Ethical Issues In Animal Testing

The first perspective is to place animals in a suitable environment that have a positive impact on them and provide them comfort. Based on “ The moral Status of Invasive Animal Research” by Bernard E. Rollin. According to Rollin (2012), “ethical issues such as gene sequencing are always controversial, but research should not be hampered by moral considerations” (p. 4). This means the ethical issues concerning the sufferings of animals shouldn’t hinder scientists from continuing their researches. Therefore what we can do is to treat animals as well as possible. Rollin’s (2012) study found the following: … The vast majority of experiments performed on animals do not cause significant pain, 100 percent of research animals suffer because
According to “Ethical Principles and Standards
for the Conduct of Human and Animal Biological Rhythm Research” by Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the amount of blood that is taken out from the animal could have a negative effect on his health. According to Touitou (2004), “The total volume of blood that is withdrawn during experimentation must not compromise health and well-being “ (p. 169). Meaning there should be limit on the amount of blood that is taken from the tested animal in order to ensure the safety of that animal after the blood is withdrawn from it. Touitou’s (2004) study found the following: Surgical and other painful procedures must not be performed on unanesthetized animals; suffering, discomfort, and pain must be minimized through the use of appropriate sedation, analgesia/anesthesia or other methods that respects the welfare of animals. (p. 169). Scientists should be prevented from doing procedures that are painful to animals without putting that animal in a state of comfort or unconsciousness, and that is similar to how we treat humans in surgical procedures by drugs such as pain relievers. Animals experience pain like human beings too; therefore animals have the right to be treated like humans in these painful operations. Also researchers should be always aware of how much this procedure is going to be painful
Based on “The Ethics of Animal Research:
What Are the Prospects for Agreement?” by David Degrazia from Cambridge journals. Some animals require sociable interactions, since they are highly sociable. Degrazia’s (1999) study found the following: Highly social animals, such as apes, monkeys, and wolves, need social interactions with conspecifics (members of their own species). Under normal circumstances, they will develop social structures, such as hierarchies and alliances, and maintain long-term relationships with conspecifics. (p. 27). This has a major impact on these specific animals, since they highly seek sociable interactions, and if we didn’t provide them an access to social interactions, it might affect their health and wellbeing, which make sense if we compared them with human beings. Being isolated and unable to socially interact can drive humans insane. According to Degrazia (1999), “Moreover, social companions can buffer the effects of stressful situations, reduce behavioral abnormalities, provide opportunities for exercise, and increase cognitive stimulation” (p. 27). Therefore we can conclude that its highly necessary to allow them to have access to conspecifics (members from their own species). Placing animals together in labs and not place them separated by cages that prevent them from interacting with each other will basically achieve