Unnecessary animal testing is wrong If penicillin had been tested on guinea pigs, it might never have reached the public. It is lethal to guinea pigs, deactivates the blood systems of rabbits, and is deadly to cats ("Biomedical Research"). Scientists are pushing for further experiments regardless of the cost to the animal's life. “One of the expenses is involvement in killing animals for the purpose of obtaining a pine-scented air freshener” (Vergoth, p21). Animals who suffer in testing laboratories are just and cruel to animals. It is wrong to harm an innocent animal by any wrong action, when the animal does not know right from wrong. It is argued that people have obligations to animals, so that they can protect their well-being. Charles Fried states that “physical harm is an impact on the body that causes pain or impairs functioning” (Fox, p85). Many animals experience pain and sometimes death during laboratory experiments. No animal experiments can be justified. Animals have contributed in some ways, such as the discovery of the polio vaccine. Vivisection can be defined as an invasive experiment performed on an animal for the purpose of scientific research, product testing, or education ("The National..."). Vivisection is extremely wrong because it causes pain and suffering to animals. Animals have the right to be free from acts of cruelty. Animals, however, are important in research because their body systems are nearly identical to humans. The use of dogs has developed open heart surgical techniques, coronary bypass surgery and heart transplantation. Animals have contributed in some ways, such as the discovery of the polio vaccine. The throbbing pain of electrodes planted in a chimpanzee's brain is repulsive. The death of a ra...... middle of paper ......re tortured us so they will be here after the people are gone. Bibliography Biomedical research. [online] November 4, 1997. Available at: http://www.navs.org/biomed.htmFox, Michael Allen. “Animal testing is not justified.” Animal rights: opposing points of view. Leone, Bruno, series ed. San Diego, California. Greenhouse Press.1996.Frey, R.G. “All Animals Are Not the Same.” Animal rights: opposing points of view. Leone, Bruno, series ed. San Diego, California. Greenhouse Press.1996.The National Anti-Vivisection Society. [online] November 4, 1997. Available at: http://www.navs.orgProduct Testing. [online] November 4, 1997. Available at: http://www.navs.org/product.htmSinger, Peter. "All animals are equal." Animal rights: opposing points of view. Leone, Bruno, series ed. San Diego, California. Greenhouse Press.1996.Vergoth, Karin. "Guinea pigs." Psychology today. November/December 1995, pp21.