Anjum Fighting Animal testing! Animals have been a part of scientific experiments ever since 17th century and expanded across Europe over the 19th century. The advancement of the medical science made testing medicines on animals legal in the Medicines Act‚ 1968 which majorly accelerated the number of animals tested upon to over 5.5 million in 1970. Even though animals aided in most medical advances such as insulin‚ polio vaccine‚ penicillin and elimination of small pox‚ the animal welfare standards
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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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Animal testing‚ also known as animal experiments is the use of animals for experimentation. It is assessed that between 100 – 150 million animals‚ including mice‚ rats‚ dogs‚ cats‚ fish‚ rabbits‚ and guinea pigs are utilized as a part of animal testing yearly around the world. Animals are used for several motives‚ such as food. Also‚ animals are used for testing countless products and medicines. Some of the products that involve animal testing are: drugs‚ cosmetics‚ and industrial chemicals. Animal
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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 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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According to Peta.org “each year more than 100 million animals are tested and killed in laboratories.” Animal testing is an extreme issue that has been going on for many years. Testing animals is extremely wrong in many ways. First‚ animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Innocent animals are tested on in labs and are most often killed. Also‚ animal testing is expensive and a waste of money. Outrageous amounts of money is spent on animal testing that could be used for more useful things like water‚
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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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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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