Over the years, many diseases have been cured because of animals. For example, in 1993 a scientist created a vaccine for Hemophilus Influenzae type B, which was a cause of brain damage and even death. In the U.S. and U.K. alone, the vaccine dropped the infection rate by about 70 percent in 2 months. Many more vaccines and cures have been created and tested on animals that have saved millions of human and animal lives. Because of animal experimentation many lives, human and animal alike, have been saved from deadly diseases. Experimentation on animals has, at least, been going on since 500 BC. Many diseases have been cured because of animal testing, such as polios, smallpox, tetanus, rabies, tuberculosis, and many more. It is essential for developing …show more content…
Animal testing has been an essential part in developing medicine and vaccines to fight deadly diseases. For example, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, which is a non-profit, educational organization, has said “Eighty percent of the children with acute lymphocytic leukemia now have a fighting chance at life, thanks to CML, an effective, newly developed drug” (ca-biomed.org). Because of this research, many children lives have been saved and have been able to go home to their families. Thanks to animal testing we have been able to develop drugs to fight leukemia. Children are able to go home after fighting and winning against a cancer that affects the white blood cells. In addition to fighting leukemia, animal testing has also been able to help us fight against epilepsy. “Some 2.5 million Americans with epilepsy have effective medication to control seizures” (ca-biomed.org). Millions of Americans …show more content…
According to the website ca-biomed.org “Polio has been eradicated from North America and people in countries all over the world are being successfully treated. Each year over 30,000 American children are protected from this crippling disease through vaccinations.” It incredible that we have finally been able to mostly destroy Polio and it is all thanks to the research on animals that got us to these point. Before, thousands of women, men, and children were being paralyzed but now we can stop that with the Polio vaccination. Not only have we been able to eradicate Polio but have also found ways to transplant organs to people in need of a new organ. “Imminent death is no longer a certainty for the 13,418 organ recipients who received kidney transplants last year, the 4,597 who received liver transplant or the 2,231 who received heart transplant” (ca-biomed.org). Before the animal research that was done people couldn’t have any organ transplant and be certain that they would live; there was always that chance that their body would reject the new organ because it wasn’t similar enough. Many would have died without these transplant. Transplants wasn’t the only surgery that has been achieved with animal experimentation, coronary bypass is another. “Over 553,000 men and women have coronary bypass surgery
Without animal research, cures for such diseases as typhoid, diphtheria, and polio might never have existed. Without animal research, the development of antibiotics and insulin would have been delayed. Without animal research, many human beings would now be dead. However, because of animal testing, 200,000 dogs, 50,000 cats, 60,000 primates, 1.5 million hamsters, and uncounted millions of rats and mice are experimented upon and die each year, as living fodder for the great human scientific machine. Some would say that animal research is an integral part of progress; unfortunately, this is often true. On the whole, animal testing is a necessary evil that should be reduced and eliminated whenever possible.
Albert Sabin, the developer of the polio vaccine once said, “Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.” Polio is a deadly disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person. This infectious disease renders the brain and spinal cord helpless while also ensuring a permanent case of paralysis to the victim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “…13,000 to 20,000 para-lytic cases were reported annually,” before the 18th century. After the introduction of the polio vaccine, “…a total of 2,525 paralytic cases were reported, compared with 61 in 1965.” This dramatic decrease in the prominence of the polio disease can only be attributed to the success of animal testing. Animal experimentation is used in the research of genetics, drug testing, biology, toxicity testing, cosmetic testing, and many other fields. Despite all of its beneficial traits, animal testing has been wildly controversial over the past decades because of its perceived unethical treatment towards animals. Although animal testing may be deemed unethical by many, it is a form of medical testing that has not only saved lives but has also greatly revolutionized the medical world.
Over 100 Million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in testing Labs every year. Animals are used to test the safety of products, advance scientific research, and develop models to study disease and to develop new medical treatments all for the sake of mankind. Animals should not be used for scientific research because animal testing is inhumane, other testing methods now exist, and animals are very different from human beings.
When the issue of Animal Testing is brought up in the course of a conversation, almost every single person that is involved in this discussion will have opinions that differ in some way, shape, or form. Many people will talk about the horrific conditions that animals are forced to live under, as well as the pain and suffering that they must endure while being tested. However, these conditions are not all that horrible when you take into account the state of the world we live in. This issue can be debated back and forth until the end of time. It is an issue involving two totally opposite views, pros versus cons. Pro-Con. The Con side will state that so many animals are needlessly used while in a test, but according to Roger Marshall, large numbers must be used in tests in order to account for statistically reliable results (Marshall 1). The Con side will also say it is not needed, and it serves no purpose, however, animal testing is a great thing, because it can help find cures for human illnesses, it can aid in the advancements of medical procedures, and it can also find cures for illnesses of animals. For many years, performing research on animals has had invaluable benefits for the human race, and without the constant developments we receive from it, we might still be plagued by the most medieval of viruses that we do not even think about in this day in age. The probability of heart attacks, strokes, and kidney failure would greatly increase if we did not possess the medication we can now use to control high blood pressure. According to the American Medical Progress Education Foundation, great advancements have been made regarding cardiology, including coronary blood flow, coronary bypass techniques and high blood pressure medication (Research 2). Many medications have been produced as a result of testing on animals, including insulin, the medication used to regulate diabetes. If animals were not used in medical research, we might still be living in a world where we must fear diseases like polio, smallpox, and even measles. Human Benefits. Medicine alone is not the only thing that has been vastly improved due to animal testing, the way we treat diseases and surgeries has all drastically changed and improved.
Every year about 100 million animals suffer through being poisoned, shocked, and burned for unsuccessful medical research. Some may believe that animal testing is a crucial part to medical research and should be used more frequently. Others believe the pain and suffering inflicted upon the animals is morally wrong and should not be done, no matter what benefits come from it.
...e, she says, could not have been developed without animal research. Polio, a crippling childhood disease that until 1954 afflicted tens of thousands each year in the U.S., has been virtually eliminated in the Western Hemisphere due to mass immunization, according to health experts (“Animal Testing”).
Besides, “Animal research has led to vaccines against diptheria, rabies, tuberculosis, polio, measles, mumps, cholera, whooping cough, and rubella. It has meant eradication of smallpox, effective treatment for diabetes and control of infection with powerful antibiotics. Cardiac pacemaker, microsurgery to reattach severed limbs, and heart, kidney, lung, liver and other transplants are all possible because of animal research”(O’Neil 210). In short, animal testing saves lives. Animal testing helps find causes, and cures, of diseases, genetic defects, birth defects, and abnormalities.
In the twenty first century, we have so many other alternatives besides continuing to burn, shock, poison, starve, and kill over 100 million animals to test new household products and medicines when it has been proved that animal testing is an ineffective way to cure illnesses and improve human life. Animals do not suffer the same illnesses as humans do and injecting them into animals and studying the effects delays our time to further understand the sickness on an actual human. Seeing that an animals’ genetic makeup is much different from a humans then certain medicines that work on animals more often than not are not effective on humans. Therefore, results are often very misleading. “Animals are fed harmful substances, infected with lethal viruses, subjected to brain damage, heart attacks, strokes, and cancers”(“What’s Wrong With…”). Through a humane perspective, the murder of millions of animals is a disturbing thought to hold. As a country, we continue to remain oblivious to what continues to go on behind laboratory doors for cosmetic, medical, and industrial purposes.
That’s why the 30 HIV vaccines, 33 spinal cord damage drugs, 700+ treatments for stroke that have been developed in animals never worked in humans. Animal experimentation is not only cruel, wasteful and unreliable; it also leads us down the wrong path. At the end of the day, the knowledge we gained is little, and definitely not worth the
Animal testing has helped tremendously, so far with the treatments and cures that have come up with. Due to mice, cancer survival rates have continued to increase. Not every cancer is treatable yet, but because of the use of mice, scientist were able to find out a certain way to treat, other types of cancers. Albert Sabin, who developed the polio vaccination, states that “ Without animal research polio would still be claiming
Imagine your sweet cat locked in a cage inside a laboratory with other various animals. Millions of animals every year are locked up in labs for testing. Animals are used to test medications, cosmetics, biology lessons, and for medical training. Thousands of mice, rats, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are used for testing. Most of these animals will die in cruel testing experiments. Animal testing is tortures to the animals, an unreliable option for medication, and there are better safer options for testing.
Hundreds of millions of animals die every year from animal testing in the United States. Innocent animals are used everyday in laboratories for biology advancements, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic testing. They are used to provide information to make better products that are safe for human use. Although animal experimentation has some benefits, the negatives outweigh the positives. Animal testing is killing off innocent beings for the possible human benefit, and with modern technology, there are alternative ways to test products that leave animals unharmed.
Animal testing hasn’t been beneficiary towards any scientific breakthrough or discovery. Elias Zourhini says, “Animal testing has been useless” he is one of the main people who are strongly making a push to try and stop animal testing as a whole. “There have been thousands of dead and injured animals in the past years or so and there has been any reward or safety ensured because of these animals. Animals have been being used for testing for many years now, and especially now, the number of animals that are being used to be experimented on are extremely high. However, you may not know that laboratories aren’t required to publish how many animals they used or how many experiments conducted. Maybe that would help to find out especially what animals need to be strongly protected against testing. “Every laboratory should publish an annual statement setting forth plainly the number and kind of experiments and the methods of conducting them” (Gould qd. in Leffingwell 211). This would help many things and especially organizations that are protesting, to give reasons and facts about testing. Animals are used and then unaccounted for. Truly, you may never know h...
Animal experimentation can help out scientists to develop new life-saving treatments or drugs for humans. The biggest enemy for humans is a new epidemic disease because it can be spread widely in a short period of time and the scientists may not have enough information to create a vaccination instantly. Such as polio, it killed a lot of people in the early twenty centuries in the United States. When polio first appeared in United States, people were helpless and they were suffering from the virus because they did not have any instant medication or vaccination to help them. Meanwhile, scientists were using animal experimentation to create the vaccine. They examined their vaccine on the monkeys. As a result, they created an...
Millions of people can benefit from animal research for medical purposes. There is much debate if animals should be used because they don't have the exact same anatomy, and animals have rights, too. However, animals have very identical anatomy to humans. “Humans and non-animals (especially mammals) are anatomically and physiologically