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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without Harming Animals Animals have been used repeatedly throughout the history of biomedical research. Early Greek physician-scientist‚ Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) performed experiments on living animals [1]. Just as the legendary Greek physician Galen (199 – 217 AD) performed experiments on animals‚ which led to advancements in the understanding of anatomy‚ physiology‚ pathology‚ and pharmacology [2]. Likewise‚ the twelfth century Arab physician Ibn Zuhr introduced animal testing as an experimental
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Animal experimentation has become a highly debated topic in today’s society. Some people believe that scientists should be allowed to test new drugs‚ medicines‚ and treatments on animals‚ but this testing is completely uncalled for. Animal experimentation should be outlawed because it is unethical‚ unnecessary‚ and unreliable. Animal testing is unethical because animals have feelings‚ just like humans‚ but they are treated inhumanely in labs because there are not sufficient laws to control what
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Animal Testing: Necessary or Not? In the world today‚ innovation has been the trademark of the century and there are improvements in almost all fields: technology‚ entertainment‚ transportation‚ even in healthcare and medical treatments. These vast changes are not the result of some magic or luck; there are reasons that these benefits have occurred. In the medical field‚ expansion is rapid. An internet article for the Healthcare Network states‚ “29 medical-technology studies were adopted to the
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world - animal testing. It’s on the news and in the media quite often‚ with organizations like PETA pleading for justice and conjuring up horror stories of animal mistreatment. While it is true that animal testing is ethically wrong‚ there are other issues as well. Animal experimentation should be replaced by more advanced technologies because it is inhumane‚ produces results that are inaccurate‚ and is scientifically limiting. First of all‚ animal testing is harmful and cruel to animals. When they
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deemed cruel and useless: animal testing. As you already know‚ animal testing is using animals to find the effects of controlled variables (such as a medication or beauty product). Though it may sound harmless in the definition‚ it is far from that. Animal testing has become a way for people who are too afraid to test products on themselves and other humans to test these products on innocent animals who will never even use these products once they are deemed safe. The testing for these products are
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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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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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Animals have been used for testing for centuries and change has to happen for them. Many things are happening to animals as these things go on and on pain‚ sadness‚ and terrible living conditions. It is wrong for us to take animals like we own them and lock them up for our own uses (Animal Rights). The animals never have a release date so they are kept until they are useless or dead. Animal testing is morally wrong‚ and is causing death of animals. The animals all get stuck in poor conditions‚ terrible
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Animal Rights- Ban Testing Ally Torres English 10 April 25‚ 2012 Mr. Bannon Animals are unique creatures placed all around the world‚ each with their own genuine‚ exotic‚ and weird personalities. Unfortunately‚ every year‚ “scientists” use them to test potentially dangerous products that most people use in our everyday lives. Although scientists claim that there is no other way to test them‚ and that their work ethics are a necessity to keep the society safe‚ they are wrong. There are many
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