it would be a cruelty to NOT engage in animal testing" (Michael Rivard‚ CNN News). Animal testing is a very large controversy. Some say animal testing is wrong‚ unethical‚ and unfair‚ but what would the world be like without animal testing? Who knows? Could there be many more fatal sicknesses? More life threatening diseases? Thousands of deaths from the common cold? In a few years‚ courtesy of animal testing‚ we could even have a cure for cancer! Animal research is imperative because there would
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Animal Testing…Right or Wrong? In the 1880’s‚ Louis Pasteur conducted one of the most unpleasant series of animal experiments in the history of the fight against infectious disease. Unable to see the organism that causes rabies with the microscopes available‚ he convinced a skeptical medical community of the microorganism’s existence and also the possibility of vaccinating against it. He did this by doing work on rabbits and dogs. In 1885‚ after much heart searching‚ he tried out his rabies vaccine
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Persuasive Speech Subject: Animal Testing for Medical Purposes Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that animal testing is only ok if it is used for medical purposes only. Outline I. Introduction: A. Attention-getting device: Do you know anyone that has or had cancer? Or some other deadly disease? These diseases could be cured with a little more research and experimenting. How about painkillers? Have any of you had surgery and been under anesthesia? B. Preview: Those
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Animal Testing: Good or Evil? Animal testing‚ also known as animal experimentation‚ or in vivo testing‚ often uses non-human animals in experiments to test the safety of products and has been a topic of heated debate for decades. Although some research uses animals only for natural behaviors observation‚ F. Barbara Orlans claimed in her book‚ In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation‚ that more than sixty percent of all animals used in animal testing suffer from experiment
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Animals should be treated just like a human. Humans would not want to be tested on‚ therefore‚ humans should not perform these harsh tests on animals. The animals do not deserve to be thrown away‚ such as one would do with a used tissue. Before one looks at buying makeup‚ they should think of what brutal tests the animal had to endure for that small tube of lipstick just to be applied to their lips. Animal testing should not even be legal because if we can have them as pets then we should treat them
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“The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality”. (Arthur Schopenhauer‚ the Basis of Morality). Although animal testing has contributed too many life saving cures and treatments‚ it is cruel and most experiments involving animals are flawed. In my opinion testing of these products should be
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Alternatives to Animal Testing Throughout history‚ animal testing has been used for a variety of research and tests‚ but we never stop to realize the cruelty and inhumanity of their environments. Gandhi once said‚ “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (qtd. in Hajar). Animal testing is unnecessary and irrational because we have the technology to replace the inhumane testing‚ which proves to be even more accurate and precise with its
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Animal testing had been around since the time of the ancient Greeks. In the past‚ animal were only used for researching anatomy and how organs worked in those specific animals. Now animals are used to test pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Animals were used in the ancient days to study anatomy. Herophilus and Erasistratus‚ two Greek scientists‚ for example‚ examined sensory nerves‚ motor nerves‚ and tendons in order to understand their functional differences(Animal Testing: A Long‚ Unpretty History)
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Animal Testing Animal testing or animal experimentation is the use of non-humans in experiments conducted inside of universities‚ medical schools and pharmaceutical and commercial facilities. The researchers study genetics‚ toxicity testing and cosmetic testing also animals are breezed for education and defense research. Animal testing should not be continued because the tests put animal through pain‚ some tests do not even work and there are alternative which protect animals that can be used instead
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Animal Experimentation If you are a pet owner‚ like many you don’t wish for any harm to come to them or any other animal for that matter. However in this world there are organizations that mistreat animals and experiment on common house hold pets such as dogs or cats. The two reason for animal testing are “First‚ to find out more about the animals themselves‚ and‚ secondly to test substances and procedures to see if they are harmful (with a view to find out if they are harmful to human beings)”
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