Animal testing is a frequently argued topic and does not seem to be fading away anytime soon. There are many pros and cons for both sides of the argument, which are causing the argument to continually escalate and stretch farther into the public. Animal testing can sometimes be very inhumane and unnecessary, but I do not believe that it should be stopped entirely, rather brought down to a smaller scale, only used for medical research and should only take place if it happens to be the only affective way. Before the discovery of a vaccine for it, polio crippled and killed thousands of men, woman and children around the globe every year. In 1952 the United States of America had over twenty-one thousand reported cases of polio, the highpoint for …show more content…
To back that up, I found a statement from aboutanimaltesting.co.uk that reads, “Scientists typically use animals for testing purposes because they are considered similar to humans. As such, researchers do recognize the limitations and differences but the testing is done on animals because they are thought to be the closest match and best one with regards to applying this data to humans.” Also, many studies regarding drugs and their effects on the human body need a working body system, and a living animal may very well be the only way to test the hypothesis without using humans in the …show more content…
In the field of cancer research, there have been many benefits because of the testing done on animals. Americans for Medical Progress’ website states, “thanks in large part to animal-based research, there is a new molecular and genetic understanding of tumor biology, leading to treatments that set out to more directly kill cancer cells, which are molecularly different from normal cells. Use of this knowledge to design drugs that focus on those abnormalities is called rational drug design, and is seen by many as the currently emerging future reality of cancer treatment — of "kinder and gentler" cancer therapies that only target abnormal cells” (1). These advances in medical research debatably could very well have went undiscovered for longer or even permanently if it were not for the help of testing done on
“If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal that hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.” (DeGeneres, DG). Think about those animals imprisoned in cold cages, having nothing to do but wait, waiting in fear, knowing that when the time comes their cages will be opened, but not to set them free. Unable to react, unable to defend themselves, they rot in pain and mourn with isolation. And yet all we, humans, do is sit back and watch them suffer. Animal testing is the abuse of animals to develop new products. Although some people are against animal testing others agree that animals are needed in researches to find upgraded and new cures for developing diseases, to find advanced aesthetic products, and to find refine household products leading to a more satisfying quality.
Is animal testing so bad, if it saves millions of human lives and even other animals? Who would you rather be put at risk: Your relative or a common rat? In my opinion, animal testing is necessary because without it, human lives would be at risk.
The first pro to animal testing is that it has helped us create lifesaving cures and treatments. The California Biomedical Research Association released a statement saying almost every single medical breakthrough has resulted in the direct use of animals in the last 100 years. Can you believe this? Taking out dogs pancreases helped us discover insulin, chimpanzees helped us get a vaccine for Hepatitis B, and even the polio vaccine was tested on animals. Animal testing has also helped us treat and understand conditions like brain injury, breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, childhood leukemia, tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis, malaria, and many others. It even helped us develop anesthetics, pacemakers, and cardiac value substitutes. Almost every cure for any condition is due to animal testing. Without animal testing, we may not have been able to find many of these cures and find cures for other conditions in the future.
One word comes to mind when I think of animal testing: cruel. Animal testing has been a subject of debate for many years. While most people think that using animals to test products is a reasonable approach, in reality the outcome does not always show how the products will react on humans, and the animals suffer unnecessarily. The United States needs to ban all animal testing like the European Union did because testing on animals is cruel and animals should not be dying from it.
There are many pros and cons to the practice of animal testing. Unfortunately, neither side pleases everyone- including the general public, government and scientists. Animal testing is a process that has been going on for centuries for many different reasons; finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medication. Many medical treatments have been made possible by animal testing, including cancer, HIV drugs, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more. Scientists usually use animals for testing purpose because they are considering similar to humans. Animals have their differences, and are also similarities. This is what comparative medicine is about: researches use both similarities and differences to gain insight into the many complex human biological systems.
This topic may be one of the most ever argued, but I feel that the only argument against animal testing that people use is, “No, please, animal testing can kill all of the animals, it’s cruel, it’s inhumane, and you’re a terrible human being.” Okay, Of course this isn’t untrue, but like I said, animal testing can bring many benefits. For example, animal testing has led to the founding of many life-saving cures and treatments. According to the US-based Foundation Biomedical Research, “animal research has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance of the last century - for both human and veterinary health. From antibio...
... of drugs that are tested and are effective on animals, fail in human clinical trials because they are too much of a risk or do not work. However, scientists would never even have the opportunity to try to find new medicines if they could not test them on animals. Sometimes, medicines will fail, but it is better than not trying to find cures at all. Animal testing is still better than no testing at all, even if few animals are harmed.
Animal testing has been around for many years. Animal testing is pretty much conducted anywhere and is used for many different things. There have been many positive outcomes like cures or treatments for illnesses. Although there have been many benefits, the consequences of the animals still is a leading
... but if researcher did not test animals, they would have to test humans. Overall, animals should be used for testing, but the researcher should be smart enough to use some type of pain reliever or anesthesia on them. .("Animal Testing." ProCon.org. N.p., 1 20 2014. Web. 29 Jan 2014. .)
For countless decades humans have taken it upon themselves to take defenseless innocent wild animals to test and experiment on them. Ranging from powerful drugs and lotions to chemicals, vaccines, and packing materials. The practice of using animals for testing has been a controversial subject for the past thirty years. The question is whether animal testing is morally right or wrong. An integral part of the debate, over animal testing and experiments, mainly centers on the question of an animals moral status. Most people would agree that animals have some moral status. Which is why we find it wrong to abuse pets or needlessly hurt other animals.
350000 in 1988 to 223 cases in 2012 (Polio vaccine). In additional to this treating
What is animal testing? Animal testing is the process of testing human products on animals. This process is often cruel and ineffective. They do many different tests on many different animals and see how they react to the product. An estimate of “26 million animals are used in the United States.” (Animal testing Pro-Con website 11/2/17).
The use of animals testing is to identify the major risks to humans of chemical, pesticides and cosmetics in laboratories. The numbers of animals that are used for research have increased in medical and chemical technology. Many of the experiences the animals go through during the scientific experiments have been a debating issue for decades. Animal experimentation is a very time consuming protocols and that requires a high cost. There are many alternatives proposed for animal testing that can potentially eliminate the process of using animals for testing. The alternatives for animal testing won’t put human lives at risk or halt medical progresses. Due to the innovation of technology and science animal testing are replaced in areas of neuroscience
The dictionary defines animal testing as the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, esp. for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. Today there are millions of mice, rabbits, cats, dogs, and other animals being locked inside barren enclosures in research facilities across the country. Like us, they can feel pain and fear, but also excitement and satisfaction. Close contact with animals shows that they look forward to some extents. They can get a lot of enjoyment from their lives, be it from basking in the sun, exercising, eating their favorite food, or interacting with one another. Certainly some animals don’t have the same abilities humans do. Regardless of their intelligence, their life still has value. We as humans have put our wants and needs before theirs and have used them as test subjects for our personal gain. They suffer through pain, extreme frustration, loneliness, and an aching to be free. Examples of animal tests include forcing them to inhale toxic fumes, force-feeding dogs pesticides, and rubbing chemicals into shaved or abraded skin. They endure these tests with
“If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?” (Singer) According to the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), figures show that over 25 million animals are used annually in lab testing, whether it is cosmetic, pharmaceutical, medical, or psychological. Since not every animal is thoroughly accounted for (i.e. the thousands of lab rats and mice used in various experiments), this estimate is more likely to be around 100 million animals used annually. Animals have been proven to show suffering just like humans, and the grounds of the “Animal Rights Movement” should be treated with the same respect as things such as the various Civil Rights movements have.