Animals are the primary test subjects for experimental research being performed in the scientific field around the world today. Despite the widespread use of animal testing‚ the issue remains a thriving debate formed on the argument of morality over practicality and function. Many proponents of animal testing argue that the research performed on these test subjects has led to medical breakthroughs that would still be a mystery today without the use of animals as testing subjects. Proponents correlate
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million animals annually” (naevs.org) The biggest argument in defense of animal testing is that although they would prefer not to use animals‚ their isn’t any other viable options. And this claim might have been true‚ many years ago. In this day in age‚ scientist have developed far more humane research methods to replace animal testing. Human simulators‚ for instance are more accurate than animals. Another argument you can make is that testing an animal is far more humane than testing an actual
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2013 Professor Craig English 115 Over 100 million animals are subject to being burned‚ crippled‚ poisoned‚ and abused in laboratories throughout the U.S. What is even more disheartening is that up to 90 percent of animals that are used in laboratories throughout the United States are not inclusive in the official statistics of animal testing (dosomething.org‚ 2013). Although animal testing does have social and economical benefits‚ animal testing should not be conducted due to the following reasons:
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Anjum Fighting Animal testing! Animals have been a part of scientific experiments ever since 17th century and expanded across Europe over the 19th century. The advancement of the medical science made testing medicines on animals legal in the Medicines Act‚ 1968 which majorly accelerated the number of animals tested upon to over 5.5 million in 1970. Even though animals aided in most medical advances such as insulin‚ polio vaccine‚ penicillin and elimination of small pox‚ the animal welfare standards
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Animal Testing Animal testing is a very controversial practice‚ involving the testing of new substances on animals to see how safe they will be for human use. (Vasen‚ 2011) Research has uncovered many cures for deathly diseases through animal testing. For over 2000 years cures for diseases such as Herpes‚ Hepatitis B‚ Rabies‚ Malaria‚ Polio and other such viruses have been created‚ through the use of testing the chemicals on animals such as mice‚ rabbits‚ cats‚ dogs or monkeys. (Shandilya‚ 2011)
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than 100 million animals are killed every year for commercial and scientific testing just in the United States alone! Animal testing is appalling. It is so sad that animals don’t get to live in their natural habitat and have to be pinned up their entire life. So many animals are used for animal testing such as‚ mice‚ rats‚ frogs‚ dogs‚ cats‚ rabbits‚ hamsters‚ guinea pigs‚ monkeys‚ fish‚ and birds. All of these animals have to be crammed in cages for weeks on end. Animal testing should not be allowed
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million animals are killed in lab for product testing. Now a days‚ scientists are using animals for their research and testings‚ and I disagree with the use of animals. It is unfair to animals because in the end it kills them‚ it may not actually work on humans‚ and the cost of it. I am against the use of animals for product testing for a lot of reasons. I am against using animals because I think it is cruel to animals because if it a test went wrong then then it could cause a harmless animal to
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Animal Testing‚ BAD IDEA Animal testing is the running of tests and the research done in a laboratory on animals. Some of the tests are done to benefit human lives and other tests are done to determine side effects of a certain household or cosmetic products. It is a topic that has been up for debate for many years. Not only in the United States but all around the world as well. While some support the advances that come from the research others oppose the cruelty that the media projects to society
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Animal testing is a subject many people agree or disagree with. Animal testing had a great role in saving both humans and animals. It gave many opportunities to have better cures and drugs for medical usage. The cures have saved many lives of people and animals. If animals were not used for testing‚ humans would have been tested‚ and if humans were tested‚ the death rate of humans would increase gradually. Also‚ people developed many animal cures during animal testing‚ so the advantage not only
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I. Unethical a. Animals cannot give their consent to be a test subject. b. Animals have feelings that aren’t recognizable. c. Robin Williams passed and the Gorilla he had been working with named Kok‚ became depressed. After learning sign language‚ Kok signed the word crying showing how sad she was by the death of Robin Williams. d. Many animals are tortured with burns‚ forced to accept these drugs with unknown results‚ and restrained for long periods of times. e. Animal testing is immoral and even
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