Persuasive Writing

 Essay brainstorming: week 10

Persuasive Writing = Animal Testing should be illegal/banned.

Introduction:
Animal testing should definitely be illegal on every continent on earth, these days more experiments/tests are being used on Animals such as Cosmetics, drugs, skin corrosions, etc). My argument is that harmless animals are being tortured and used just for the sake of modern humanity! The consequence of this tragedy could be linked to some of the extinction/endangerment of certain animals. Would you agree with my statement?

As of now, Rabbits are near threatened BECAUSE OF ANIMAL TESTING. My evidence for this is that Rabbits are being used for cosmetic testing such as draize eyes, skin irritancy tests that are very brutal and painful. When rabbits are being experimented on they are locked into full-body restraints, after a painful experiment they are normally killed in case of cross-contamination. More than 170,000 rabbits are killed each year in the laboratory because of animal testing. Even Guinea Pigs, Rats, and Hamsters are also being used for cosmetic testing and soon might also follow the same footsteps as Rabbits.

Could animal testing lead to extinction?

Each year in the U.S.A, more than 100 million animals are killed in U.S. laboratories. This all elaborates on why animal testing should be illegal and why it should be a crime, global estimation would be more than 115 million, with only 3% of animal survival. It is very much possible that animal testing can lead to the extinction of common animals such as Monkeys, Chimpanzees, Dogs, Cats etc).

How many percentages of Animal Testing have failed?

Back in 2004, The FDA said that about 92% of drugs that pass through preclinical tests fail to permit to the market. After some research, recent analysis has proven that despite trying to improve the possibilities of animal testing, the failure rating has risen up to 96% over the years.

What could be a replacement for Animal Testing?

While animal testing has been legally banned, a replacement/alternative that would be harmless and exceptional to animal testing would be cultivated tests using human cells and tissues, with the help of advanced computer modelling technology/techniques and of course, human volunteers.

Conclusion:

Rather than supporting something that is atrocious, it is very much clear and understandable why animal testing should be illegal and why it should be considered a crime. To be reminded, animal testing could cause the endangerment of living creatures, the extinction and the development of new diseases and more unimaginable things! Everything that I have written so far is evidence of why it should be illegal. This might be humanity's only chance to redeem itself for the years of destruction we have caused such as the extinction of innocent animals, the pollution of earth’s natural resources, the overpopulation and a lot more.

Bibliography:

-https://www.hsi.org/news-media/about/#:~:text=Many%20different%20species%20are%20used,in%20some%20countries%2C%20chimpanzees).

-https://www.hsi.org/news-media/statistics/#:~:text=Only%20a%20small%20proportion%20of,and%2For%20killed%20in%20laboratory

-https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/