Informative Project Major: Social Worker, Topic: Foster Care System

Samantha Rodriguez SPC 2017 Veterinary Medicine Major- Biology

Topic: Animal Testing

G.P.: To inform

S.P.: To inform the audience about the testing of animals and some sustainable initiatives to help eliminate corporations from using this to excel in their business. Design: Topical/ Effect/ Solution

Introduction:

Attention Getter: Raise your hand if you are an animal lover? Well, Angela Moxey from the Humane Society states that the “…registration of a single pesticide requires more than 50 experiments and the use of as many as 12,000 animals.”

Connection to audience: Thousands of innocent lives are placed at risk to create one product. We humans can all agree that we are the consumers of products that were created ruining the lives of beautiful creatures. We all use some sort of product on our skin or household on a daily basis, whether it’s our face wash or our makeup products, even our hair products.

Connect to Earth Charter/Major: Section1, number 1, letter a of the Earth Charter states, “Recognize that all beings are interdependent, and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.” As a student chasing the Veterinary Medical field, I recognize the value in the quality of life and how it impacts our society.

Preview: Today, I will inform all of you about the experimentation on animals and the struggles they face, as well as, some sustainable solutions to make the world a better place.

Transition: The room is ready for the first procedure. Let’s begin.

Body: I. There are numerous types of animal testing, lets address two most common ones that

affect our society. A. According to American Antivivisection Society one major type of testing is Eye

Irritancy Test. 1. In a (2013) article from The Humane Society titled “Rabbits: Blinded for

Beauty” states that the Draize test is used to measure irritation or corrosion caused to the eye or skin.

Attention Getter: I’m going to ask you all, true or false: These procedures do not harm the animals. Answer: FALSE!

a. Testing causes a tremendous amount of pain/ulceration of the eyes.

b. The results are unreliable for the reason that rabbits and humans have different ocular anatomies.

c. Blindness and cracking of the skin is a result from the procedure. Visual Aide: In this image you can see how laboratories restrain their animals to be able to get proper results from the experiments. The plastic incubator holds the head in place to make it easier for scientists to work.

2. Veterinarian Dr. Buyukmiha from the University of California states that a rabbit’s reaction to an ocular substance may differ from that of a human.

a. Experimentation on eye irritancy will not provide accurate and safe results.

b. In my Veterinary Assisting class, Professor Castillo taught us that technological and virtual testing is more accurate.

Attention Strategy: Raise your hand and be honest. Would you personally use virtual simulators to gather data?

c. I personally use virtual simulators when studying the anatomy of an animal.

B. Another type of testing according to Cruelty- Free Testing is Acute toxicity testing. Orrrrrr (LD50)

Attention Grabber: Someone say LD50 1. In a recent study done from the International Association Against Experiment

on Animals, LD means Lethal Dose and LD50 means a dose needed to kill 50% of the animals used in the experiment.

a. For example, a procedure might go on for 14 days. b. My agriculture teacher showed us the possible reactions animals can

show post a toxic overdose. c. The Peta Foundation states that the LD50 tests give the animal being

tested convulsions, seizures, paralysis, or bleeding from the nose or mouth.

i. I learned in my research that different animals react distinctively with each type of. Test.

ii. This also contributes to the inaccuracy of the results and the effect.

2. Animals are not given any form of pain relief during these experimental procedures.

Transition: Lets grab our chemical products and move onto the second procedure.

II. What are the effects of Animal Testing and some sustainable initiatives to help combat this issue.

A. The effects of Animal Testing can lead to various outcomes. 1. The NCBI or (National Center for Biotechnology Information) states

that the effects of laboratory testing results on humas varies. Attention Strategy: Someone say anatomy!! 2. One major side effect is the difference between the anatomical and

genetic variations between species.

a. I remember when I first began to study the anatomies of different animals and realized how different each species was.

b. Veterinarian Dr. Idalia Rodriguez during my internship allowed me to use her medical books for reference when helping her treat different species.

3. Another major effect is the environment in a laboratory and its impact on experiments. Attention Strategy: By a show of hands, how many of you are taking either biology or chemistry right now.

a. I am taking Biology and Chemistry Labs at Miami Dade College and the environment is cold and

b. These conditions affect an animal’s natural reaction to an experimental procedure and therefore, giving inaccurate results.

B. Katherine Groff, from the ‘New England Anti-Vivisection Society’ states that the effect of animal research and testing disturbs the surrounding environment.

1. Her research expressed that the disposal of animals being testing, and chemicals being used have significantly impacted the air we breathe.

2. This outcome is vital in recognizing the pollution and damage that is being input into our daily lives.

Transition: Let’s prescribe some sustainable initiatives to avoid the use of innocent lives?

C. The Department of Health states, there are sustainable protocols in place to minimize and eliminate the use of any living creature and enhance biological studies.

Attention Strategy: “Raise your hands if you have ever heard of the Environmental Protection Agency…. well…” 1. Agencies like the EPA or (Environmental Protection Agency) have

stated that they will remove all studies involving animals no later than 2035.

a. I personally believe and follow this agency because they provide accurate and reliable information.

b. Many laboratory companies such as LabCorp work hand in hand with the EPA and must follow the protocols being set in place in order to have a successful business.

2. Another organization is Cruelty-Free International a. This organization states that they go undercover to

reveal the secret about animal testing laboratories, they expose their mysteries in hopes to end animal suffrage.

b. They have also had a number of campaigns such as, airlines transporting monkeys or cruelty for the use of cosmetics.

D. The RSPCA or Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals states that organizations like their own are finding new sustainable motives to avoid from the use of innocent animals.

1. Their research gives the society options to engage in different ways of consuming products without using the abuse of a living thing.

Attention Strategy: “Does anyone know the name to look for on products that avoid the use of animal testing?” The answer is ‘Cruelty-Free’

Visual Aide: To give you a visual on what to look for, here are just some of the logos indicating that animals were not used to test the products. Innocent lives were not harmed and placed at risk.

2. Instead of investing in products that use the testing of animals to succeed in their business, use products labeled ‘cruelty free’, or invest in more homemade items.

3. As a future Veterinarian I will educate my clients about the importance and value animals hold in our daily lives.

Conclusion:

A. Today, I discussed Animal Testings’ prevalence in our society. B. I increased your knowledge in particular about two types of animal testing: Eye

Irritancy and Acute toxicity testing; highlighted its effects and addressed some sustainable solutions.

C. As Maura Cummings once said, “All creatures are deserving of a life free from fear and pain.”

Works Cited

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Rabbits: Blinded for Beauty. (2019, April 02). Retrieved November 10, 2020, from https://www.hsi.org/news-media/blinded_rabbits/

(n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2020, from. http://www.iaapea.com/ld50-test-on-animals.php

Moxley, Angela. "The End of Animal Testing." The Humane Society of the United States, 2010. Web Accessed March 3, 2015.

The Flaws and Human Harms of Animal Experimentation. (2015, October 1). PubMed Central (PMC). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594046/#:%7E:text=Imprecise %20results%20from%20animal%20experiments,and%20wasting%20scarce%20research %20resources.&text=Animal%20toxicity%20studies%20are%20poor,effects%20of %20drugs%20in%20humans.

(n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2020, from. https://www.crueltyfreeinternational.org/what-we-do/our-campaigns-end-animal- experiments-worldwide

Groff, K. (2014, June 6). Review of Evidence of Environmental Impacts of Animal Research and Testing. https://file:///Users/samantharodriguez/Downloads/environments-01-00014.pdf

“Respect and Care for the Community of Life.” Earth Charter, 17 Mar. 2020, earthcharter.org/read-the-earth-charter/respect-and-care-for-the-community-of-life/.

How We're Working to End Cruelty To Animals. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.rspca.org.uk/whatwedo/endcruelty