Banning Animal Testing

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Animal testing and experimentation should be banned worldwide The issue of banning animal testing has been debated for years, even though no final decision has been reached. Today’s technological developments have clearly made life easier for many reasons. One of the many reasons is the European Union’s recent decision, to ban animal testing for cosmetics forever. Their decision clearly made the majority of people happy, but it does not deny the fact that hundreds of animals die every day due to being victim of other medical tests and experimentations. Nevertheless, scientists still have not come up with an accurate way to test products and cosmetics, which will not put animals as well as human beings skin in danger. Putting aside all the technological advancements and developments, it can be argued that animal testing should be banned not only in cosmetics, but for any other experimentation as well. A large number of animals today spend their life in laboratories, where they cannot comprehend that they are just being used as a part of an experiment. Animal experimentation has been around for many centuries, and the reasons for doing this is to find out more about animals themselves, and most frequently, to test substances and products to see if they are injurious for humans themselves. Mice are the most commonly used animals for laboratory work because they are small and easy to keep. Along with rabbits, goats and horses which are used to test new medicine related products as well as cosmetic products. There is however, another type an animal which scientist test on and whom we refer to as a pet. Dogs are usually the first ones to experience heart experiments since their heart is nearly the same size as an average human being. Morally, animal testing is exceptionally vicious and completely redundant. Many of us use the word “equality” without thinking of

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