Animal Testing

1. What in this article surprised you? -  I didn't know exactly what they were doing to the animals. I thought it was only mild. I didn't know they were purposely hurting the animals.
2. What evidence does the author use? -  In the 1st paragraph of The Cruelty of Animal Testing "For one, animal testing is usually cruel and inhumane on a horrifying level." The way he states how awful what they're doing is, is an emotional appeal.
3. What in this article do you find convincing? -  I believe that the whole 2nd paragraph of The Cruelty of Animal Testing was very convincing because they used a lot of convincing details,facts,and examples.
4. What in this article do you find questionable? -  I don't really understand his idea of an alternative plan. The way he explained it was a little confusing. I believe if he added a little more detailed information, maybe it would have been convincing.

They test on animals like this baby chimpanzee named George.

Animal testing is like watching bread mold. You just let it sit there, while it slowly dies. You don't use it properly, such as, " Oh, I don't know eating it?" For an animal it's pretty much the same. You put some chemicals in their body and see if they die. You don't use them properly, such as, being their loving best friend. I believe that, that is just wrong and mean.

I know what you're thinking, "Surely not all tests on animals fail. You're overexaggerating." Am I? Am I really, because 92% of tests, for human prescription drugs, fail. I don't even understand why you need to test that on animals. It's extremely unfair to the animals because they are, pretty much, being born to die. When they are growing up, I bet they aren't thinking that they will be tested, multiple times, to see if a drug, not meaning for animals to use, will be safe for humans. They are most likely thinking that they will be alive, with a loving family or out in the wild, for a very long time. They don't see it coming and that's the unfair part.

When the people, testing on the animals, know that the drug didn't work, the animals are put to sleep, so they don't suffer. Well, that's one good thing they do, since really they are leading them to there death, once they are born. Walk a mile in the animals shoes. They basically are being used, then thrown away. Like a Kleenex tissue.

What I don't get is, why are they testing these on animals? If you don't clearly see, animals and humans are different. So how do they know if the product or whatever is successful on the animal, that it won't fail on a human? Animal testing, has its pros and cons, but is so stupid for obvious reasons. To be honest the people that invented this evil thing, didn't think it through. Or else it wouldn't be so controversial.

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