants, etc.)  Cosmetics Testing (makeup, lotions, anti-aging, etc.) ◦ Actress Kristin Bauer of the television show True Blood said ''It's so simple for me: we shouldn't be torturing another living being for mascara when we don't have to…It seems so odd when you think of shaving cream and a bunny, or mascara and a guinea pig. We're not saving a life’’ (Ellin).  Product Testing (cleaning, car, and food products)  Behavioral Testing (how the animal reacts, thinks, and how it makes conclusions)

 Calm and easy to handle animals including: ◦ Dogs ◦ Mice and Rats ◦ Cats ◦ Farm Animals ◦ Rabbits ◦ Primates testing-on-dogs-cats-mice-and-other-animals h/rominas_blog/?p=844

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 They are the most used animals because: ◦ Can be kept in smaller units ◦ Researchers don’t need to give them pain killers by law ◦ They have a similar nervous system to humans  Mice and rats are used in toxicology tests in which they are slowly put to death  They are used in behavioral testing because they run through mazes to see what parts of the brain causes movement

 Dogs are used for: ◦ Neurological research ◦ Medical testing (given diseases and vaccinations) ◦ Beagles are the most common breed used  Cats are used for: ◦ Classroom dissections ◦ Vision tests (eyes are sewn shut or removed) d-scenes-of-animal-testing.html 508

 Rabbits are used for: ◦ Cosmetics and product testing (put in the eyes or freshly shaved skin) ◦ Medical testing  Other kinds of farm animals are used for: ◦ Trauma training courses (for the military) ◦ Medical testing (organs are removed) al_testing.htm

 They are caught in the wild and raised in laboratories  Used for: ◦ Vaccine tests (given diseases and are then given vaccines to see if they help) ◦ Behavioral tests (primates are very similar to humans)  Primates become lonely, bored, and suffer from insanity while in laboratories a-case-for-animal-testing/

This is a long video but it is very informative about what types of laws protect animals from testing.

 It usually doesn’t help find important research, “From time to time, animal experimenters “have stumbled on something useful,” but current experiments “aren't coming up with anything of actual value” for health”(Clemmitt 10).  Innocent animals die from cruelty and mistreatment. ty/animal_testing.htm

 On the Speak Out For Species education website it stated that “An estimated 90 percent of all animals used in research are rats and mice, though many other species are also used, including guinea pigs, dogs, cats, rabbits, nonhuman primates, and farm animals” (Problems). This goes to show that there are so many animals out there in laboratories getting hurt and abused. Hopefully this will change many people’s views on animal testing and will make the reader more aware of why animal testing is a horrible thing to do to innocent animals that are also pets and shouldn’t be treated this way.

 Clemmitt, Marcia. "Animal Rights." CQ Researcher 8 Jan. 2010: Web. 2 Mar.  document.php?id=cqresrre &type=hitlist&num=2  Ellin, Abby. "Leaving Animals Out of the Cosmetics Picture." New York Times 29 Dec. 2011, Late Edition ed., sec. E: 3+. LexisNexis Academic. Web. 1 Mar  "Problems With Animal Experimentation." Speak Out for Species (S.O.S). Web. 03 Mar  Shaffer, Helen B. "Treatment of Animals in Medical Research."Editorial Research Reports Vol. I. Washington: CQ Press, CQ Researcher. Web. 2 Mar ment.php?id=cqresrre &type=hitlist&num=4