FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 3

WRITTEN DIALOGUE

MEMBERS:
QUILANTANG
REDILLAS
REYES
SERVANO
YUSON
Tahiti: Hello, guys. Have you seen the "Save Ralph" commercial that is
circulating on YouTube? The animation and presentation of the message of
animal cruelty is just disturbing to witness. I simply can't take how vicious
these companies are. It is just unethical to use animals to test things without
holding them accountable for their actions. I believe it is time to avoid these
companies who are using animal testing to evaluate their products. What are
your thoughts about that? Are you in favor of their intention to impose animal
cruelty on these animals?

Yna: Yes, I saw that too. It raises consciousness to people about animal
experimentation and the pain and suffering those animals go through when
tested on. I stand by my belief that no animal should have to unnecessarily
suffer for the sake of beauty or attractiveness. In accordance with Orlans, the
animals experience "vomiting and diarrhea" in addition to "convulsion and
internal hemorrhage." For this reason, testing on animals should be ended to
prevent further loss of animal life. Animals employed in laboratories and
cosmetics trials undergo excruciating agony, misery, and deaths. How about
you, Servano?

Jessy: Yes, and I do agree with you, Animal testing is not just cruel but also
ineffective; animal tests are so unreliable, and unethical in some ways. The
fact remains that animals are being exploited as a subject for testing of
research facilities, specifically the cosmetic industry in which happened to be
a prevalent topic. This kind of testing may benefit human and to make the
product safer for us, yet the animal rights are violated in addition not all
features of animals are the same way with human, not all animal can get the
same diseases that people do and vice versa in other circumstances. In
comestic industry there are business enterprises sought better way of testing
other than animal testing.

Tatiana: Indeed. And the majority of the time, products that are tested on
animals do not function on humans. In fact, 92 percent of products that have
been proven to be safe for animals do not function for humans. A single
product can be the subject of more than 50 experiments. This could result in
the killing of almost 12,000 animals. Do you believe that's correct?

P.A: I stand with you guys, this animated short film against animal testing for
cosmetics might seem disturbing for us to watch, but can you imagine that
this is happening in real life? How bad this truly is for the innocent animals to
be a part of something so cruel. In this film, we can observe Ralph, the rabbit,
being interviewed as a worker or, in other words, as a tester. He mentioned
in the film that it is his job, and he is thankful to have it because without this
company using them as part of their clinical trials, they would end up in a
field, “I’d be out on the streets, well not the streets; more like a field, I guess.
Like a normal rabbit” he mentioned, well that was supposed to be where they
are living, the animals rooming and living free in nature. It is heartbreaking
to know that companies out there take innocent and harmless animals and
bring them into their laboratory to make them suffer. Most of them ended up
highly hurt and dismembered or even killed. If these animals could talk, this
short film is not the worst they could tell; thus, it is time for us to take a stand
and be the voice of these animals. Let us engage ourselves and the others in
banning animal testing of cosmetics as soon as possible and boycott the
companies that are still hurting these animals.

Tatiana: You’re definitely right, Reyes! Yes, I believe we should do something

to raise awareness among our friends about animal rights, and we should
speak for the animals who need to speak for themselves. However, do you
guys sometimes think that animal testing is more way better than putting
human at risk?

Yna: No, there are other ways than animal testing. According to Peta (2018),
there are other alternatives such as advanced human cell and tissue assays,
which are among the available alternatives to animal testing. They are
referred to as vitro procedures. sophisticated computer modeling methods,
also defined as "silico models," and studies involving human participants.

Yna: Why do we need to test it on animals? We are the one, humans, who
will use the products not the animals right?

Tahiti: According to what I read on a website, product testing is more

accurate in animals, and that we cannot ensure human safety by trying the
chemical contents of some of these products. Considering the physiological
differences between humans and animals. Animal testing cannot be reliably
extended to humans. I understand that using animals as a testing variable for
a particular product is immoral, but using humans is more likely to be deadly,
since exposure to certain chemical substances may have devastating results
in humans. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that
95% of medicines that have been proven to be safe and effective in animal
testing fail in human trials due to ineffectiveness or risk. Concluding that these
techniques are much more dangerous in humans, they also believed that
product testing on these animals is more acceptable for doing such testing
procedures due to their lower species status than humans. Despite the fact
that people often benefit via effective animal studies, the agony, sufferings,
and deaths of animals are not worth the benefit advantages to humans that
may result. Because of this, animals should not be utilized in research or to
evaluate the efficacy of drug products.
Tatiana: wow! I am so grateful for sharing your knowledge with me. In
addition, to address the shortcomings of animal experimentation and avoid
unethical practices, a number of alternatives to animal testing have been
developed. For animal use in experiments, the 3 Rs strategy the reduction,
refinement, and replacement is being used; These concepts of replacements
of animals promotes the use of a minimal number of animals, or a "reduction"
in the total number of animals used in a study. The use of animals must be
carefully planned and 'refined' so that the amount of pain and discomfort
caused during the experiment is minimal. Furthermore, bigger animals should
be 'replaced' with practical alternatives and smaller organisms if possible.

P.A: That is what I am trying to say. We should not put anyone, the animals
for that matter, to be used as experiments when there are other options some
of you have already mentioned above. As a fan of using cosmetics and other
aesthetic products, I would not be pleased to know that this miracle and
revolutionary product I am using costs the life of an innocent animal. I do not
think you guys will appreciate the wonders of the products you are also using,
knowing that these companies took an animal's life to fulfill their desires, am
I right? Quoting from the article about Ethics guide of BBC (2014), Animal
rights instruct us those specific things are not morally right as an issue of the
guideline, that there are a few things that it is ethically off-base to do to
creatures." Humans should not cause any harm or danger towards other living
things, no matter what the effects might result from not committing such
actions. We humans should not achieve these harmful or even show slight
dangers to these animals even though we were told we are doing it in favor
of ourselves or executing it in a very humane way. It is not the job of these
animals to work for us, and they do not owe us anything in return for living
peacefully here in our world. We bring these innovations and products in
ourselves, and I believe it is our responsibility to take drastic and ethical
measures to make sure it is safe for public consumption. We should be the
voice of the voiceless, and protect the harmless and innocent animals against
this immoral animal testing what do you guys say?

Tahiti: I agree with you, sis!

Tatiana: I am with you two.

Yna: Count me in!

Jessy: Let’s do this!

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The Humane Society of the United States. Save Ralph - A short film with
Taika Waititi. Www.youtube.com.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G393z8s8nFY

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Peta. (2018). Alternatives to Animal Testing | PETA. PETA.

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