frightened animal being poked‚ probed‚ sleep-deprived‚ starved‚ and then placed in a small cold‚ steel cage bleeding from having a chunk of your skin ripped out? This is what many animals go through every day of their lives for the sake of animal testing. Animal testing has been around since at least 500 B.C. when Greek scientists used animals to understand how various body organs functioned (Animal Testing Pros and Cons‚ 2014). Animal testing should be banned because it is cruel to animals‚ it is not
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10/26/2013 Alternatives to Animal Testing (MLA) “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk‚ he does not lay eggs‚ he is too weak to pull the plough‚ he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.” George Orwell. And now today animals are being used to produce a variety of products varying from medicine‚ cosmetics‚ and even military weapons through animal testing. One can argue we are the lord of all animals due to us being a higher
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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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Some people think that using animals for experimentation purpose is cruel‚ but other people think that it is necessary for the development of science. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Animals are living beings‚ like humans‚ that also have an important role in the world. However‚ instead of treating the animal with love and respect‚ we subject it to cruel and inhumane scientific
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Animal Testing is Necessary “Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide.” Joan Ryan. When most people think about animal testing‚ they usually think about hurt blind animals that they have seen in pictures online or on tv. After seeing those images most people are quick to side with banding animal testing. However what most people do not realize is how much animal testing has helped
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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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Animal abuse is defined as the human infliction of suffering or harm upon any nonhuman animal. Why does animal abuse not apply to animal testing? Animal testing has been around for about 40 years‚ ever since the 1920’s; it had a breakthrough and became well known. The number of animals being used for testing each year continues to increase. Animals’ that are being used for testing is wrong because it is inhumane. Animal testing is bad science. Time and time again animal experiments show that it
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like a jail cell. Shivering animals in those crates wait in fear‚ hunger‚ and pain for their next operation. They have no way to escape. This is their lives- every day they wait in agony only to be taken into labs to be poked‚ prodded‚ stabbed‚ hit‚ and grabbed. Living in the conditions that they do: compact cages with limited amounts of food and water- the animals develop mental disorders. These animals didn’t ask for this. These animals just want to be loved. These animals don’t have a choice. An intimidating
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an english philosopher. Animal testing has been a controversial topic for many years. Some people believe that animal testing is beneficial‚ while other people feel as if animal testing is cruelty. Many people who are against animal testing have created organizations to spread awareness for people who do not know much of this topic such as in books and websites. Animal testing is abuse to the victims and is not very beneficial. One of the many reasons that animal testing is wrong is that it is abuse
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million animals are killed in lab for product testing. Now a days‚ scientists are using animals for their research and testings‚ and I disagree with the use of animals. It is unfair to animals because in the end it kills them‚ it may not actually work on humans‚ and the cost of it. I am against the use of animals for product testing for a lot of reasons. I am against using animals because I think it is cruel to animals because if it a test went wrong then then it could cause a harmless animal to
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