Animal Testing Cancer is a terrible disease‚ 12.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year and over 7.6 million die from the disease. Cancer is currently being studied and a cure has not been found‚ wouldn’t it be nice if we were to speed up the process of finding a cure? With animal testing this can be done quicker than by studying on other things that are “humane”. Many people believe that animal testing is wrong and should be stopped but at the same time more and more people are dying
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delightful image right? “An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments‚ determine the toxicity of medications‚ check the safety of products destined for human use‚ and other biomedical‚ commercial‚ and health care uses” (ProCon 1). It is unfair to sentence so many animals to life in a laboratory cage and to cause
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“Over 100 million animals are burned‚ crippled‚ poisoned‚ and abused in US labs every year” (Facts About Animal Testing). When pondering on the subject of animal experimentation‚ many may argue that it is nothing but abuse. Though that is one way to describe it‚ there comes along many positives towards the topic that can ensure us a more advanced economy. Animal testing is what makes sure we are safe with the new and improved topics we consume and/or use. Other alternatives are available‚ and in
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Testing on Animals is Morally Wrong In today’s world‚ large corporations seem to have decided that animal testing is an acceptable way to produce products that are safe for human use at the expense of innocent animals everywhere. Sadly‚ with large-scale corporations focused far more on money and profit than on the wellbeing of‚ safety and health of animals of all kinds. The Government has completed hundreds of tests through out the years‚ and there has been very dismal proof that conducting
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million animals are killed every year around the world for animal testing. This horrific number needs to be reduced. While there are not yet any adequate replacements for animal testing‚ it is unreliable‚ unfair and expensive. Animal testing is unreliable. For example‚ Dr. Richard Kluasher‚ the former director of the national cancer institute states that “ We have cured cancer in mice for decades and it simply didn’t work in humans”. This statement shows the unreliability of animal testing. Just because
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9/26/11 Animals Testing for Medical Needs Have you taken time out to think about your house pet and how much you love them? Considering that think of lab pets or animals that are used for testing products on and how they are being treated. Do you think it is necessary to test animals for medical needs or for products other than medicine? I strongly believe that animal testing for medical needs is necessary to some extent because it helps trying to find a cure such as HIV/AIDS and animals are a perfect
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shocking‚ burning‚ and killing animals is all in a day’s work for vivisectors A vivisector is someone who performs medical research on a live subject. If these atrocious acts were committed outside laboratories‚ they would be felonies. But animals suffer and die every day in laboratories with little or no protection from cruelty. Cruelty involving an innocent animal is a sensitive subject to most of us. In the words of the U.S. Department of Agriculture‚ animals in experimentation are subject to
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Animal Testing What product features grab the attention of the customer who strolls down the cosmetic aisle of the store? Is it the discovery of which perfume smells appealing or which brand of shampoo is the cheapest? Or does the consumer consider whether animals suffered during testing to ensure that the purchased shampoo or perfume was safe for human use? My guess is probably not. Little does our society recognize that many drugs‚ cosmetic items‚ and household chemicals have been rigorously
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To Keep Animal Testing Legal Did you know that animals and humans have over 200 illnesses in common? Today I am going to be talking about why I agree that animal testing is necessary. Dr. Daniel H. Johnson‚ Jr.‚ former president of the American Medical Association stated "Animal research - followed by human clinical study - is absolutely necessary to find the causes and cures for so many deadly threats from AIDS to cancer." I will give reasons in this speech why I think animal testing is necessary
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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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