Animal Cruelty Must Stop

Animal abuse can come in different forms, for example from the tip of a needle to the hand of your father. There are over 100 million animals abused every year in the US alone. Mice, birds, rabbits, cats, and dogs are amongst the most common animals to be tested on in the cosmetics community and there is no federal cruelty law when it comes to animals in most countries. Because abuse towards animals does not comply with the federal laws in most countries, it is extremely difficult to determine just how common they are.

Animal testing is often abrupt to dismiss. People generally hear the term “animal testing” and assume makeup companies are just conducting tests on animals that just involves, applying shampoo to rabbits fur or putting lipstick on monkeys and often think that it’s doing little if not no harm to the animal. History shows animal testing is much more than that and regularly results in animals being deformed, poisoned, burned or even killed.  

Animals are often kept and bred in captivity. Over 6,000 fur farms can be found across the European Union alone. In these fur farms animals are frequently forced to huddle together and build burros for warmth as they are left exposed to the chilled air to encourage the animals to grow thicker coats. If an animal died of hypothermia it’s fur coat can still be used and sold.

A person who purposely abuses an animal has more than likely faced some form of violence in their earlier or current life. During that period of violence that person would’ve felt helpless and defenseless at one point or another. These people often grow up taking their anger out on things that to are weak and helpless. Unintentional animal abuse is too surprisingly high with people, for example, forgetting to wind the windows down in vehicles and leaving their dogs exposed to the heat for too long, or forgetting to provide water or food to the animal for up to days on end.

I believe that the defense against animal abuse is not often taken charge.This can affect the population and welfare the of animals if it continues, as well as the mental state of the people who are abusing animals due to their past. Reporting animal abuse and speaking up can help provide the animal with proper shelter and a calm environment for them to thrive in rather than be beaten or used for scientific purposes.