"More than 100 million animals are poisoned‚ burned‚ crippled‚ and abused in other ways in U.S. labs each year."(#1video) Animal testing became a common method between 200-300 BC‚ these tests were often led by important male figures such as Aristotle. In 1242 Ibn al- Nafis used animals to test blood circulation‚ his theory of human blood circulation was later proven by William Henry many years later. In the 1660’s another scientist‚ Robert Boyle‚ theorized that living beings needed air to live‚
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the topic of animal testing‚ most of us will readily agree that it is a debatable topic. Where this agreement usually ends‚ however‚ is on the question of whether it helps researchers to find new drugs and treatments suitable for humans. Whereas some are convinced that it does help researchers find new drugs and treatments‚ others maintain that some drugs tested on animals may never actually be useful or even safe for human consumption. In my own view the results of animals testing are unreliable
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understand that every three seconds an animal dies because of animal testing in the United States and in the rest of the world. At least 94% of the animal testing has failed in the human bodies. And at least 100 drugs have failed in the human bodies In the year of 2010 the animal welfare act covered 1‚134‚693 animal tests. However‚ it does not cover mice‚ birds‚ rats but 95% are used in all of the researches of the animal testing. Now that leaves at least 25 million animals that we and all of the laboratories
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Animal Testing is not Justified Imagine being deprived of food and water‚ being forced to inhale toxic gasses‚ going through surgery without any anesthesia‚ or being physically restrained for long periods of time. Many animals go through this every year. According to the Humane Society International‚ more that 115 million animals are used worldwide for laboratory experiments almost every year and about a 100 million are just from the United States! The animals they use include mice‚ fish‚ rats‚
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Animal testing had been around since the time of the ancient Greeks. In the past‚ animal were only used for researching anatomy and how organs worked in those specific animals. Now animals are used to test pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Animals were used in the ancient days to study anatomy. Herophilus and Erasistratus‚ two Greek scientists‚ for example‚ examined sensory nerves‚ motor nerves‚ and tendons in order to understand their functional differences(Animal Testing: A Long‚ Unpretty History)
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become faster and less tactless. Research ethics have also improved in almost every way except one‚ the experimentation of animals is still very legal. While no product requires animal trials‚ many products are still tested on animals before they are tested on humans. Animal experimentation is counterproductive‚ harmful and painful for the animals‚ and not without alternatives. Animal experimentation for cosmetic and medical purposes should be outlawed in all 50 states immediately. In order for a product
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20th‚ 2009 Animal Testing for Research ’ Pro side The death of one dog vs. saving the life of many diabetic humans. Which would you pick? Diabetes caused many deaths before insulin was discovered from the pancreas of a dog. After insulin was discovered‚ it could be injected into the bloodstream to keep the insulin level high. Along with this‚ much of our medicinal discoveries are experimented on different types of animals. Many people support the banning of experimentation of animals but what they
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condoning animal experimentations. Many name brands‚ such as Clorox and L’Oreal‚ use horrible methods to test their products on animals. To be specific‚ roughly 170‚000 rabbits are bred and used purely for testing in the beauty industry and go through chemical blindness and fur loss because of a product meant for humans. How is that humane? Rabbits are not the only animals that are succumbed to the sickening procedures of experiments. Primates‚ cats‚ dogs‚ mice and rats are also some animals that are
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Animal testing: Because people don’t contribute their own lives for testing scientists then move to something not as useful for the world like mice‚ rats‚ and other animals. So we then destroy their lives instead of ours‚ and use them for our own purpose. Animal testing involves extreme pain for the animals. These animals are fully conscious and never given any pain relief. So when tests fail they have to suffer a painful death. The purpose of animal testing is known to everyone because it has been
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Scientists have been using animals to conduct experiments and tests since ancient times. Over the years‚ the practice of using animals has been under fire by animal protection and animal activist groups. Using animals for drug testing has become an important part of scientific experiments but it has also led to the deaths of millions of animals. When animal testing goes wrong‚ it can harm the users whom it is supposedly benefiting. The use of animal testing should be abandoned because it does not
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