animal experiment

animal experiment

Animal Experimentation
outline Animal Experimentation I. IntrOutline Animal Experimentation I. Introduction A. Animal experimentation is a controversial subject that is still not resolved. Some manufacturers of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals. If the test has educational value, adds to scientific knowledge, or can help improve human health, the sacrifice of animal lives would be justified. Because of the moral situations, and because of the many alternate methods for testing materials, animal testing, unless for the reasons listed above, should be banned. Animal deaths resulting from unnecessary research is unjustifiable. II. Body A. Tax dollars spent on testing B. Draize Eye-Irritancy test 1. Chemicals tested 2. Cosmetics tested C. Lab conditions for the animals before and after testing. D. LD-50 test - how many animals used E. Where test animals come from. F. Alternatives to animal testing 1. Neutral Red Assay 2. Agarose Diffusion 3. Eytex 4. Microtox 5. Topkat III. Conclusion IV. Works Cited Animal Experimentation Animal experimentation is a controversial subject that is still not resolved. Some manufacturers of cosmetics and household products still conduct painful and useless tests on live animals. If the test has educational value, adds to scientific knowledge, or can help improve human health, the sacrifice of animal lives would be justified. Because of the moral situations, and because of the many alternate methods for testing materials, animal testing, unless for the reasons listed above, should be banned. Animal deaths resulting from unnecessary research is unjustifiable. Between 1993 and 2000, USDA registered research laboratories reported killing at least 12,892,885 dogs, cats, primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, farm animals, bears, armadillos, squirrels, wild rodents, and other “covered” species. This does not include hundreds of millions of rats, mice, frogs, or birds, nor does it...