Hiya people. So I just finished typing up my persuasive essay/research paper for Language Arts, and now I'm bored, so I thought, "Why not post random school junk on my spot?" lol, so here it is!
Stop the Animal Testing!
You’ve probably walked through the mall before to purchase some make-up or cologne. Imagine that after you bought it, you went home to watch the news, where you heard they found a new cure for a disease. Do you know how scientists make sure that make-up or cologne is safe for you, and where they got the information for finding that cure? It is likely they got it from animal testing, a common way to test and experiment for human products and treatments. But do we need to experiment on these poor creatures? No! There are many other ways to find these results without having animals suffer, and these alternatives are more precise anyway.
You see, day after day animals suffer such horrid things. In a test for Lethal Dose 50 (LD50), the animals faced convulsions, seizures, diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and tremors (Fano 1). That is just the start of the cruelty. They bleed from their genitals, eyes, and mouths, vomit wildly, self-mutilate, lose kidney function, become paralyzed, and fall into comas (1). And yet, that's not where it stops. Toxic smoke is inhaled by conscious monkeys, and invasive surgery is given to improperly anaesthetized dogs. Guinea pigs are covered with an acidic substance and have their organs eaten away, and blinded cats are dropped into vats of water (“Animal Experimentation” 1). This plainly is violating animals’ rights to live peacefully, and in some circumstances their rights to live at all, and we shouldn’t use them for human benefit. Besides, you can’t trust the outcomes we get from them anyhow.
As I have said, many of the results are inaccurate, from things such as testing situations, the treatment of the test subjects, and how much chemical each of the test animals consumes or is injected with. Alix Fano, director of the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation and author of Lethal Laws, states that “testing situations are stressful, which tends to skew the results because stressed animals react differently to substances than do relaxed animals” (Fano 1). He also says that after eating a food that made them ill, rats would associate it with sickness, and how much they eat or drink would also change the results. Combine that with the various ages, genetics, and metabolisms, and it’s hard to believe that scientists consider these results accurate (1). Also, the dosages animals are given are just insane! When scientists were experimenting with a sweetener called cyclamate, animals were forced to consume the human equivalent of five hundred fifty-two bottles of soft drinks a day. In two other tests, rats were given the equivalency of fifty million cups of coffee a day to find the effects of trichloroethylene, a coffee decaffeinating agent (1). When chemicals are given in such high dosages as these, we have no way of knowing whether smaller amounts of a chemical give the same results (“Animal Experimentation” 1). And even after all of these factors, there is still another huge thing that skews the results.
There is no doubt that humans and animals have completely different genetics. Even different rat species have different genes, causing them to react differently to things. For example, bladder cancer was caused in Slonaker rats by N2-fluorenylacetamide, while in Wistar rats it caused liver cancer in the males and breast cancer in the females, and intestinal cancer in Piebald rates (Fano 1). Different rat types aren’t where it ends. Benzedin has caused bladder cancer in dogs and humans, while rats have gotten liver and mammary tumors (1). A tranquilizer called thalidomide, formerly given to pregnant women to treat morning sickness, caused severe birth defects in more than ten thousand kids, while in various other animal species it did not (Carlson 1). Also, things such as allergic reactions, blood disorders, central nervous system effects, skin lesions, headaches, depression, and nausea are just a few of the things you can’t tell from animal tests (Thomas 1). Even as animal tests don’t show bad reactions humans could have, they also don’t show how a chemical could benefit humans. Penicillin kills guinea pigs and cats, meanwhile in humans it stops infections from spreading, and Tylenol is also deadly to cats (1). Knowing this, how many more chemicals do you think will pass animal tests and still be fatal to humans, while many great cures could be left undiscovered as tests show negative effects on animals?
This is why we need human substitutes, and many great discoveries were developed without the help of animals. A few of those essential developments are x-rays, yellow fever vaccines, and antidepressants (“Animal Experimentation” 1). Now, eye surgery can be practiced by surgeons using computer images, and it is the best representation of the human eye. An advantage for the surgeons is that they can even play back the operation to review their work (1). More scientists, as many as possible, should use alternative means of research such as this, and they can also use mannequins and human cells or tissue (Howard 1). However, until they are able to use these methods completely, some things they can do to help are reducing the number of animals used and change their ways of experimenting to cause less distress and pain for the animals.
We need to stop animal testing now, and begin using those alternative methods of research. There is no reason we should continue using our animal friends’ pain and suffering for products and cures that might not work, or even prove fatal to humans. The next time you see something that was tested by animals, don’t buy it, boycott it. When the companies have a drop in sales, they could possibly stop using animals as test subjects in order to get more customers. So be against animal experimentation. Ending it will save millions of animals from pain and suffering, maybe even save their lives, and it could possibly save yours, too.
I hope I didn't bore y'all to death, hahaha
Stop the Animal Testing!
You’ve probably walked through the mall before to purchase some make-up or cologne. Imagine that after you bought it, you went home to watch the news, where you heard they found a new cure for a disease. Do you know how scientists make sure that make-up or cologne is safe for you, and where they got the information for finding that cure? It is likely they got it from animal testing, a common way to test and experiment for human products and treatments. But do we need to experiment on these poor creatures? No! There are many other ways to find these results without having animals suffer, and these alternatives are more precise anyway.
You see, day after day animals suffer such horrid things. In a test for Lethal Dose 50 (LD50), the animals faced convulsions, seizures, diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, and tremors (Fano 1). That is just the start of the cruelty. They bleed from their genitals, eyes, and mouths, vomit wildly, self-mutilate, lose kidney function, become paralyzed, and fall into comas (1). And yet, that's not where it stops. Toxic smoke is inhaled by conscious monkeys, and invasive surgery is given to improperly anaesthetized dogs. Guinea pigs are covered with an acidic substance and have their organs eaten away, and blinded cats are dropped into vats of water (“Animal Experimentation” 1). This plainly is violating animals’ rights to live peacefully, and in some circumstances their rights to live at all, and we shouldn’t use them for human benefit. Besides, you can’t trust the outcomes we get from them anyhow.
As I have said, many of the results are inaccurate, from things such as testing situations, the treatment of the test subjects, and how much chemical each of the test animals consumes or is injected with. Alix Fano, director of the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation and author of Lethal Laws, states that “testing situations are stressful, which tends to skew the results because stressed animals react differently to substances than do relaxed animals” (Fano 1). He also says that after eating a food that made them ill, rats would associate it with sickness, and how much they eat or drink would also change the results. Combine that with the various ages, genetics, and metabolisms, and it’s hard to believe that scientists consider these results accurate (1). Also, the dosages animals are given are just insane! When scientists were experimenting with a sweetener called cyclamate, animals were forced to consume the human equivalent of five hundred fifty-two bottles of soft drinks a day. In two other tests, rats were given the equivalency of fifty million cups of coffee a day to find the effects of trichloroethylene, a coffee decaffeinating agent (1). When chemicals are given in such high dosages as these, we have no way of knowing whether smaller amounts of a chemical give the same results (“Animal Experimentation” 1). And even after all of these factors, there is still another huge thing that skews the results.
There is no doubt that humans and animals have completely different genetics. Even different rat species have different genes, causing them to react differently to things. For example, bladder cancer was caused in Slonaker rats by N2-fluorenylacetamide, while in Wistar rats it caused liver cancer in the males and breast cancer in the females, and intestinal cancer in Piebald rates (Fano 1). Different rat types aren’t where it ends. Benzedin has caused bladder cancer in dogs and humans, while rats have gotten liver and mammary tumors (1). A tranquilizer called thalidomide, formerly given to pregnant women to treat morning sickness, caused severe birth defects in more than ten thousand kids, while in various other animal species it did not (Carlson 1). Also, things such as allergic reactions, blood disorders, central nervous system effects, skin lesions, headaches, depression, and nausea are just a few of the things you can’t tell from animal tests (Thomas 1). Even as animal tests don’t show bad reactions humans could have, they also don’t show how a chemical could benefit humans. Penicillin kills guinea pigs and cats, meanwhile in humans it stops infections from spreading, and Tylenol is also deadly to cats (1). Knowing this, how many more chemicals do you think will pass animal tests and still be fatal to humans, while many great cures could be left undiscovered as tests show negative effects on animals?
This is why we need human substitutes, and many great discoveries were developed without the help of animals. A few of those essential developments are x-rays, yellow fever vaccines, and antidepressants (“Animal Experimentation” 1). Now, eye surgery can be practiced by surgeons using computer images, and it is the best representation of the human eye. An advantage for the surgeons is that they can even play back the operation to review their work (1). More scientists, as many as possible, should use alternative means of research such as this, and they can also use mannequins and human cells or tissue (Howard 1). However, until they are able to use these methods completely, some things they can do to help are reducing the number of animals used and change their ways of experimenting to cause less distress and pain for the animals.
We need to stop animal testing now, and begin using those alternative methods of research. There is no reason we should continue using our animal friends’ pain and suffering for products and cures that might not work, or even prove fatal to humans. The next time you see something that was tested by animals, don’t buy it, boycott it. When the companies have a drop in sales, they could possibly stop using animals as test subjects in order to get more customers. So be against animal experimentation. Ending it will save millions of animals from pain and suffering, maybe even save their lives, and it could possibly save yours, too.
I hope I didn't bore y'all to death, hahaha
A poem I wrote for Language Arts that might not be exact, but that's 'cause I wrote it from memory of earlier today :)
The Life of the Leaves
High in the treetops,
Leaves wave at you
and play in the wind
Becoming restless,
Growing older
Like children
Then autumn comes
Leaves decide it's time
to move out of their tree home
Becoming colourful,
Growing older
Like teenagers
The wind picks up
Leaves dancing,
swirling in the wind
Becoming mature,
Growing older
Like adults
Soon winter arrives
Leaves wrinkle,
shrivel in the cold
Yet becoming wiser,
Growing older
Like seniors
At last,
snow engulfs them
Leaves are destroyed,
their lives completed
And the cycle begins
once more
High in the treetops,
Leaves wave at you
and play in the wind
Becoming restless,
Growing older
Like children...
The Life of the Leaves
High in the treetops,
Leaves wave at you
and play in the wind
Becoming restless,
Growing older
Like children
Then autumn comes
Leaves decide it's time
to move out of their tree home
Becoming colourful,
Growing older
Like teenagers
The wind picks up
Leaves dancing,
swirling in the wind
Becoming mature,
Growing older
Like adults
Soon winter arrives
Leaves wrinkle,
shrivel in the cold
Yet becoming wiser,
Growing older
Like seniors
At last,
snow engulfs them
Leaves are destroyed,
their lives completed
And the cycle begins
once more
High in the treetops,
Leaves wave at you
and play in the wind
Becoming restless,
Growing older
Like children...
I rewrote the song "Cho Chang" from A Very Potter Musical that was sung by Harry, and put Draco in it instead.
You’re tall and fun and coolio
You're better than an Oreo
Draco!
You’re the Play to my Playdough
You’re the hot to my hot cocoa
Draco!
You’re cuter than a guinea pig
Wanna take you up to Winnipeg
That’s in Canada!
Draco!
Dra-dra-dra-dra-dra Draco!
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I love the rhymes I made! XD
You’re tall and fun and coolio
You're better than an Oreo
Draco!
You’re the Play to my Playdough
You’re the hot to my hot cocoa
Draco!
You’re cuter than a guinea pig
Wanna take you up to Winnipeg
That’s in Canada!
Draco!
Dra-dra-dra-dra-dra Draco!
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I love the rhymes I made! XD
I rewrote the song "Harry" from A Very Potter Musical that was sung by Ginny (who scares me), and put Draco in it instead.
The way his hair falls in his eyes
Makes me wonder if he’ll
Ever see through my disguise
And I’m under his spell
Everything is falling and
I don’t know where to land
Everyone knows who he is
But they don’t know who I am
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
How can’t you know
How you make my heart glow?
I’ve seen you at your worst, yet
Even when you’re just standing there
You take away my breath!
And maybe someday you’ll hear my song
And understand that all along
There’s something more that I’m trying to say
When I say
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
How can’t you know
How you make my heart glow?
The way his hair falls in his eyes
Makes me wonder if he’ll
Ever see through my disguise
And I’m under his spell
Everything is falling and
I don’t know where to land
Everyone knows who he is
But they don’t know who I am
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
How can’t you know
How you make my heart glow?
I’ve seen you at your worst, yet
Even when you’re just standing there
You take away my breath!
And maybe someday you’ll hear my song
And understand that all along
There’s something more that I’m trying to say
When I say
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
Dray-ay-ay-co!
How can’t you know
How you make my heart glow?