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Animal Testing

 

            Rabbits immobilized in wooden stocks with ulcers in their .
             eyes; baby seals being clubbed over the head, and the infamous shock .
             treatment. Broach the subject with an individual and odds are that .
             they have witnessed footage of one or all of the aforementioned .
             practices and are appalled by the cruelty. Appalled yes, willing to .
             stand up and voice their thoughts. not often. There is one .
             significant reason for this unwillingness by some to stand up for the .
             rights of our fellow inhabitants of this planet, personal convenience. .
             We are systematically cutting down the last forest that provides their .
             shelter to farm cattle; we dump toxic chemicals and sewage into the .
             waters in which they live; we wear the tusks of the last few of their .
             species on our arms, and we pour cosmetic products into their eyes, .
             rectums or vaginas to determine the harmful effects they might cause .
             on humans, even though the physiological differentiation between .
             humans and the animals they use is durastic. On a daily basis most .
             people do not see their own degree of unintentional support towards .
             this global dilemma, but when compiled on paper one must question how .
             mankind can, with conscience, commit these acts which shame us as .
             human beings. Animals possess the same kinds of feelings and emotions .
             as human beings, and without anesthesia, they are subjected to the .
             pain as well. Mankind often fails to give animals the respect and .
             rights they deserve, they are treated as lifeless, unfeeling .
             scientific specimens and items that we may manipulate at our own .
             convenience and for vanity's sake.
             Laboratory research involving animals is cruel and merciless .
             treatment of helpless creatures. No law requires that cosmetics and .
             household products be tested on animals. Nevertheless, by six o'clock .
             this evening, hundreds of animals will have had their eyes, skin or .
             gastrointestinal systems unnecessarily burned or destroyed (Sequoia, .


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