The Horrific Actions Done to Animals during Animal Cell Testing

Could you imagine being burnt alive or having poisonous, painful procedures happening to you for your entire life? It doesn’t sound very delightful, does it? Animals in animal testing have to go through this every day of their shortened lives until they are slaughtered. Animal testing isn’t banned in Australia despite the fact that it is horrible and brutal. There is always another option to animal testing as it is not precise. Once the animals have served their purpose they are murdered in the most heartless ways. It is animal abuse, which is prohibited domestically but evidently is acceptable in a laboratory. Animal testing is a disturbing routine in the cosmetic industry and other manufacturing businesses. Not only is this process harsh, but it is also thought by many researchers and scientists to be unsuccessful.

Millions of animals are killed every year as a result of animal testing. 95% of the animals being used in these frightening experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act which is the reason they are used. These animals include cats, dogs, fish, rabbits, mice, rats, guinea pigs and more. These animals are exposed to hazardous chemicals and they don’t get an option in whether they want to take part or not. Animals are different from humans. The way we are built is different. Our organs are different so the chemicals that are used on them, show different results on us. 94% of chemicals pass in animal tests but are unsuccessful in human clinical trials. There is always another choice. Almost every type of cell in the human body can be grown in the laboratory.

Scientists have been able to grow 3D cell structures such as miniature human organs which provide a more realistic way to test new substances. These innovative little devices are called ‘organs-on-chips’ and they can be used instead of animals to study the biological and disease processes as well as metabolism. Scientists have already produced these miniature cells that accurately mimic the lung, heart, kidney, and gut. There is always another option. These cell-based alternates have a 100% accuracy at detecting poisonous chemicals instead of using rats which only detects 60% accurately. There is always an alternate such as donated healthy and diseased tissues which is a relevant way of studying biology and disease instead of animal testing. Over the past decade, computers have evolved so much and are being used in more ways than ever, so it is just fitting that they are being used to create realistic and reliable models of the human heart, lungs, kidneys, skin, digestive and musculoskeletal systems and more. They are being used to conduct virtual experiments based on existing information and mathematical data. If there are all these ways and more to test new chemicals, substances and everything else that is being tested on unreliable, innocent animals instead of lifeless dependable devices, why can’t we make the change and prohibit animal testing?

Once the scientist has completed their experiments and is done with the animal, they murder it in the most gruesome ways. They throw the animal out like its garbage. They are killed by carbon monoxide, which is what Hitler used in the gas chambers during World War 2, decapitation, snapping the animal's spine, brain irradiation, gunshots or even electrocution on larger animals. These are all sickening, painful ways to die and these animals don’t deserve to be killed these ways. A law needs to be set in place to prevent this from happening in the future.

Daily, vivisectors poison, shock, burn and kill animals. Outside laboratories these actions would be considered a felony but since these atrocious acts are occurring inside a laboratory, they are not considered a felony but are encouraged despite the fact that these animals suffer and die every day in laboratories with no protection. It is unethical to sentence over 100 million reasoning, feeling animals to live in a laboratory cage and deliberately cause them excruciating pain, isolation, seclusion, apprehension, anxiety, and trauma. Animal testing is expensive and uneconomical. Animal experiments prolong the suffering of people waiting for beneficial cures by deceptive experimenters and squandering precious money, time and resources that could have been spent on human-relevant research. Modern-thinking scientists are using and have developed humane, modern and effective non-animal research methods including human-based micro-dosing, human-patient simulators and sophisticated computer modelling that are cheaper, quicker and more accurate than animal tests. Does the world really need another batch of brand-new makeup, soap, pesticides or anything else so badly that it should come at the expense of animals’ lives? Since animal abuse is considered a crime outside laboratories, why shouldn’t it be one in laboratories? The way the animals are murdered when the scientists are done with them is truly horrendous. There is always another way to do things. Animal testing is not reliable and it is extremely expensive. There is no justification for anyone to commit this offence. Governments should prohibit animal testing so that the world becomes a happier and safer place for animals.