Testing animals is not only cruel‚ torturous‚ and unfair but it also is pointless. Innocent poor animals are being captured‚ experimented on‚ and/or killed for our own selfishness. People assume that testing on animals is beneficial due to the fact that it has resulted in a few vaccines which work against certain diseases‚ and because it has been key to major medical advances but that is not always the case. Although there have been a few benefits‚ the majority of the time animal testing is ineffective
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Animal experiments are always a controversial topic because of the moral issue. Most of the people who are disagreeing animal testing is because they believed that animal can feel pain like humans do. Animal testing in the United States is accessory to the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) [1]‚ passed in 1966 and amended in 1970 and 1976. In a recent article‚ Parliament [2] said that animal research is the use of non-anthropoid animals in experiment that’s explore to control the variables that affect
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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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against Animal Testing Abraham Lincoln once said‚ “I am in favour of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.” I couldn’t agree more with this statement as I do not believe that animal testing is right and I am totally against it. One of the main reasons I am against animal testing is the fact that the animals don’t have a choice and are being forced to be tested‚ which can lead to them getting seriously ill or dying as a cause of the testing. Each year
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In 1966‚ the Animal Welfare Act was passed which “...regulated the sale‚ transportation‚ and handling of many animals used in research…” (Driscoll and Finley 3)‚ but the act does not cover rats‚ mice‚ fish ‚ and birds which make up around ninety-five percent of tested animals (“Should Animals Be Used” 3). Government approved acts are proposed and confirmed to ensure the safety of animals‚ but organizations soon find their way around them. Additionally‚ in the United States‚ all pharmaceuticals‚ preservatives
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Debating over the animal rights movement has raised questions and concerns for many years. Although animal research has been the cause of many medical breakthroughs‚ is it morally and ethically right to put animals in these kinds of situations? This is one of the underlying questions that must be solved before it is too late. There has already been too much violence and harm caused by the opposing views of this argument. Shouts of protests and riots are heard on the streets‚ labs and medical equipment
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million vertebrate animals‚ including mice‚ birds‚ fish‚ rabbits‚ dogs‚ chimpanzees‚ and other non-human primates‚ are used for animal testing every year. The United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow experimentation on chimpanzees. Animals are either killed during experiments‚ severely injured by harmful chemicals or subsequently euthanized. On a British debate site‚ a woman quotes ”I think it is wrong to test anything on animals‚ it does not matter what animal it is - a rat‚ monkey
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How many innocent animals have to be killed or hurt from experimenting before animal testing is banned? Studies have shown that at least 100 million rats and mice are being killed in laboratories every year (“Mice and Rats in Laboratories”). Every animal that is hurt is equal to one of three people in the U.S. These mice are used in a wide range of experiments from toxicology to depression (“Mice and Laboratories”). Cancer research‚ drug research‚ and psychological experiments are just a few of the
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POSLOVI/KRIMINALISTIKA Should animals be used for research? (Seminarski rad) Predmet: Engleski jezik III Mentor: Student: Mr.sc Kristina Varcaković Marijana Gavrić Brčko‚ 2013. Every year‚ millions of animals undergo painful suffering or death as a result of scientific research
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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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