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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million animals—including mice‚ rats‚ frogs‚ dogs‚ cats‚ rabbits‚ hamsters‚ guinea pigs‚ monkeys‚ fish‚ and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity-driven experimentation‚ and chemical‚ drug‚ food‚ and cosmetics testing” (PETA.org). Animal testing has been used since as early as Aristotle’s time. Many well-known philosophers back then used animals to experiment on in order to better understand anatomy‚ physiology‚ pathology‚ and pharmacology. Animal testing
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and always being the test dummies. Animal testing is unnecessary because the animals have no choice or will of theirs own‚ the longtime effect taken on the animals‚ and it is inhumane. Animal testing is barbarous because the animals have no choice in the matter and no voice to say what they want or when they are feeling pain. Animals don’t show emotions like humans do and they also‚ cannot say when it hurt or when they feel uncomfortable. Even if the animal does pull away or show signs of illness
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Animal Experimentation The issue of animal experimentation is the subject of many debates within the scientific community. It is my firm belief that any form of animal experimentation is morally wrong and tantamount to murder or torture. Scientists perform experiments on animals in a bid to test the safety other products and to develop new drugs for treating a wide range of diseases. In most cases‚ the experiments cause a lot of pain to the animals used as subjects‚ often significantly reducing the
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Animal testing is the experimentation of products or medicine on animals. Sometimes it works‚ and the experiment does not harm the animal‚ but when it fails what happens? The animals get severe injuries and some extreme products can even lead to death. Animal testing has been going on for a long time and it is believed that it started in the 2nd and 4th centuries BC. So‚ should it stop now? Should animal testing be illegal? Global Perspectives In the UK‚ scientists were warned by the research agencies
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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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Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ is the use of animals to view and control variables that affect their behavior and biology system. It has played a major role in biomedical research ever since the last century. Using animals in research that could protect humans from a disease‚ any kind of pain‚ suffering‚ and even death should be justified. One of the many reasons why it is justified is because it has helped medical fields come up with many treatments for diseases. Treatments
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test harmful material and chemicals on animals because they are not human beings. Animal testing is wrong and should be illegal because it is cruel to the animal‚ the tests are not always accurate and there are alternative ways to test products that do not need to be tested on animals. Testing on animals is cruel. It is cruel because it is subjecting animals‚ that feel like people do‚ to extreme pain and torture. As reported by PETA‚ “U.S. law allows animals to be burned‚ shocked‚ poisoned‚ isolated
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Throughout history animal testing has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefit. However‚ the realization of the moral status that animals hold only began in the late 1970’s. Today it is a multibillion dollar industry that involves several institutions‚ cosmetic companies and scientific centers. What people tend to forget is the great number of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many ethical questions arise about these
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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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