English 10 March 5‚ 2014 Is Animal Experimentation Necessary and Moral? Background Knowing the effectiveness of medical treatments‚ the toxicity of pharmaceuticals‚ and the safety of products for human use are possible because many products are first tested on animals. Animal experimentation has passionate supporters and detractors. Animal testing has been around since 500 B.C.‚ when famous physicians such as Aristotle and Herophilus were experimenting on animals to discover the functions of
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spends $14 billion out of their $31 billion annual budget on animal researching(Humane Society International; Conlee; US National Institutes of Health). Animal testing has become a very controversial topic to discuss. Experimenting on animals is cruel because even though there are alternative ways to test people still believe that testing on the animals is a better way to do things. Acts of cruelty against the animals‚ and the fact that animals are different from humans seem to be big issues in the controversy
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100 million animals are used in animal testing every single year to further the understanding of species and the impact of different modern medicines. There are many organizations that are extremely against the use of these animals in medicine‚ saying that it is “cruel and inhumane”. Compare these 100 million to the 56 billion animals slaughtered for food for humans. Those 100 million almost seem like a small amount‚ don’t they? The animals used in scientific testing have contributed to many life-saving
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Imagine‚ being an animal locked in a to small cage‚ poisoned with cancer‚ drugged‚ and wishing you were dead. Animals being tested on have all these bad things happening to them and much‚ much‚ more. Many products such as cosmetics‚ chemicals and even bath products are tested on animals. Sometimes it gets in their eyes and can harm them enough to make them lose hair or even their lives. On the other side of the debate‚ people will argue that people should be allowed to experiment on animals because it helps
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test on animals According to PETA‚ Each year‚ more than 100 million animals...are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity-driven experimentation‚ and chemical‚ drug‚ food‚ and cosmetics testing. scientists do animal testing so they can make sure that it works so that way they will not harm the person that they are using the product on or what ever they are going to do on the patient. Even though i think that it is not right to do that to the animals they should
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Animal testing is a very huge controversy and many people have an opinion on it. Some people wan animal testing to stop due to safety hazards and concerns for the animals‚ while others aren’t so concerned about it‚ since testing it make it better for everyone. Animal testing used to be deemed necessary but not people can’t be so sure. I personally believe that animal testing should continue and i will later state my reasons why. first‚ what exactly are the pros and cons of animal testing? Testing
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Persuasive Essay: Animal Testing Each year‚ millions of animals suffer and die in the process of inhumane testing for the purposes of drug and chemical research‚ and medical experiments and training exercises. Animals including cats‚ dogs‚ rabbits‚ and mice are force fed harmful substances that are infected with lethal viruses causing reactions like brain damage‚ strokes‚ and heart attacks. Not only are these experiments painful to the animals and sometimes fatal‚ but also they fail to accurately
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Why Animal Testing is Needed Surprisingly enough‚ a voluminous amount of companies worldwide are relying on harmless animal testing to make products that you use every day. Businesses such as Band-Aid brand‚ Colgate‚ Pert‚ and even Revlon use this process to make your favorite items that are vital to healing skin‚ help you to clean your teeth‚ and keep your hair clean. It is known that animal testing can sometimes be cruel for the animal‚ but that is only a small percentage of the animals being
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In this essay I will be discussing whether I think it is necessary to test chemicals on animals for the sake of humans. There are a countless number of pros and cons that I will be discussing in this essay. I will discuss with you some of the pros of testing on animals. Some people believe that it is necessary to test chemicals on living harmless animals; they trust that it is the right thing to do as it helps researchers to find drugs and treatments; this then helps researchers in finding drugs
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"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers." This is a quote by an unknown author referring to the inaccuracy of animal testing. So our question is‚ why do companies and industries spend thousands of dollars a year on these tests? That is something I would like to know‚ along with many other people. Rodents are typically the animals that are used in cancer research‚ however‚ rats are only 37% effective in determining the cause of cancer in humans.
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