Argumentative Essay: Animal Testing Is Ethical
Jeff Howell
Dr. Amico
English comp 2
11-7-14
Animal testing There is a long history of experimentation on animals, especially in the medical and cosmetic professions. Many people argue that humanity and science would not be where anywhere near where it is today if it were not for animal experimentation However, with advancements in medical and scientific technology, animal testing is no longer a defensible practice. It is no longer cost effective to test on animals and it also is morally wrong to force another being to test something with no say. So there needs to be laws in place to not allow companies to test animals, especially in such harsh ways like they do now. It is a very serious thing because animals are being treated wrongly, and …show more content…
Much of the world is abandoning the use of animal experimentation, but the discontinued use of this method of research and testing will not leave the medical and scientific realm without ways to discover new items or verify data and safety of products. Effective, affordable, and humane research methods include sophisticated in vitro, genomic, and computer-modeling techniques as well as studies of human populations, volunteers, and patients. According to Popular Science article “From Chimp to Chip,” by Erin Biba, institutions have created, or are developing, tissue and organ models on chips that effectively model human reactions. Additionally, alternative methods of research tend to be cheaper than animal experimentation because they don’t require purchasing, housing, feeding, and maintaining living creatures. The existence of these methods makes any need for animal testing obsolete.
Animal testing is something that shouldn’t be happening in this day and age, and people should not be backing companies that use animals to test their products. The costs would be less, due to the high price of testing on animals, animals wouldn’t have to go through the struggles of being tested on, and science could still be just as good without testing animals. These reasons are why I am calling for everyone who can vote to get in touch with your representatives to try and get an animal testing law on a ballot and allow for everyone to vote and say animal testing shouldn’t
Dr. Amico
English comp 2
11-7-14
Animal testing There is a long history of experimentation on animals, especially in the medical and cosmetic professions. Many people argue that humanity and science would not be where anywhere near where it is today if it were not for animal experimentation However, with advancements in medical and scientific technology, animal testing is no longer a defensible practice. It is no longer cost effective to test on animals and it also is morally wrong to force another being to test something with no say. So there needs to be laws in place to not allow companies to test animals, especially in such harsh ways like they do now. It is a very serious thing because animals are being treated wrongly, and …show more content…
Much of the world is abandoning the use of animal experimentation, but the discontinued use of this method of research and testing will not leave the medical and scientific realm without ways to discover new items or verify data and safety of products. Effective, affordable, and humane research methods include sophisticated in vitro, genomic, and computer-modeling techniques as well as studies of human populations, volunteers, and patients. According to Popular Science article “From Chimp to Chip,” by Erin Biba, institutions have created, or are developing, tissue and organ models on chips that effectively model human reactions. Additionally, alternative methods of research tend to be cheaper than animal experimentation because they don’t require purchasing, housing, feeding, and maintaining living creatures. The existence of these methods makes any need for animal testing obsolete.
Animal testing is something that shouldn’t be happening in this day and age, and people should not be backing companies that use animals to test their products. The costs would be less, due to the high price of testing on animals, animals wouldn’t have to go through the struggles of being tested on, and science could still be just as good without testing animals. These reasons are why I am calling for everyone who can vote to get in touch with your representatives to try and get an animal testing law on a ballot and allow for everyone to vote and say animal testing shouldn’t