Animal Testing
Why Tamper With Nature?
Animal Testing (Vivisection), has for a long time been a much debated moral issue. For many, this kind of testing has been the only king of hope for developing new medicines and treatments for illness. For others, it is unacceptable and an unnecessary cruel way of exploiting animals for our own purposes. However I am for animal testing as treatments for illnesses such as tuberculosis, diabetes, kidney failure and asthma have all been discovered. Vaccinations against polio, diphtheria tetanus and measles for example have also all been found.
There are strict laws in place for animal testing and research purposes as to minimise and distress that any of the animals may encounter. The law states that the testing must be 'humane' only, this means that painkiller and anaesthetics must be used and if an animal is in severe pain it must be painlessly killed to eliminate it's suffering. The Animals Scientific Procedures Act ensures that the use of vivisection must be kept to a minimum and that animals may only be used when no other method of testing is available. The majority of animals used in vivisection are mice, rats and other rodents, these animals make up 84% of animals used. Animals more commonly used as pets such as dogs and cats make up only around 0.4% of animals used. The reason animals are used in that they have similar DNA too humans therefor their body’s will react in a similar way to a human body would to drugs.
Animal testing has played an important part in everyone's everyday life such as essential items like toiletry products, cleaning solutions, makeup etc. Animal testing can also benefit other animals, for example heartworm medication that was devised from research on animals has assisted many cats and dogs. Vivisection also continues to detect major health problems such as liver damage, enhanced blood pressure, nerve damage or damage to the fetes. Antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and cancer treatments also rely on animal
Animal Testing (Vivisection), has for a long time been a much debated moral issue. For many, this kind of testing has been the only king of hope for developing new medicines and treatments for illness. For others, it is unacceptable and an unnecessary cruel way of exploiting animals for our own purposes. However I am for animal testing as treatments for illnesses such as tuberculosis, diabetes, kidney failure and asthma have all been discovered. Vaccinations against polio, diphtheria tetanus and measles for example have also all been found.
There are strict laws in place for animal testing and research purposes as to minimise and distress that any of the animals may encounter. The law states that the testing must be 'humane' only, this means that painkiller and anaesthetics must be used and if an animal is in severe pain it must be painlessly killed to eliminate it's suffering. The Animals Scientific Procedures Act ensures that the use of vivisection must be kept to a minimum and that animals may only be used when no other method of testing is available. The majority of animals used in vivisection are mice, rats and other rodents, these animals make up 84% of animals used. Animals more commonly used as pets such as dogs and cats make up only around 0.4% of animals used. The reason animals are used in that they have similar DNA too humans therefor their body’s will react in a similar way to a human body would to drugs.
Animal testing has played an important part in everyone's everyday life such as essential items like toiletry products, cleaning solutions, makeup etc. Animal testing can also benefit other animals, for example heartworm medication that was devised from research on animals has assisted many cats and dogs. Vivisection also continues to detect major health problems such as liver damage, enhanced blood pressure, nerve damage or damage to the fetes. Antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and cancer treatments also rely on animal