James Uphill

Animal Testing

Animal Testing: The Fight We are Losing Since 322 BC, scientists such as Aristotle have been using animals as test subjects, and only recently, we have started to find out the extent of the cruelty endured by these animals. My research for this essay uncovered many atrocities. Twenty-one long-tailed macaques were forced to inhale a variation of smallpox, then they were killed and dissected. Twenty-seven pigs were shot in the hind legs and 30 percent of their blood drained for research. Pigs have been shot, rabbits blown up, and guinea pigs have been injected. So why is it necessary? Animal testing has been going on for centuries, but as a species, humans are obsessed with scientific advances. If we must have test subjects, then isn’t it better to use animals instead of humans?