Research 1 : harm and suffering

Source:
 harm and suffering
http://www.neavs.org/research/harm-suffering
New England Anti-Vivisection Society

My Topic:
we should not experiment on animals


 What I hope to learn from this source:
I want to find that crelty of animal testing and suffering of animals in laboratories.

Notes:
1. Every year in the U.S., over 25 million animals are used in biomedical experimentation, product and cosmetic testing, and science education.
2. In research and testing, animals are subjected to experiments that can include everything from testing new drugs to infecting with diseases, poisoning for toxicity testing, burning skin, causing brain damage, implanting electrodes into the brain, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures.
3. It can include protocols that cause severe suffering, such as long-term social isolation, electric shocks, withholding of food and water, or repeated breeding and separating of infants from mothers.
4.  Many, if not most, animals die before the end of the study. With the exception of chimpanzees, animals who survive their use in research and testing can be killed after the study is completed.
5. Many animal experiments utilize restraining devices, designed to prevent an animal from moving.
6. Anesthetization, intubation, and euthanasia are also common lab procedures which require extensive training and skill. When improperly performed, these procedures cause extreme pain and discomfort
7. Animals in labs suffer not only pain from protocols, but also severe stress from day-to-day laboratory life. They spend their lives in barren cages, unable to make choices or express natural behaviors. Most never experience fresh air or sunshine, only bars and concrete. 

 

Final Thoughts:

This source makes me convince that animal testing has cruelty and animals suffer from living in poor environmnet. I next want to find resource about animal right. Also, I wonder if animal testing can works well under this environmnet.