Animal Experimentation: The Good‚ The Bad‚ and the Ugly of Animal testing Animal testing is a touchy subject to many people. The idea of using animals for the gain of the human race is seen as immoral by some people‚ while on the other hand‚ some people see animal experimentation as an impactful part of the scientific field. Through animal testing there has been many discoveries that have highly influenced the medical field. In regards to animal testing‚ is it beneficial or is it an unnecessary
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are we treating animals the way we do? Well‚ it’s illegal to give people new medicines that have not been tested yet‚ but it’s not illegal to test them on animals! How many times has it ran through their heads that animals feel pain‚ to make innocent animals like dogs‚ cats‚ mice‚ birds and many more suffer for no reason other than to conduct cruel experiments on them. Animal testing is only another version of animal cruelty which is very illegal! People might think that animal testing is fine because
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Should animal experimentation be permitted? Animal testing is used to ensure that products are safe for consumers. Unfortunately‚ many animals are seriously harmed in the process. Here’s why we should save them. While many say that animal testing allows medicines to be created that later go on and aid human life‚ there is many more examples where medicines that were developed through testing on animals that went on to create horrible fatalities on humans. There was a case of a medicine that was developed
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Animal Testing Alison A. Risko Middle Township High School Imagine a world where humans are taken to laboratories and tested on in a callous manner. A world where people are injected with harsh drugs and chemicals that physically and mentally harm their bodies and their life. If this scenario does not sound acceptable to act upon humans‚ then it surely cannot be right for animals. Right now in the world thousands of animals are experiencing this
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It is not about whether animals can speak or reason‚ but if they can suffer (Jeremy Bentham). Throughout the mid to late nineteenth century‚ a spike in tests rose and an increase of animals were needed to experiment with. This rapid increase in animal testing heightened attention towards the abuse of animals during experimentation. This eventually led to the ban of animal testing for cosmetics in 1998 in Britain. (Site) Many people believe that using animals for experimentation is an accurate test
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overlook what goes on behind the scenes. Covergirl‚ Dove‚ Pantene test their products on animals. Also‚ heart transplants and vaccines all go through animal testing first. The animals used in these tests get locked up in dark cages‚ and suffer through countless‚ painful procedures when there are better options. I believe that animal testing is unethical and should be banned for three reasons. Animal testing is inaccurate‚ cruel‚ and it is lengthy and delays the discovery
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There are many incentives to move away from vivo testing. One of the main motivations to use alternative methods is ethical: toxicity tests in all fields are associated with high levels of suffering (Burden‚ Sewell‚ and Chapman 1-8). Not only are there ethical drives‚ but there are also scientific drives to ultimately eliminate animal testing (Burden‚ Sewell‚ and Chapman 1-8). One scientific drive is the question that must be answered: is it acceptable for a human being to be exposed to it‚ not just
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Cosmetics shouldn’t be tested on animals. * Our furry little friends get to try out the newest cosmetic finds before they reach the counters of stores. Poor innocent creatures suffer for our vanity. Beauty shouldn’t be linked to pain. Change slide * Companies instead of using non-animal tests‚ choose to use animal tests because their results can be manipulated. * Since the 1960s‚ animal testing has been a routine step in getting shampoos‚ lipsticks‚ mascaras‚ hand lotions and many
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Animal experimentation: Unnecessary Necessity. It is saddening to think the past half a century’s discoveries are made by torturing and killing innocent animals. According to PETA‚ each year more than one hundred million faultless animals are being testing on using barbaric methods such as implanting tumors‚ inhalation of poisonous gases and many more. This just shows how it is important for us as humans being to care about other living things‚ too. Testing on animals is cruel/unnecessary and should
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Animal testing is used for commercial or scientific reasons to find cures and treatments‚ and to ensure the safety of products for humans. Laboratories prefer to use animals such as mice‚ rats‚ and monkeys because they are so closely related to humans and will get more accurate results. The most common tests that are performed are toxicity and corrosivity tests‚ genetic manipulation‚ inflicted pain and diseases‚ surgical procedures‚ and injecting human diseases into animals. Scientists are working
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