Animal Testing What product features grab the attention of the customer who strolls down the cosmetic aisle of the store? Is it the discovery of which perfume smells appealing or which brand of shampoo is the cheapest? Or does the consumer consider whether animals suffered during testing to ensure that the purchased shampoo or perfume was safe for human use? My guess is probably not. Little does our society recognize that many drugs‚ cosmetic items‚ and household chemicals have been rigorously
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that scientists administer painkillers to the animals tested‚ as long as the medicine doesn’t interrupt the experiment. However mice‚ rats and birds make up ninety percent of the animals tested and are exempt from that requirement (“Update: Animal Testing”). To the law animals are a property. They are goods to be bought and sold‚ acquired and maintained. Animals are living‚ breathing creatures that have feelings and require a necessary habitat that should be respected. Estimates exist that state
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Reasons Why Animal Testing Should be Banned The activity of animal testing is of cruelty and sometimes unscientific. Money spent on animal experimentation is wasted in many cases; due to inability in obtaining accurate results‚ and all this at the cost of the animals’ well-being. Here are a few arguments against animal testing that support the thought of banning this activity. Cruel Practices Animals are a soft target for human beings; it is however‚ not fair to take undue advantage of their
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Animal Testing…Right or Wrong? In the 1880’s‚ Louis Pasteur conducted one of the most unpleasant series of animal experiments in the history of the fight against infectious disease. Unable to see the organism that causes rabies with the microscopes available‚ he convinced a skeptical medical community of the microorganism’s existence and also the possibility of vaccinating against it. He did this by doing work on rabbits and dogs. In 1885‚ after much heart searching‚ he tried out his rabies vaccine
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Professor Torres English 155 8 March 2014 Animal Testing Research Paper Have you ever visited an old cemetery? Have you also read the head stones and said to yourself wow the men women and children sure did die at a young age. I know I have and I am very thankful that I am alive today instead of back in the 1800 and early 1900s. The medical breakthroughs we have made as a society are incredible. It is all due to the fact that we allow and perform testing on animals. With all these discoveries we are
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Animal Testing Animal testing has been around for a long time. Many do not want to change and stop animal testing. Others are up for change and they believe it would be for the better. Although‚ for the safety of people‚ makeup and drugs have been tested on animals. Many believe that animal testing should come to an end. Others‚ however‚ believe animal testing should continue to make sure the people who would use the makeup or drugs would be safe. Animal testing has been a problem that needs
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detrimental testing and there are alternative methods other than crucial animal experiments. Animal testing is defined as a scientific experiment to where a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them “fear‚ discomfort‚ pain or distress” (Fisher). Animal experiments include injecting them with harmful substances‚ exposing animals to radiation‚ removing organs‚ forcing them to inhale toxic gases‚ and other horrifying procedures. Although through animal testing some diseases
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In the early nineteenth century‚ animal experiments emerged as an important method of science and marked the birth of experimental physiology and neuroscience as we know it today. It has since become an issue of intense public controversy. Many individuals against animal experimentation claim that animals undoubtedly merit the same amount of consideration and respect as humans and should be treated on the basis of the principles of equality. However‚ there is significant evidence to suggest that
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The next time you hop in the shower‚ I want you think that beagles are routinely blinded in the testing of shampoo and soap. It’s sickening right? Well it’s not just beagles‚ it any animal. The use of animals for product testing should be banned because there are other ways to test products and prevent animals from dying or getting hurt. It is my intention to argue my claim by means of applying it to the Rotary Four-Way Test of: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL
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tests fail in humans. Many of these tests are not ever required by law‚ and they often produce inaccurate or misleading results. Even if a product harms animals‚ it can be marketed to customers. The fact that most of these drugs‚ being made by animal testing‚ aren’t working on humans anyway but are still being made is shocking. The federal government and many health charities waste money on cruel and misleading animal experiments at universities and private laboratories instead of spending them on promising
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