Animal Testing Persuasive Speech

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Animal testing has been an ongoing issue in the last few decades. Every year, millions of vulnerable animals are being used in alarming experiments for the benefit of our selfish wants. Some procedures include testing abrasive chemicals in products and the act of operating on live animals, also known as vivisection. Firstly, testing on animals is pure animal cruelty and is unethical. Also, the immune system of animals are unalike to our own, making them defective test subjects. Furthermore, testing on animals is unnecessary as alternative testing technologies already exist.

Animal testing is arrogant, inhumane and completely unethical. During the procedure, animals are continuously tortured. Not only that, many animals die due to the mistreatment and from the dangerous substances in tested products. Animals such as mice, guinea pigs, rabbits and dogs are susceptible to brutal practices in laboratories. In 2015 alone, approximately 7.5 million animals were used in Australia for the testing of medical and cosmetic products. How would you feel if you were treated unfairly against your own will? Therefore, just like us humans, no animal should be forced to endure such torture.
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A former director of the National Cancer Institute, Dr. Klausner said, "We have cured mice of cancer for decades, and it simply didn't work in humans." Additionally, animals under unnatural environments build stress resulting in inconsistent results. 92% of products that passed animal testing failed to pass the initial stages of human appraisals. The immune systems of humans and animals are dissimilar, so therefore, experimenting on animals may present ambiguous data. So what is the purpose of using animal testing if the results may not even be