Hello everyone! This is my Texas essay for second question.
Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
Please give your most brutal and honest suggestions. Thanks to all.
His eyes are torn open. He is pinned down by his neck with a clamp. He wriggles and struggles to escape the torture inflicted on him. He breaks his back in a bid to avoid further torture. Most of the unfortunate, instead of merciful death, are tortured to death. This is a story of not one but thousands of rabbits who are used for testing products that we use in our day to day life.
Science today, is more developed and sophisticated - We have mapped Human Genome, grown tissue in culture, and modeled human physiology using computers. This is the one face of modern science. The other side, unknown to people, is gruesome and simply horrifying.
WHY? Is it because they are mute? Is it because they cannot protest and stand up for what is right? Is it because we are superior? We talk about fighting terrorists who kill innocent people - kill in a ruthless manner. Are we any different from them? But are we not doing the same with animals? We are attack those who do not have the power to fight back.
One cannot justify this testing on any grounds even though; the famous counter argument is that it is essential for science and mankind. But so far there has been no evidence to support this statement. This is done to avoid consumer lawsuits that they may face. The point is animal physiology is very different from that of humans. Many a drug which has worked on animals have been proved harmful to humans. Dogs and other animals are force fed detergents in increasing quantities to see, at which point, does the animal die. I would really like to ask those scientists who conduct these "curiosity" experiments, how does this help the mankind? Even if it helped, are we ready to sacrifice our conscience for it? The whole concept of buying shampoos, lipsticks and other products that involve animal testing is senseless. There are lot of companies that do not support animal testing who are functioning, just fine. We need to support these industries by buying their products instead of others.
I remember, once when I went to this retail store where they stored perfume tested on animals. My friend who also shares the same passion for animal testing went and talked to the manager, however he refused.The next day, we stood outside the shop and started distributing pamphlets asking people to avoid animal tested products and shops that store these products. The shop owner was furious and humiliated us, but we stood our ground. Third day, they removed the bottles. All it takes is a little effort to make a change.
There is a talk of disarmament, and I really hope it comes into action because it will save lives of many animals used for warfare testing. Pigs are typically used for explosion research while others are used to investigate bullet wounds. Experiments on live animals to test hameoraging is one of the most macabre crime on earth. This is amazing! We are killing animals for the improvement of methods to kill humans!? We talk of compassion and brotherhood and this issue shows how hollow these claims.
This is the issue where wake up calls aren't enough. We need to ban these atrocities immediately and work to build a society with more moral and ethical outlook. The shampoo maybe, you wash your hair with has stains of blood. Animals too have rights and it is now high time we give them what the respect they deserve.
Choose an issue of importance to you-the issue could be personal, school related, local, political, or international in scope-and write an essay in which you explain the significance of that issue to yourself, your family, your community, or your generation.
Please give your most brutal and honest suggestions. Thanks to all.
His eyes are torn open. He is pinned down by his neck with a clamp. He wriggles and struggles to escape the torture inflicted on him. He breaks his back in a bid to avoid further torture. Most of the unfortunate, instead of merciful death, are tortured to death. This is a story of not one but thousands of rabbits who are used for testing products that we use in our day to day life.
Science today, is more developed and sophisticated - We have mapped Human Genome, grown tissue in culture, and modeled human physiology using computers. This is the one face of modern science. The other side, unknown to people, is gruesome and simply horrifying.
WHY? Is it because they are mute? Is it because they cannot protest and stand up for what is right? Is it because we are superior? We talk about fighting terrorists who kill innocent people - kill in a ruthless manner. Are we any different from them? But are we not doing the same with animals? We are attack those who do not have the power to fight back.
One cannot justify this testing on any grounds even though; the famous counter argument is that it is essential for science and mankind. But so far there has been no evidence to support this statement. This is done to avoid consumer lawsuits that they may face. The point is animal physiology is very different from that of humans. Many a drug which has worked on animals have been proved harmful to humans. Dogs and other animals are force fed detergents in increasing quantities to see, at which point, does the animal die. I would really like to ask those scientists who conduct these "curiosity" experiments, how does this help the mankind? Even if it helped, are we ready to sacrifice our conscience for it? The whole concept of buying shampoos, lipsticks and other products that involve animal testing is senseless. There are lot of companies that do not support animal testing who are functioning, just fine. We need to support these industries by buying their products instead of others.
I remember, once when I went to this retail store where they stored perfume tested on animals. My friend who also shares the same passion for animal testing went and talked to the manager, however he refused.The next day, we stood outside the shop and started distributing pamphlets asking people to avoid animal tested products and shops that store these products. The shop owner was furious and humiliated us, but we stood our ground. Third day, they removed the bottles. All it takes is a little effort to make a change.
There is a talk of disarmament, and I really hope it comes into action because it will save lives of many animals used for warfare testing. Pigs are typically used for explosion research while others are used to investigate bullet wounds. Experiments on live animals to test hameoraging is one of the most macabre crime on earth. This is amazing! We are killing animals for the improvement of methods to kill humans!? We talk of compassion and brotherhood and this issue shows how hollow these claims.
This is the issue where wake up calls aren't enough. We need to ban these atrocities immediately and work to build a society with more moral and ethical outlook. The shampoo maybe, you wash your hair with has stains of blood. Animals too have rights and it is now high time we give them what the respect they deserve.
