Ethics- Use of animals in the process of testing non-medical products.

Ethics-it’s not ethically acceptable for companies to use animals in the process of testing non-medical products
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Poisoning, shocking, burning and murdering animals has become a common practice for various companies producing non-medical products such as cosmetics, cleaning, storage, pharmacy and office supplies among others, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). These inhumane acts occur in numerous laboratories all over the world, resulting in the deaths of millions of animals due to different processes (PETA, 2013). The animal testing institutions primarily utilize rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, dogs and cats that have to endure all manner of torture for learning and production of safe supplies for human use. With the increase in demand for these non-medical products, animals continually endure these forms of torture to enable companies to reap increases financial benefits, thereby raising the question, why should animals experience cruel deaths just for humans to have supplies and cosmetics? (Animal Ethics, 2018). It is understandable that human beings want to look beautiful, be groomed appropriately and have cleaning supplies to keep their environment clean and safe among others. However, when it is at the cost of the lives of animals, these needs becomes meaningless. It is unethical for companies to utilize animals testing for non-medical products due to various reasons.
Using animals to test non-medical products is immoral and cruel. It is unethical for scientists to sentence millions of animals that can feel, think and see, to a life of loneliness, suffering, torture, and fear in laboratories to meet the financial and inessential needs of human beings. According to surveys by the Gallup poll, in 2015 sixty-seven percent of US citizens considered animal testing for other purposes other than medical use a serious concern with half of them opposing their utilization (Riffkin, 2015, May 18). Their concerns, together with viewpoints of animal rights campaigners, assert that utilizing animals for such experiments contravenes animal rights. The belief that animals are beings that experience similar emotions as human beings and have desires and values that guide their lives means that they should enjoy the rights to life and freedom from pain and torture (Funk & Rainie, 2015). Therefore, it is immoral to utilize them to determine the safety of products such as cosmetics as this violates their rights to safety, to have a life and freedom. Similarly, others scientists believe that it is unjustified to impose harm on animals to research products that do not benefit them. Utilizing animal testing for non-medical products such as cleaning supplies and cosmetics involves the introduction of infections chemicals on animals and observing their effects. Hence, since the animals will not utilize such products, it is cruel for organizations to make them experience pain, psychological distress, separation and death, as human life and comfort do not outweigh the animal right to life (Funk & Rainie, 2015).
Testing non-medical products on animals is unethical as it results in untold suffering. Animals that are commonly utilized in laboratories to test various pro...