A resolution to make animal testing illegal
1: Whereas: Researchers test pharmaceuticals in animals to determine if
2: it is safe and worthwhile to proceed to human trials, and how best to
3: design those trials; and
4: Whereas: The animals for the tests are often abused, locked in the
5: small cages, and are left to suffer and die; and
6: Whereas: From 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide are used
7: annually and either killed during the experiments or subsequently
8: eutherized; and
9: Whereas: The animal testing is not reliable; and
10: Whereas: Since all the species have different physiology, the
11: probability that the drugs works for animals, as well as human, is
12: less than 50%; and
13: Whereas: There have been cases of side effects from the drugs that
14 : were approved to be safe with animals; and
15 : Whereas: There are alternatives for the animal testing, such as
16 : computer simulations and cell cultures; and
17 : Be it resolved by this Student Congress here assembled, that animal
18: testing shall not be allowed in the United States; and
19 : The study for the alternative shall be funded by capital investments.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sen. Ji Yeong Kim
Immaculate Heart Central Highschool