Animal Testing Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment And Should...

Animal Testing Animal testing has been going on for years; however, few question the ethics of testing medicines that would cure human diseases on animals. Various animals being tested in labs and cruelly force them to be a host of harmful diseases negatively affect their health. Animal testing is cruel and unusual punishment and should discontinue. Animal experimentation is a subject that many know of but don’t know much about. Although it is a big topic, people still don’t pay much attention to it because of their lack of information. Experimenting is a cruel process that causes many innocent animals to suffer. Many cases of violations towards experimenting have been found as well. Testing on animals is unnecessary when laying down the†¦show more content†¦The survey was sent to twenty-three students asking whether they supported or did not support the discontinue of using animals in labs for experimentation. Twenty-two percent of students stated that they di d not support ending animal experimentation in labs, while the other seventy-eight percent did support it. Those who still support animal experimentation must not know what really goes on in labs and how cruel the tests may be. Animals feel pain just as humans feel pain and they might even feel more pain than we do because of how smaller the animal is. Some even have similar cognitive conditions as humans, such as depression or stress as stated, â€Å"Some chimpanzees previously used in biomedical research exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorders similar to those observed in human (â€Å"Animal Experimentation† no p. #).† Many animals in experimenting facilities have been forced to participate in cruel tests. According to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, animals have been forced to inhale toxic fumes, their skin burned, their spinal cords crushed, skulls drilled in, isolated or immobilized for hours, and have died inhumanely or traumatized severely with little to no chance of recovery. The animals are isolated in cages, forced to suffer disease and injury, and eventually euthanized. Euthanasia is particularly practiced when experimenting with animals or in veterinary hospitals. It is theShow MoreRelatedFundamentals of Hrm263904 Words   |  1056 Pageswritten permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, website www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley Sons, Inc., 111 River Stree t, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, (201)748-6011, fax (201)748-6008, website http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. To order books or for customer service please, call 1-800-CALL