The Truth About Animal Experimentation Millions of animals are used in scientific and medical research‚ including mice‚ rats‚ rabbits‚ primates‚ cats‚ dogs and other animals. They are locked inside cold barren cages in laboratories across the country. Unfortunately all they can do is sit and wait in fear of the next terrifying and painful procedures that will be performed on them. More than 100 million animals every year suffer and dies in cruel chemical‚ drug‚ food and cosmetic
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Animal experimentation is cruel and leads to the needless suffering and death of millions of animals. Public support for animal testing has been in steady decline since the 1950s. In 1949‚ the public support percentage was over 90 percent but in 2013 it declined to 57 percent (Ericson). According to Procon.org 95 percent of animals are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. Also‚ Procon.org says 94 percent of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human trials. An estimated 26 million animals are
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world‚ animals are used for medical research. Many scientists believe that animals are a necessity to the science world‚ but for many years‚ animals have been mistreated by scientists for the “good of science”. Animal testing should not be done because it is cruel and inhumane for animals‚ animals are completely different from humans and therefore make poor test subjects‚ and animal medical testing is a waste of money for the government and taxpayers . For instance‚ animal testing is cruel and inhumane
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the mutilation of live animals to study the body humors (Siegel-Maier‚ pg.1). Animal testing‚ experimentation‚ or research is the use of animals to substitute humans in testing various medicines. Animal Experimentation is a very controversial topic. This topic is commonly argued because it mostly involves animal rights and the research to possibly better the future for human beings. There is a wide variety of opinions and views toward both sides of animal experimentation. This paper supports both
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million vertebrate animals‚ including mice‚ birds‚ fish‚ rabbits‚ dogs‚ chimpanzees‚ and other non-human primates‚ are used for animal testing every year. The United States and Gabon are the only two countries that allow experimentation on chimpanzees. Animals are either killed during experiments‚ severely injured by harmful chemicals or subsequently euthanized. On a British debate site‚ a woman quotes ”I think it is wrong to test anything on animals‚ it does not matter what animal it is - a rat‚ monkey
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issues that circulate in the debate of animal experimentation. The defendants would argue that animals cannot be considered morally equal to humans. Most would comment something along the lines‚ “There is a hierarchy in nature‚ and denying it is not warranted” like Tibor R. Machan would describe the argument. The human moral community‚ for instance‚ is often characterized by a capacity to manipulate abstract concepts and by personal autonomy. Since most animals do not have the cognitive capabilities
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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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In these animal testing facilities‚ these animals go through unthinkable torture for our own selfish purposes. From being injected with unsafe chemicals to being locked inside of small cages‚ what these animals experience in these facilities is completely unethical. Countless undercover surveillance videos have been released depicting horrible scenes of the torture these animals go through on a daily basis. Rabbits‚ dogs‚ fruit flies and monkeys are popular animals used in animal testing facilities
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To what extent is animal experimentation considered ethical? Every year more than 25 million animals are used to develop new medicines and the majority of these animals are either euthanized or die from the experiments. This makes many people question our motives and moral principles. Should we continue to allow scientists to use animals for their research? Is research experiments really necessary? Is it alright for us to kill animals just so that we can benefit? The debate between supporting or
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Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. Animal testing can de dreadful to them and their species. Testing can cause death within them and wipe out their species if tests keep happening in the world today. Main reasons that animal testing is hurtful to animals is that testing drugs on them are not safe‚ tests can mislead researchers into ignoring potential cures and or treatments‚ 95% of the animals that were tested on are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act‚ also animal testing is more expensive
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