article is about the inhumane practice of testing on animals. It briefly describes what animal testing is and what animals are used. It provides statistics to back up the author’s statements. The author also explains what is wrong with animal testing and gives some alternatives. The author’s limited subject in the article is animal testing. I believe that the thesis statement is: “The term "animal testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology
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Animal Testing: Should Animals be used in Research? Animal testing is the use of living animals for scientific or commercial testing. According to my first source‚ an article found on animalresearch.thehastingscenter.org‚ called Animals Used in Research in the U.S.‚ in 2010‚ there were about 26 million animals being used for research. Mice‚ rats‚ fish and birds are the most common animals used; they are about 96% of the 26 million animals used. Other animals used in research that year were Guinea
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for an animal in a laboratory. It is deprivation‚ isolation‚ and misery. Background and Credibility: In 2016‚ the number of laboratory animals used in research in the U.S alone was at 820‚812 and that’s not including rats‚ mice‚ birds or fish because they are protected under other regulations and are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act according to a 2016 article titled “US Statistics” from the Speaking of Research advocacy group‚ which for those of you who don’t know‚ focuses on animal-based research
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Is animal testing really wrong? Using animals to test on provides us a better determination of how humans will react‚ it is an better option than finding it out too late on humans. Not to mention it saves human lives worldwide‚ it can find several cures to diseases. The fatality rate of childhood cancer has decreased markedly from 95% to 25%‚ this we have animal testing to thank for. This is one of the factors to why I think that animal testing is good and should be allowed. Firstly‚ we all have
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Our case is that if we don’t test on animals then progress in scientific fields would be halted. As first speaker for the negative I will speak about the benefits of animal testing in general and then I’ll talk in detail about animal testing in medicine. My second speaker will talk about the opinions on testing and the food chain and my third speaker will summarise our points and rebut. Safety tests are conducted on a wide range of chemicals and products‚ including drugs‚ vaccines‚ cosmetics‚
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Animal Experimentation: A Cruel‚ Outdated Practice Animal experimentation‚ or testing‚ is a method used to discover cures to illnesses; the functions of organs; the anatomy of the body; the safety‚ effectiveness‚ and reliability of cosmetic‚ pharmaceutical‚ and household products on animals (“About Animal Testing”). An estimated 25 million animals are subject to these practices each year in the United States (“Harm and Suffering”). Because of the massive number of animals used in experimentation
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Since the early beginnings of Grecian civilization‚ animal testing was historically recorded as a means of scientific and medical research. It wasn’t until the 1800s that it became a controversial topic of discussion. Since then‚ thousands of brands utilized daily are there because of extensive animal research of the products effects. But because of the extensive research‚ animals are often left hurt‚ abused‚ and sometimes dead due to the excruciating circumstances they are put through. Despite the
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Animal Testing: contradictory perspectives and the balance between them A long time ago‚ animals were used for numerous purposes‚ and one of those uses is utilising them in scientific studies which known as "Animal Testing". According to Oxford dictionaries‚ animal testing refers to experiments involving the use of animals. As reported by the national centre for biotechnology information (2011)‚ animals were used regularly in scientific biomedical researches in the past by Greek and Arab physician
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twenty-six million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals have been used for years to test the toxicity of medications‚ drugs‚ and chemicals. Despite the fact that people benefit from animal research‚ the torment‚ misery‚ and the deaths of animals are not worth the human advantages. Also‚ there are alternatives to animal testing so it is unnecessary to keep testing on them. Therefore‚ It should be illegal to use animals for research purposes
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Is animal testing wright or wrong? In my opinion I think animal testing is absolutely wrong because what did they deserve to get a human disease and see if some trial medication works on their animal bodies‚ nothing. Medical researchers say their saving so many people’s lives but are they really or are we just wasting some of our best friend’s lives? Animal testing is not just used for medical research‚ it’s also used for make those makeup products that most girls own or buy from the store. Each
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