Against:

* 1) Animal testing is not the same as human testing : Animal testing and human testing have different effects and results. The reaction of a drug in an animal’s body is quite different from the reaction in a human.

* 2) Drug testing on animals causes stress, pain and sometimes death: Animal testing is cruel and sometimes it doesn’t even work. Some of the animals are not even properly anesthetized so, they feel sharp pains and usually die. One example of animal testing is called the Draize test in which the product tested is placed in the animal’s eyes resulting in blindness and death. Another example of animal testing is the LD50 in which huge amounts of a product are put into the animals’ stomachs until they die. In this process they suffer from vomiting, diarrhea, paralysis, convulsion and internal bleeding.

* 3) Animal testing is morally wrong: Besides producing suffering and pain, animals being tested generate high levels of depression because of being inside of small cages. It’s a proven fact that most scientists that do animal testing feel guilt and sorrow although they should not become emotionally connected with the animals.

* 4) Animal testing is very expensive: Animal testing costs over $136 billion dollars annually for the American public. Animals must be fed, housed, cared and treated with drugs. The tests are very expensive and they may be practiced more than once in short periods of time.

* 5) There are many alternatives for animal testing.: A lot of scientists think animal testing is outdated because there are more modern testing such as computer programs (that are much faster and cheaper); many cosmetic companies use natural ingredients for their products; the use of artificial “skin” among others. These tests have been proven to be useful and reliable alternatives to test products.

* 6) Animal testing