prototype drug that they were previously administering to the rat. Within minutes after the shot, the researchers rush back to the cage due to a large shrieking noise. They arrive to see that the once healthy rat is shaking and convulsing vigorously on the floor of the cage. The rat stiffens and then all at once it is over. The researchers remove the animal and perform an autopsy on the corpse. They determine that the drug had caused the rat to have a seizure, and then go in to cardiac arrest. There was nothing the animal could have done to save itself. The researchers will just throw the dead rat into an incinerator and try again next week. To see how immoral this really is, let us contrast this to a man that has consented to the same experiment. After watching the body of a 23 year old man shake and convulse on the floor, the last thing left to do is throw his body in a burning fire, and go pick the next runner up for the experiment. Obviously, no matter how this is viewed it is murder. Even though animal testing is said to be beneficial to humans, many times the animals are used for other purposes.According to an online article posted by a company known as the Nature of Wellness, "Horrifying chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, possessed by an ever-increasing number of countries are tested on animals the same way a drug, detergent, or toothpaste is tested on animals. Conventional weapons of all sorts are also tested in vivisectionist laboratories, where animals are routinely used as surrogates for man in warlike situations" ("Animal Experimentation: No Lie Can Live Forever." 1996). With such a misuse of the terrible act of animal testing, just goes to show that something must be done. There is no way to guarantee the safety and proper testing of the animals in a way that only is beneficial to mankind. There will always be someone out there trying to scheme up a crazy invention or harmful agent, and the only thing th...
