Animal Cruelty And Animal Abuse

Animal Cruelty And Animal Abuse

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION 3

II. SUMMARY OF CSR NEWS 3

A. Nestle and the Beagles 4

B. Yakult and the Mice 4

C. Danone and the Piglets 4

III. LITERATURE REVIEW 5

China, US and the EU 5

A. Research Connections to Animal Cruelty and Abuse 6

B. Alternatives to Animal Testing 6

IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 7

V. REFERENCES 8



I. INTRODUCTION

The abuse and cruelty by humans towards animals have been on the rise as producers and retailers of cosmetics and drugs rush to position their products in the global markets. Scientific tests remain a leading player in animal abuse, especially due to the controlled environment while being experimented (Norton, 157). While there are myriads of local and international rules and regulations guiding the human ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...This attracted the attention of animal rights activists, urging the consumers to reject products tested and verified using animal testing (Barnett, n.d.).

A. Nestle and the Beagles

Nestle has also been implicated for restraining food from overfed and obese beagles and feeding them with low–calorie Purina in order to test whether it is able to reduce weight. This withdrawal of the natural food from the piglets not only starves them but confuses their growth. The same company has previously fed 60 mice on a diet high in fat to make them obese. Once obese, the same animals fed on food rich in cinnamon to see if cinnamon can help reverse or retard obesity in human beings.

B. Yakult and the Mice

Yakult scientists in North Korea on the other hand underfed their mice then gave them probiotic bacteria. The mice were kept hairless and irradiated. The mice developed aging wrinkles on their skin. The scientists would use these results to conclude on the aging effect of the probiotic bacteria. The mice were killed after the experiment and studied for skin examination.

C. Danone and the Piglets

Danone inserted tubes into the bellies of 8 two–week piglets to research on the rate of absorption of different formula products by babies. The Danone project ended with one piglet dying after the experiment and a second one being removed from the experiment due to tube leakage. Instead, these tests should be

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