Minette Steyn Is Animal Testing Necessary? (Topic 1) Do you know what happens to that beautiful white bunny‚ the moment it sets its paw into a testing laboratory or even worse what this vulnerable animal and many others are physically subjected to? 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the existing Animal Welfare Act signed into law in 1996‚ which excludes birds‚ rats‚ reptiles and fish (Unknown‚ 2015). The previously mentioned animals are the animals most used during experimental
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Animal testing is an expression that the vast majority has heard yet is maybe still uncertain of precisely what is included. Whether it is called animal testing‚ animal experimentation or animal research‚ it alludes to the experimentation completed on creatures. It is utilized to survey the wellbeing and adequacy of everything from medicine to beautifying agents‚ and also seeing how the human body functions. While supporters trust it is a vital practice‚ those contradicted to creature testing trust
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and vaccines on rats‚ dogs‚ or even larger animals. The hope is to one day eliminate animals studies entirely in pharmaceutical testing while greatly improving the efficiency or drug research. If you think animal testing is okay in any way shape or form‚ imagine you as a dog‚ rat‚ or any other animal getting tested on and harmed or even killed by the product that was tested on you? You would not want or like that one but. So why are we making actual animals suffer? Because we just need them? Because
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Animal Testing In 2nd and 4th century BCE animal testing began‚ they used live animals to test experiments on. Now‚ even to this day‚ we use animals to test cosmetics‚ medicines‚ drugs‚ and medical research. Many people have realized how cruel these acts are to the animals and have tried to stop them but to no avail. Humans who use these helpless creatures have yet to realize how wrong it is and that they have feelings and are hurting from all our injections and concoctions used on them for our
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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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Why should animals not have the same rights that humans do? Maybe because they cannot talk‚ read books‚ or drive cars‚ but neither can some humans for that matter. So why is it that when an experiment‚ which was conducted to help treat type 2 diabetes‚ killed 203 people‚ it was halted immediately‚ although millions of animals die each year due to scientific experimentation? The answer is that many believe that animals are worthless or are not worth as much as human beings are‚ so they are therefore
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Animal experimentation Countless monkeys‚ dogs‚ rats and other animals are burned‚ blinded‚ cut open‚ poisoned‚ starved and drugged behind closed laboratory doors every year for convenience and economic reasons and because of old habits. Not only are animal tests extremely cruel‚ they are also completely inaccurate because of the vast physiological variations between species. Throughout the years of medical research‚ scientists have immorally exploited animals in the sense that they cannot decide
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Why is it okay to harm a defenseless‚ innocent‚ voiceless little animal? Because in a way it benefits us? When did that ever become okay? It’s not‚ and it never will be. Animal Testing is proof that humans will do anything to ensure their safety even though it means they have to hurt another. Poor defenseless animals fight for their lives every day to test out products they have no use for. These poor sweet creatures have been taken away their right to live to be caged and mistreated and they can’t
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In 1966‚ the Animal Welfare Act was passed which “...regulated the sale‚ transportation‚ and handling of many animals used in research…” (Driscoll and Finley 3)‚ but the act does not cover rats‚ mice‚ fish ‚ and birds which make up around ninety-five percent of tested animals (“Should Animals Be Used” 3). Government approved acts are proposed and confirmed to ensure the safety of animals‚ but organizations soon find their way around them. Additionally‚ in the United States‚ all pharmaceuticals‚ preservatives
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Many would say no. The testing of animals is extremely unfortunate‚ but also necessary. Due to the fact that animals are perfect test subjects‚ they have helped find cures for many diseases and have made products safer for not only human use but animals as well. According to the California Biomedical Research Association‚ almost every medical breakthrough in human and animal health has been through a direct result of animal research for over a hundred years (1). Animals preform a great role in medicine
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