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Should Animal Testing Be Allowed
Abdulrahman.Bahjat
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August 5, 2013 "We are at war, and we will do what we need to win" (joey-gruber.tripod). There is much debate over whether animal testing should be allowed or not. Some people think that it is not essential to sacrifice animals for human benefit because they are being abused and tortured severely during experiments. Those People who stand against animal testing claim that humans eliminate many lives on Earth in order to safe humans ' lives, So there is no justice because even animals have the right to live on earth, yet these people do not consider the truth that animals are being used in the food industry. Many organizations such as (PETA), which is the biggest organization against animal testing, think
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In addition, these people say that through animal testing humans destroy the lives of many organisms. However, researchers use only pests in their experiments to test on. Animal testing gives humans more benefit by decreasing the pests to humans. "60% of all animals are mice and 20% are rats and guinea pigs and rabbits are 10% all together"(PETA). This claim comes from an organization which is surprisingly stands against animal testing. The statistic above shows that animal testing does not damage animals on our planet. Many diseases are being transmitted to humans by these pests like rats. "One of the most historically dangerous rat-borne diseases is the bubonic plague, also called “Black Plague,” and its variants…….. fleas transported on rats are considered responsible for this plague during the Middle Ages, which killed millions"(Orkin). It is really obvious that many people know what happened during the Middle Ages when "Black Plague" spread over London. It was one of the historical diseases that killed thousands of people, so we can avoid such these devastating diseases by reducing rats ' numbers simultaneously with getting benefit to our

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