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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Forget cruelty or animal rights‚ using animals to test our pharmaceuticals is outdated‚ ineffective‚ and a waste of money. New more efficient and cheaper alternatives have been found that could end animal testing for good‚ if only government would take the initiative. It’s frustrating to realize that we could have had better and more effective medication at a lower coast. Some medications that passed animal experimentation have been shown to be much more harmful to humans than the diseases they were
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Why Should We Study the Past? Pearl S. Buck once said‚ “If you want to understand today‚ you have to search yesterday.” In order for us as a people to know where we are going in life‚ we must study the past of our ancestors to find out where we have been. The human animal by its very nature is curious. We must know the answers to‚ who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. We cannot help ourselves from asking these questions‚ and we cannot stop ourselves from going in search of the answers. We have
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14061605D Topic: Should animal testing for medical purposes be allowed to continue? Animal Testing is the research or experiment mainly conducted for education‚ commercial‚ scientific and medical purposes. It is commonly used in the medical field for developing new drugs and toxicology tests. Animal testing for medical uses helps to deal with different diseases and cancers. However‚ due to the protection of animal rights and ethical reasons‚ the question that whether animal testing should be banned is
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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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Animal testing is a methodology implemented to identify the effectiveness of a drug on any animal before issuing it to humans. Animal testing was commonly practiced from the age of Greeks themselves. Some historical figureheads who made use of animal testing are Aristotle‚ Erasistratus and Galen (Hajar‚R.‚ 2011). Without animal testing there can be severe consequences‚ for example‚ in 1937 a pharmaceutical establishment in the USA manufactured a medicine. The manufacturer did not know that one of
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Should Animals be used in Scientific Research? Animal testing is a method of testing drugs and cosmetics on animals to predict the possible reactions on humans and to evaluate the products if they are safe for human use or not. While animal testing seems a beneficial practice‚ there is a hidden side that some people might not take in to consideration. Bentham “The question is not‚ "Can they reason?" nor‚ "Can they talk?" but rather‚ "Can they suffer?"” (‚ year). If animals can speak‚ only then
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The clash between the animal rights activists and researchers over the issue of‚ whether animals should be allowed to be studied in research labs‚ or not‚ is constantly debated. The heavily accepted plea of the animal rights activists to remove animals from testing is a completely preposterous goal‚ and when looked further in to‚ have extreme flaws and negative adverse effects on scientific progress and the world. Because of this‚ scientific research on animals should continue until other sustainable
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I am Hot and You Are Cold Why we Should Insulate the Basement “Winter is coming.” As we approach the imminent arrival of winter in our world‚ these words from Game of Thrones should definitely be kept in mind (Martin 1). For many of the people of Westeros have fallen to the cold‚ and we in our realm are no more immune to this hazard. Keeping oneself in a thermally stable and comfortable environment is important to the health‚ welfare‚ happiness‚ and productivity of an individual. Unfortunately‚ people
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After the liberation of slaves and then women‚ now the lights are being shed upon the subject of animal rights for public discussion. As the world population grew‚ so did the demand for animals. However‚ not all animals get the same treatment from humans. Some animals are caressed with love and care by their owners during their entire lives‚ while some others are kept in tiny cubicles where they do not even have enough space to turn around‚ only to be slaughtered for food after a few months‚ and
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