The common belief is that animal testing has accelerated science and medicine a great deal, but the truth is simple: animal experimentation has not cured a single disease. People have been misled into believing that animal experimentation is responsible for many “miracle cures” and “medical breakthroughs” for decades. The reason is very straightforward: animals differ from humans greatly—too much to be able to have accurate results from experiments. The only progress with infectious disease made
Animal Testing Should Not Banned A 2011 poll of nearly 1,000 biomedical scientists conducted by the science journal Nature found that more than 90% "agreed that the use of animals in research is essential. Here are some facts that may set your mind at ease if you are against animal testing, “People in the United States eat 9 billion chickens and 150 million cattle, pigs, and sheep annually, yet we only use around 26 million animals for research, 95% of which are rodents, birds and fish” (ProCon.org)
Animal testing can be reduced but not replaced Animal testing has been present since old times. In the past century it was used to satisfy the curiosity of many scientist that wanted to understand how the body functioned. This scientist made many medical discoveries. For example every time someone takes antibiotics, recieves a blood transfusion, gets a surgery, or a chemotherapy they have just received benefits from a research that started with animal testing. Now in days animal testing is essential
Animal Testing Should be Banned Animal testing refers to the experimentation carried out on animals to assess the safety and effectiveness of everything from medication to cosmetics, as well as understanding how the human body works (Murnaghan, “Informed Discussion on Animal Welfare in Animal Testing."). Millions of animals are euthanized and tortured to ensure the safety of products for human consumption; from toiletries to the painkillers you take. However, is all the cruelty really necessary?
animals who die due to animal testing. Their deaths are cruel, unjustified, and in vain. These acts of violence are considered tortuous and inhumane, yet they are still being used everyday for unneeded experiments. Tests are being done for the sake of finding different versions of information that is already known. The question that should come to mind is why are these crimes being continued? It’s an outdated process that proves its dreadfulness each day. Animal testing should begin to be gradually outlawed
in research to develop new medicines and for scientists to test the safety of the medicines. This animal testing is called vivisection. Research is being carried out at universities, medical schools and even in primary and elementary schools as well as in commercial facilities which provide animal experiments to industry. (UK Parliament) In addition, animals are also used in cosmetic testing, toxicology tests, “defense research” and “xenotransplantation”. All around the world, a huge amount of animals
Animal testing : Why are animals being tortured? An English philosopher Jeremy Bentham once stated his question about animals “Can they reason?Can they talk? most importantly, Can they suffer?”(Peter Singer) Are animals born to be experimented ? In fact,95% of animals are not protected by Federal Animal Welfare act[AWA] in experiments(The Hastings Center). Some people think animal testing is unjust because of how they treat animals and use animals. which is just cruel and inhumane. I mean why are
consequences of these animals fate. Animal research should not be allowed because of the aftermath these animals fate. It is coherent as to why researchers want to continue their research on animals and it is their right to believe what they want to. Although, there is an extent to which even scientists should not cross which is when it comes to harming any living creature. Animals, like humans, deserve the right to be treated kindly. By doing so, they should diminish animal abuse most likely cause by animal
most violent form of animal abuse. There have been major advances mad in medical treatment with the use of animal testing. Experimentation of cancer treatments has developed Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy treatments, which prove to be effective in combating many forms of cancer in the human body (Science Action Network, 2013). Numerous vaccines have been discovered thanks to testing. We now have vaccines for polio, tuberculosis, meningitis, HPV, small pox, and yellow fever among many others. Many
ANIMAL TESTING INTRODUCTION Animals have been used in scientific experiments for a long time to be able to understand and define how human body works and to cure certain diseases. However, most of the people are in disagreement to use animals in scientific experiments. They suggest using humans as test subjects with the drug trials. The first reason why humans should be used for drugs trials is that animals are living creatures that have rights to reject although they cannot speak in the human language
message contains truth, that people need to stop testing on animals. Animals need to stop being the center of laboratory and farm experiments, or at least given more rights to protect their general welfare and life. Scientists started using animals in testing in 1851 as a part of learning in the classroom at universities (ProQuest). Animals started to be used because doing the experiments on humans would be viewed as unethical and inhumane, but should not the treatment of animals be seen as unethical
are used for product testing as well as to put into products without consumer knowledge. These defenseless animals are deprived of respect and are victimized to an extent where it becomes unbearable to watch. There are many organizations that are trying to fight for animal rights. However, these organizations struggle with is because there is no legislation in the United States to combat animal testing. Even though it is not against United States regulations, animal testing should be outlawed because
Every year in laboratories, hundreds, upon thousands, upon millions of animals are used, abused, plagued, diseased, and mercilessly killed for testing. On animals, people called, “vivisectors,” test loads of products, such as cosmetics, cleaning chemicals, medicines, warfare supplies, and pesticides on animals. The animals that are most commonly used are rabbits, guinea pigs,and mice, but they also tend to use other animals such as dogs, cats, cattle, swine, chickens, monkeys, reptiles, and many
When it comes to the topic of animal testing, most of us will readily agree that testing which causes animals pain or distress should be banned. Where this argument typically ends, however, is on the question how would we find out effects of medicines or medical procedures without animal testing. Whereas some are convinced that animal testing is something that the world needs, others maintain that there are always alternatives to learn about these side effects of procedures and medicines. I agree
Animal testing should be banned because it is cruel, unnecessary, inaccurate, and expensive. The very first reason why animal testing should be banned is elementary: it is cruel and unnecessary. Approximately 17-22 million animals are used for testing each year in the United States. Substances are injected into the animal, chemicals are force-fed, irritants are rubbed into the eyes and skin, and even testing of animal fetuses is involved. 50% of the animals die after 2-3 weeks of this testing, and
medicinal companies have testing labs working every day. Animals are very similar to humans biologically, and are accepted in many households as pets. However companies have tested products on animals for many years. Medicines like insulin were discovered directly from the experimentation on dogs. Although testing on animals has helped humanity by providing medicines, the cosmetic testing is unneeded, and with alternatives available for both medicinal and cosmetic testing the testing on animals must stop
Certain countries are considering a ban on animal testing and experimentation. I disagree with this ban on animal testing. While it may seem that animal testing is cruel and unethical, it has helped both humans and animals in many ways. For example, many horrible diseases that have been cured have, at some point used animal testing. This and many other reasons is why there should not be a ban on animal testing. Firstly, animal testing helps scientists learn how the human body works without actually
There are many valid reasons why we should continue testing on animals. The life of a human is ultimately more valuable than that of an animal. Without animal research, there would not be the medication as we know it today. Animal testing has enabled science to progress and find treatments for viruses, produce antibiotics for some of the deadly disease, infections as well as preventatives in a form of developing vaccines to cure diseases. Moreover, the factor of moral obligations entreat the facts
Animal testing for human safety is inhumane and must be banned. Beloved house pets such as rodents, rabbits and even dogs are being tested on all over the world. These powerless and voiceless animals are intentionally given dreadful diseases to find cures while scientists could be finding alternative ways of testing instead of using our furry friends. Furthermore, the tests are not precise because there have been products found to cause cancer in animals but also cures human ailments. Why are humans
production of drugs, chemicals, and biological products to better the lives of animals. Some people may think that testing on animals is inhumane, however if we didn 't test on animals the only other option would be on humans. Although testing on animals may have limitations, they are also the closest living thing to humans. Animal testing is a much safer alternative to human testing. Humans have a higher moral status and animals lack human rights. Could you imagine humans being science experiments