Should Animals Be Used for Medical Research? Advances in medical technology are fueled by animal testing. Throughout history‚ animals have been utilized to benefit the well-being of humans. Animals are vital to the advancement of medical science‚ and must‚ therefore‚ continue to be used for medical research. It is quite easy to see that animal testing is the most humane option for humans‚ thus being the greatest solution. In the past‚ people have suffered from illnesses too advanced for medical
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Peta‚ an animal rights organization‚ wrote in their article ‘Experiments on Animals’ that‚ “Each year‚ more than 100 million animals--including mice‚ rats‚ frogs‚ dogs‚ cats‚ rabbits‚ hamsters‚ guinea pigs‚ monkeys‚ fish‚ and birds--are killed in U.S. laboratories.” All different types of animals are put through so many different kinds of painful experiments all over the world. Animals should not be used in medical research because of the succession rate and the safety. It has been argued that animals
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monkeys‚ birds and other innocent animals endure physical and verbal abuse in labatories for animal medical research and experimentation. Their rights and freedom are seized‚ they weaken in pain as well as being carelessly handled to have unfamiliar products tested on them. These occurrences could well and truly lead to animal cruelty. Firstly‚ animals’ rights and freedom are breached when they are used in research. Any animal should receive respectful treatment. Animals and people are alike in many
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Should animals be used in medical research? The use of animals in laboratory research is a very well known debate. Many people wonder if the animals are treated well and if they are taken care of properly; however‚ if medical and scientifical experimentation were done in only human trials the knowledge and understanding of how drugs and procedures can affect human would be decades behind. That is why the use of animals in experimentation is a necessity in order to continue advancing medicine
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ASSIGNMENT: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY NAME | : | SIFAJEE | TITLE | : | ANIMALS SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH IN MALAYSIA | Abstract There is no doubt that throughout the centuries‚ animals have played a central role in medical research in Malaysia. Many of the treatments available for serious illnesses we have today have come from animal experimentation. There has been recorded that the use of animals in research has been going on as far back as the Greek writings. According to the
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Imagine being an animal chosen to be tested on‚ having no rights to fight for freedom or to even live. These are thoughts that most likely race through animals’ minds when they are held in captivity by experimenters. In order to test medicines and medical procedures‚ animals--like mice‚ rats‚ dogs‚ and cats--are often used in order to avoid actually testing on humans. Unfortunately‚ some of these tests are not only painful for the animals‚ but they also do not result in medicines or procedures that
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11/29/2011 Animals should not Be Used for Medical Testing Nowadays‚ animals are used for medical testing which is hurtful and not necessary. Tens of millions of animals are used each year in federally and privately funded experiments. Do animals feel the same pain that human feel? How do we know that other humans feel pain? We all know that we ourselves can feel pain. We know this from the direct experience of stubbing toe on a chair‚ or having finger slammed in a drawer. So animals are as same
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English 240 December 16‚ 2011 Should Animals be used for Research During the past ten years‚ a major controversy over the use of animals in biomedical and behavioral research has arisen. The debate about using animals for medical testing has been ongoing for years. The struggle is usually between animal rights activists and scientist. I believe that animal testing is imperative to the progression of medical cures‚ procedures and drugs. Scientists have been solving medical problems‚ developing new techniques
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Animals should not be used for research Imagine an animal suffering‚ with no way to help itself. Imagine a human being forcing an animal to suffer and not doing anything to help. This is what happens when animals are used for research to test products that most people do use. Every year almost 8‚000 animals suffer from being used for research. Animals are subjected to burns‚ electric shocks‚ and other painful experiences that researchers subject them too. Animals are given diseases from the researchers
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Should animals be used for research? With the development of the science‚ laboratory animals are becoming more important in the scientific researches. Some of the scientists don’t think the animal testing is a perfect way to get the information. At the same time‚ many experiments need alive creatures to test and collect the useful statistics. Without the use of animals‚ we cannot get such success in medical science. One reason why people usually use animals‚ like the mice or small rabbits
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