SHOULD WE REPLACE ANIMAL TESTING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD WITH ALTERNATIVE METHODS? Affirmative Arguments: 1. Their poor reliability (more reliable alternatives) 2. Unnecessary cruelty to animals (causing controversy) Reliability/Alternatives Reliability Cigarettes were considered safe because smoking-related cancer is almost impossible to reproduce in non-human animals. The primary purpose of medical research is to promote human health‚ and the most direct research methods focus on the study of
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than 100 million animals are killed every year for commercial and scientific testing just in the United States alone! Animal testing is appalling. It is so sad that animals don’t get to live in their natural habitat and have to be pinned up their entire life. So many animals are used for animal testing such as‚ mice‚ rats‚ frogs‚ dogs‚ cats‚ rabbits‚ hamsters‚ guinea pigs‚ monkeys‚ fish‚ and birds. All of these animals have to be crammed in cages for weeks on end. Animal testing should not be allowed
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Article Analysis Heather Dunnuck is a firm believer that animal testing is not justified. She published an article for Lone Star College‚ on why she supports this opinion. The article is a one sided‚ factual‚ and opinionated article that has the purpose of persuading and educating the targeted audience of why animal testing is not beneficial. Throughout the article the author uses emotional ties‚ statistics‚ quotes‚ and credible sources to persuade the audience of her belief. These strategies
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Have you ever wondered about the pain and suffering that animals go through for our selfish needs? The topic of animal testing has been debated (raged) since the seventeenth century (1600)‚ but in the recent years this topic has been under severe criticism by animal protection and animal rights groups. Although animal testing has been beneficial‚ animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Animals are being treated terribly for experiments that may have no point in the end. Is that what you would want
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“Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century.” (Joan Ryan) Animal testing has been used for centuries. It has even created a lot of medical advancements and helped further our understanding of medicines.. While animal testing has shown great developments in medical research‚ there has also been a lot of controversy towards the treatment of the animals used in the experiments. Animal testing is the act of testing products such as medicines
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scientific realm under the branch of scientific testing known as animal testing (Hajar). Over the years‚ as society and science progressed‚ animal testing did as well. The use of animal testing became ubiquitous in the scientific community and utilized in a variety of industries including the medical‚ cosmetic‚ and many more. However‚ recently‚ cosmetic animal testing has been garnering a significant amount of interest both among scientists and animal activists due to a number of cons that call into
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innocent animals to endure our tests‚ just to see how harmful radiation is? There are many ways to experiment on an animal‚ like injecting or force feeding‚ exposure to radiation‚ surgically removing organs or tissue to deliberately cause damage‚ forcing them to inhale toxic gas‚ and subjecting them in frightening situations to create anxiety and depression ("Cruelty Free International.") It may sound sadistic‚ and twisted‚ but put a little trust in the way of science‚ and let’s look at how animal testing
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The Flaws With Animal Testing Every product we own‚ from makeup to medicine‚ has to be tested on something or someone before it can be placed on the market to be sold. Most testing for products is done on animals because it is seen as more humane than testing on humans. Animals are viewed as below us‚ and because of that‚ their lives do not matter. That is a lie we tell ourselves to make it seem like what is being done to innocent animals is just. In reality‚ testing on animals does much more harm
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“Animal Testing Should be banned" Imagine having a hole drilled in your head without any anesthesia. Imagine being kept in eternal darkness your whole life because one or both eyes were sewn shut or even removed for no good reason. How about being clamped down to a table with shock-producing electrodes attached to your genitals. Laboratory animals are put through these horrors every day. There are many views on this topic that I would like cover in this paper. Many new experiments and laboratory
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An estimated 26 million animals are being used for scientific and commercial testing. Animal testing is painful and unnecessary. Testing is cruel‚ unreliable‚ and sometimes dangerous to not just animals‚ but humans too. Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Sometimes animals are used to make makeup products and medications with cruel techniques. In these experiment some animals are forced to eat something‚ forced to inhale‚ or even food and water deprivation. Animal may also be used to study
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