Pros for Animal Testing The major pro for animal testing is that it aids researchers in finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medicine. Many Medical Treatments have been made possible by animal testing‚ including cancer and HIV drugs‚ insulin‚ antibiotics‚ vaccines and many more. It is for this reason that animal testing is considered vital for improving human health and it is also why the scientific community and many members of the public support its use. In fact‚ there are also individuals
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Reasons Why Animal Testing Should be Banned The activity of animal testing is of cruelty and sometimes unscientific. Money spent on animal experimentation is wasted in many cases; due to inability in obtaining accurate results‚ and all this at the cost of the animals’ well-being. Here are a few arguments against animal testing that support the thought of banning this activity. Cruel Practices Animals are a soft target for human beings; it is however‚ not fair to take undue advantage of their
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delightful image right? “An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments‚ determine the toxicity of medications‚ check the safety of products destined for human use‚ and other biomedical‚ commercial‚ and health care uses” (ProCon 1). It is unfair to sentence so many animals to life in a laboratory cage and to cause
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“Over 100 million animals are burned‚ crippled‚ poisoned‚ and abused in US labs every year” (Facts About Animal Testing). When pondering on the subject of animal experimentation‚ many may argue that it is nothing but abuse. Though that is one way to describe it‚ there comes along many positives towards the topic that can ensure us a more advanced economy. Animal testing is what makes sure we are safe with the new and improved topics we consume and/or use. Other alternatives are available‚ and in
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Argument Essay Animal Testing: Behind the Experiments Cruel‚ inhumane‚ and unnecessary. Those are just a few of the terms that come to mind when I think about animal testing. Animal testing has been a heated topic of debate for many years‚ throughout classrooms and medical facilities alike. In many cases‚ animal testing has proven to be a rather inaccurate method for testing human medications and cosmetics. For example‚ in the book‚ Animal Research Takes Lives: Humans and Animals Both Suffer by
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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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Some people think that using animals for experimentation purpose is cruel‚ but other people think that it is necessary for the development of science. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Animals are living beings‚ like humans‚ that also have an important role in the world. However‚ instead of treating the animal with love and respect‚ we subject it to cruel and inhumane scientific
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Should animal experimentation be permitted? Animal testing is used to ensure that products are safe for consumers. Unfortunately‚ many animals are seriously harmed in the process. Here’s why we should save them. While many say that animal testing allows medicines to be created that later go on and aid human life‚ there is many more examples where medicines that were developed through testing on animals that went on to create horrible fatalities on humans. There was a case of a medicine that was developed
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and being tested on with nothing to help the pain‚ that’s what lab animals go through every day. We have been testing on animals since the early 1900’s‚ but it’s time we put down the scalpel and put away the cages. In today’s time we have the technology to test on computerized patient simulators that are more accurate than animals. Animals don’t have a choice to be experimented on‚ and humans need to help stop that. Animal testing should be illegal because it causes unnecessary pain‚ is no longer
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think that animal testing is useful‚ others think it should be stopped‚ and here I’m about to tell you a few reasons of why they think that. First‚ animal testing is cruel. Animals are strapped down to tables‚ and stabbed with needles time and time again. Many animals have died from being tested on‚ without any say in the matter. As Orlans says‚ the animals suffer from "vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ paralysis‚ convulsion‚ and internal bleeding. Since death is the required endpoint‚ dying animals are not put
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