Animal Research

Animal Research

In my opinion, I am against animal researching. I am against the researching because of the inhumane way animals in the laboratories are treated. Testing on animals for research to cure diseases, may seem to be ok with some people, but those people may not know or realize that the animals being use are not just mice and rats.

There are many laboratories around the world that test on cats, dogs, rabbits, monkeys, baboons, even horses. There are also universities including Columbia, and Carolina, who were been told to stop their inhumane treatments to the different animals by PETA back in 2003, most are still researching the same way as before, (stopanimaltesting.com.) Throughout the years, PETA, (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has received thousands of calls from worried and concerned veterinarians about the treatment of laboratory animals. Many of those undercover investigations, resulted in findings of suffering, socially deprived animals. Examples of these cure and unusual testing are, kittens at Carolina University, had the skulls cut open, nerves cut, and tied, at Columbia University, rats’ toes cut off to tell them apart all done using no painkillers or anesthesia, (animaltesting101.) While statistics show that mice and rats are the most type of animals used for the research, the other animals including are, cats, dogs, monkeys, etc, are also used considerably a lot. No one knows where the dog or cat cadavers that college and universities use for teachings, or the greater question being; how did these animals die?

With guidelines set up so torturous experiments like the examples listed above do not happen, there are still laboratories; government, universities, and private alike, conducting experiments that PETA consider inhumane. The APA, or American Psychological Association, put together a list of guidelines to protect these poor terrified animals. These guidelines are justification of the research, personal involvement, caring for and housing of the animals, acquisition of animals humanely, experimental procedures, field research to not disturb or damage sensitive ecosystems, educational use of animals, for this guideline there are special guidelines, (APA Online.) If these guidelines are not followed, people are to contact the APA and CARE (Committee on Animal Research and Ethics.) Many reporting violations not reported to the APA of CARE, but to PETA.