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As I am walking through the store looking for my favorite shampoo, Pantene, I decide to look on the back at the ingredients. As I read it, I notice that it says in small print, just under the list of ingredients, “This product was tested on animals”. I am one of the many people who dislike animal experimentation. Animal experimentation is wrong because animals have no say in it, animals have died from the experimentation, and animals are left helpless.

The animals have no say in whether they want to be tested on. Although they do not want to be tested on they still are, and a previous statistic has shown that “approximately 1,200 chimpanzees—some who were captured from the wild, used by the entertainment industry or kept as pets—currently live in nine biomedical research and testing laboratories across the United States”(Primates). Many of the products that humans use are first tested on animals to make sure that they are safe to use. It has been proven that “many of the drugs approved through animal experimentation have proven dangerous to humans” (Thomas).

Many of the animals who come out of experimentation are not so lucky they have to live with disabilities for the rest of their life making their suffering go on. They go around not wanting to be adopted by anyone because no one wants them because of how they look. Many of the animals are put down because they are unable to make it through life because of their problems. These animals tend to come out with lost legs or digestion problems. Also the animals that come out are not usually meant to be adopted, it is like their whole purpose in life is to make sure that the products that people use are safe.

Many animals have died from experimentation and many will continue to die for as long as experimentation on animals goes on. There are studies that have shown that “ in 1990-1997 research labs registered with the USDA reported killing at least 12,895,885 dogs, cats, primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, bears, armadillos, squirrels, wild rodents and other species. This doesn't include non USDA registered labs”(Answers.com). The level of animals that have died has gone down but it is still at a very high rate that is not acceptable for this day and age with all the technology that we have.

As you can see we do not need animal experimentation, too many animals are dying or having lifelong problems which are not able to be treated. Also studies have shown that some treatments that are safe for animals are proven to be harmful to humans. Although there are many of us out there who could do without the animal experimentation there are still a few who want to make sure that it is tested on animals. Even though it does not matter what studies are shown, animal experimentation will never be gone one hundred percent.  “Consumers demand and have a right to expect that the products they depend upon are safe if used properly. They also need reassurance that physicians can save victims in case of accident. Currently, the only way to guarantee these protections is through knowledge gained from animal testing” (Research). I do not believe in this and neither should you. Go to your local SPCA and adopt an animal before it is sent to a lab to be experimented on.

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