Arguments Against Animal Testing

Should Animals Be Used For Testing An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for commercial or scientific testing. Did you know according to an article on Animal Testing.org that research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 B.C. California Biomedical Research Association states that an estimated medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. When a new drug or surgical technique is developed, society deems it unethical to use that drug or technique first in humans because of the possibility that it would cause harm rather than good. My thesis is that animals should be used for scientific or commercial testing. Animals help us humans to find what cures and what does not cure diseases. An article from Animal Testing.org says that animals are used to

This really really helps find medicines most accurately and effectively. Scientists from another article on pro and con animal testing added evidence to prove that this claim is effective. They said that chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans, and mice are 98% genetically similar to humans. When testing on animals they as in scientists mainly use mice but they also use chimpanzees because they are the closest in DNA. People could counter as saying that when using animals for testing humans are hurting the animal as animal cruelty. That is not necessarily correct, the majority of humans that test on animals take care of the animal and yes some statistics may be wrong but for the majority of testing it goes well or they know how to fix it. Don't you want the most accurate data when using medicine on humans? When testing on animals they are taken care by veterinarians, husbandry specialist and animal health technicians. Therefore animals are getting a watchful eye on