All animals are born equal before life and have the same right to exist.” “All animals have the right to be respected. As an animal species, man cannot destroy other animals. He cannot exploit them by violating this right. He is in charge of putting his knowledge at the service of animals. All animals have the right to humane care, care and protection.” These sentences are just a few of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights. Raccoons skinned alive for their fur, elephants with tusks removed, rhinos with horns removed, donkeys raped, orangutans sold for rape in Indonesia, bulls speared in arenas, deer whose habitats are destroyed, gazelles, birds, fish poisoned with various chemicals every day. . Many animal species are in danger of extinction. However, the cruelty to animals is not over. The last example from Turkey is the animals killed during the Gezi resistance. Veterinarian Tolga Yazıcı from the Animal Rights Initiative states that 8 dogs, 63 cats and 1,028 birds died in Taksim in 17 days. These data were arranged according to only those that could be detected.
However, animals are already “created” creatures for humans. For those who think that everything exists with the understanding of serving humanity, these numbers are of no importance. If it were different, the news on Eid al-Adha would not be full of animals being sacrificed and tortured to animals during slaughter. Animals are also used in areas such as cosmetics and cleaning products. However, these creatures are accepted as subjects, not experimental animals, and the effect of a product developed in this field on the living thing is examined. For example, in the field of cosmetics, living things are tested for toxicity, skin and eye irritations, skin allergies, hereditary disorders and cancer-causing properties. These experiments on animals in the field of cosmetics attracted attention as a result of the efforts of animal rights defenders, especially in Europe and America, and led many companies to turn to alternative methods such as the use of artificial leather. In Europe, testing of products on animals in the cosmetics industry was completely banned in March. However, it should be noted that animal testing is a big industry in the West. Huntingdon Life Sciences, for example, is the world’s largest commercial animal testing organization. The organization provides test animals to many cosmetic companies. It is not difficult to predict that this sector, which has a large market share, will not be easily abandoned. Because, even if not in Europe, many companies continue their relations with these sectors by shifting the tests to countries such as China.
Accordingly, the results should also be shared with other researchers, animals should not be subjected to the same experiments by different researchers. Alternative methods should be forced and the last creatures should be used.