it would be a cruelty to NOT engage in animal testing" (Michael Rivard‚ CNN News). Animal testing is a very large controversy. Some say animal testing is wrong‚ unethical‚ and unfair‚ but what would the world be like without animal testing? Who knows? Could there be many more fatal sicknesses? More life threatening diseases? Thousands of deaths from the common cold? In a few years‚ courtesy of animal testing‚ we could even have a cure for cancer! Animal research is imperative because there would
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Cosmetics shouldn’t be tested on animals. * Our furry little friends get to try out the newest cosmetic finds before they reach the counters of stores. Poor innocent creatures suffer for our vanity. Beauty shouldn’t be linked to pain. Change slide * Companies instead of using non-animal tests‚ choose to use animal tests because their results can be manipulated. * Since the 1960s‚ animal testing has been a routine step in getting shampoos‚ lipsticks‚ mascaras‚ hand lotions and many
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Experimentation on animals was meant to provide innovative advancements to the development of drugs and safety of products. However‚ the use of animals in laboratory tests no longer fulfills its original purpose. While it is difficult to deny the medical advances that have been made possible due to animal testing‚ there are alternatives that are more cost-effective‚ reliable‚ and do not contribute toward the suffering of animals. Methods such as microdosing‚ in-vitro models‚ and in-silica computer
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world has ever known. To think that human kind sprung off from animals is debatable but undoubtedly true. In fact‚ modern day chimps have 99 percent of their genetic makeup in common with humans. In a world that is so dependent on human life it is quite understandable to sacrifice the lives of animals‚ as test subjects‚ to save and safeguard the lives of human beings. Animal testing is a process by which researches us live animals to experiment on in a controlled manner. This process helps to
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Animal experimentation is wrong and cruel and there are many reasons why it is not necessary today. Animal testing is ineffective and extremely cruel because science has improved and animal testing may not transfer effectively to humans. Animals testing has been applied throughout human history. The use of animals in scientific experiments in the United Kingdom can be traced back to at least the 17th century with the experiments on numerous animal species aiming to demonstrate blood circulation
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Should animal testing be banned? Despite the success in medical development nowadays‚ there is a humongous cost paid off behind the progress of the scientific achievement --- Animal testing‚ which has always been a controversial issue over the past few decades. The term ‘Animal testing’ can be referred as the use of non-human animals in research and development projects‚ especially for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. Personally speaking‚ I would definitely
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ENG 1113 Mrs. Scholz April 27‚ 2014 Animal Testing Animal testing is wrong because of the health issues that will arise within the animals because of the treatment that they go through within the labs as well as the chemicals that they are exposed to during the procedures. Due to all of the procedure that the animals have to go through only about half of them remain alive. There are four topics that are going to be discussed about animal testing‚ these topics are some of the main issues
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Is Animal Testing a Necessity? Should researchers experiment on an animal to save human lives? Every year‚ millions of animals undergo painful torture‚ suffering‚ or death. For a result‚ of scientific research into the effects of drugs‚ cosmetics‚ food additives‚ and other chemical products. While most people think animal testing is necessary and required‚ but others were upset by what they see as needless suffering. Yet many opponents passionately argue that animal testing is wrong‚ unnecessary
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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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