what happens. Animals testing is a very favored way to test to see if a product or cosmetic works how it is supposed to on humans. Over 100 million animals die each year because of animal testing alone‚ the animals are burned‚ crippled‚ poisoned‚ and abused. This sounds like a cruel thing that should not be legal‚ but it totally is. In only 50 experiments‚ about 12‚000 animals have to be tested to see if all products work how they are supposed to. If it takes that many animals to find that it
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when it goes about saving lives of newly-born babies is not as simple as it may seem. “Animals versus humans” dichotomy makes many people debate about the ethical‚ legal and scientific aspects of animal testing. Opponents of animal testing argue that these experiments cause immense psychological and physical pain to animals and thus should be banned‚ while others highlight the public attention that animal testing can save a great number of human lives as this method provides scientists with much valuable
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Animal Experimentation The issue of animal experimentation is the subject of many debates within the scientific community. It is my firm belief that any form of animal experimentation is morally wrong and tantamount to murder or torture. Scientists perform experiments on animals in a bid to test the safety other products and to develop new drugs for treating a wide range of diseases. In most cases‚ the experiments cause a lot of pain to the animals used as subjects‚ often significantly reducing the
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November 2012 For the Love of Animals Most households today have a beloved cat‚ dog‚ rabbit‚ fish‚ or other pet of some sort that they unconditionally care for and protect. What if your pet had ended up in a laboratory‚ forced to undergo painful experiments‚ instead of in your care? Unfortunately‚ that has been the fate of millions of animals every year dating back since before the nineteenth century. Researchers believe they are helping people by putting animals through these cruel experiments
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“Vivisection [animal testing] is the blackest of all crimes that man is at present committing against God and his fair creation.” These words‚ spoken by Mahatma Gandhi‚ plainly illustrate the disgust many people feel for animal testing. Other people‚ however‚ knowing that experiments on animals have led to many useful discoveries such as: new vaccines‚ new cancer therapies‚ artificial limbs and organs‚ new surgical techniques‚ and hundreds of other useful products and materials‚ believe that performing
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20th‚ 2009 Animal Testing for Research ’ Pro side The death of one dog vs. saving the life of many diabetic humans. Which would you pick? Diabetes caused many deaths before insulin was discovered from the pancreas of a dog. After insulin was discovered‚ it could be injected into the bloodstream to keep the insulin level high. Along with this‚ much of our medicinal discoveries are experimented on different types of animals. Many people support the banning of experimentation of animals but what they
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Is animal testing cruelty or science? This is the question that many people ask to themselves‚ and is one of the many controversial topics in today’s society. In my point of view animal testing is cruelty because animals can’t talk for themselves so they get kill and hurt‚ and we also violated their right by doing this. Anjo a member of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) said “Animals feel pain; they have a right to decent life” (Nancy Day 2000‚ pg.12). It is difficult to determine how many animals
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Animals have been around for more than a million years and each kind of animal is beautiful and important to contributing to the world. People question the existence of animals. Some say they were created to be companions for man and others conclude them as sacrifices for nourishment. However‚ nowhere does it state that animals were created for experimentation. Nowhere does it say it’s okay to make animals suffer for the purpose of cosmetics‚ drugs‚ or household cleaners. Experimentation on animals
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Experimenting on Animals People have a long history of experimenting on animals‚ especially in the medical and cosmetics. Many people argue that we would not be where we are today if it were not for animal experimentation. It is impossible to deny that animal testing has never been useful. However‚ with improvements in medical and scientific technology‚ animal testing is no longer as necessary First‚ animal experimentation is an abusive method. Abuse can be defined as excessive cruelty. Abuse
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Animal testing is the act of using non-human animals for scientific experimentation‚ usually to ensure whether a product is safe for humans or not. However‚ animal testing is used worldwide‚ and its purpose ranges from guaranteeing the safety of domestic products to aiding medical research‚ particularly in the areas of biology and chemistry. This has always been a very controversial issue‚ but it first became a concern of Great Britain when in 1822‚ the country passed the Martin’s Act‚ which outlaws
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