Research Question: How has animal testing revolutionized? Well, in the time of Aristotle and Aelius Galenus animal testing was not seen as morally wrong, while they viewed dissecting a human body as not ok. Since their time, many people now believe that It is not morally right to do animal testing for Cosmetics (or for many other reasons) and have created campaigns that are against animal testing and even ban Animal testing in some places like the United Kingdom has banned cosmetic testing since 1990 and some places are against banning animal testing like France. I believe that if I surveyed more students of ECS that my data that I have collected would be much more reliable. I only surveyed 31 people ranging from Grade 10- Grade 12, but only a few grade 10's and 1 grade 12, the rest were grade 11's. I didn't survey any of the grade 9's and if I did and many other students, my data that I have collected would of been more reliable. Add Comment In 1933 an incident of a woman losing her eyesight after applying mascara forced the Federal government to opt for the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The Act - which was passed by the federal government in 1938, made it mandatory for companies to test their products on animals before making them available in the market. The first law specifically directed at regulation of animal testing was the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876, came into Europe in 1876, and In the United States, the first law on animal rights was the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), was passed by the federal government in 1966. Aristotle is considered to be one of the earliest natural historian of the world. Aristotle carried out his experiments on animals in the 4th century BCE. Next came Aelius Galenus- a Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher of Greek ethnic origin. His field of interest was human anatomy, but since the Roman law didn't permit dissection of human bodies in the 2nd century BCE, instead he dissected animals, both living and dead, for his studies. Galen most often used pigs and primates for his research work. Animals that are tested on are treated brutally. They are sworn at repeatedly and the people who test on them are rough and are not gentle. These animals become terrified when a human passes by their cage because they think that they are going to be tested on once again. These animals go through unimaginable pain caused from the experiments that they go through. It is estimated that 17 to 22 million animals are used annually in research and testing, according to the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress. These animals are specially bred for laboratory testing, rats and mice account for 95 percent of all animals used in research. In 2009 PETA says that Canada had 3.38 million animals used in experiments and 145,632 animals subjected to “severe pain near, at, or above the pain tolerance threshold of unanesthetized conscious animals” Read more: http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animals-used-experimentation-factsheets/animal-experiments-overview/#ixzz33S80HutX Most animals are euthanized in order to study their tissue. Animals whose tissues are not needed may take part in additional experiments. The animals are put into a chamber and killed by carbon monoxide, others have their spine broken or decapitation occurs. They DO NOT get adopted or released. |