Animal Testing During The Space Race

Did you know that during the "Space Race", both the Soviets and Americans sent animals into space for testing? The issue of whether or not animal testing should be allowed for astronomic purposes has been around for a long time. Some believe animal testing is cruel and evil. While others say "it's completely necessary". I believe even while being "unfair to the animals", animal testing is necessary.

If you have a pet, would you want to send them up to space to be apart of an experiment? During the Space Race, Russia sent up a dog, named Laika, to see if it is safe for humans to go into space. Do you agree with the decision to send animals into space? I believe that animal testing was necessary during the Space Race in order to save human lives.

The scientists did not know what would happen to living organism to leave earth's atmosphere. So they worked with animals in tests. Some of the questions the scientists had were “What would be the effects of weightlessness on a mammal? How would the body handle radiation from the sun?” In s of putting people in a dangerous

Since Ancient Greece, humans have used animals as means of learning more about the world. The first known vivisection was done by a Greek philosopher, Alcmaeon, in 450 B. C. E (“Animal Testing” NP). Since then, animals have had invasives tests performed on them, been killed, and been experimented on in the name of science or for profit. Some experiments are in order to demonstrate already known facts to students, others are to further medical knowledge, and some are to test drugs and cosmetics (“Animal Testing” NP). Scientific testing on animals has led to many medical discoveries. Animals are used, and have been used for millennia, in order to make products, procedures, and life in general safer for humans - stemming from the belief that human lives are more important than animals’. In order to moralize animal experimentation, people tend to draw attention to the benefits of animal experimentation and draw attention away from the cruelties and injustice committed towards animals. To lessen the suffering and lack of fairness of animals, people should find and use alternatives to animal experimentation.

Nature’s creatures provide working examples of survival for more than just diseases. A spiny worm called Pomphorhynchus laevis, for example, inspired the modern technique for attaching skin grafts, and one man’s observation of the way plant burrs stick to dog hair led to the decades-old invention of Velcro. As a result of these discoveries, burn victims are more likely to heal, and astronauts can attach items to shuttles in zero gravity. With over two million recorded species to choose from, the animal

In the history of mankind, human used numerous animals to sustain their life and to keep their species. They used animals to hunt other animals or they use them to protect themselves. Sometimes they eat the hunting animals if they fail to hunt other animal. They also used animals to acquire knowledge. They learned biology through dissect animals and they also learned pharmacology through test medicines on animals. However present day, people start to ask question about ethics of animal testing. Some groups of people say that animal testing has no problem with ethics. Most of people in this groups does not want to think of animals as on the same level of themselves. On the other hand, other groups of people think that because animals cannot

Animals have been a part of scientific experimentation since the time of the Ancient Greeks (Hajar, 2011). However, the ethics behind animal experimentation has been a topic of debate during recent years. Some argue that animal testing is extremely important in making progress within the field of human medicine. Others would express beliefs in the complete opposite viewpoint, arguing that there are more beneficial methods in which experimentation can be executed without the suffering of animals. This paper will argue against the use of experimental procedures in animals due to the poor generalizability of the results that are obtained in such experiments.

Fatima walks into the cosmetic section of Macy’s and is interested in buying some acne skin care products. As she was paying for them, she notices plenty of harmful side effects the acne products contained. Fatima is glad she is aware of these symptoms and knows that these side effects are rare and that the product is almost completely safe to use. If it was not for animal testing that is currently being used in some laboratories, these side effects would have been discovered on people and that would create an unsafe environment. Less people would want to buy care products and medicine since it would be viewed as a risk instead of something helpful. Animal testing is becoming a more controversial topic, despite its many successes over the years. Since people have various misconceptions about it, such as it being an unsafe and cruel technique, it has become a more unpopular method. However, the benefits of animal research and testing have been less spread due to negative media attention, which created a bias among the public. Animal testing is a practice that has proved to be beneficial and should be continued because of the close similarity between humans and animals, the many lifesaving cures that it contributed to, and the regulation of the practice that makes it safe and humane for animals.

Do you think it's a good idea for your family pet to go into space for tests? A dog named Laika was sent into space for a test. Animals used for space tests were necessary in order to save human lives. According to Calla Cofield, Senior Writer for Space.com, “Sending animals to space began as a way to make sure that human astronauts could survive in space at all” (Cofield, Space.com). There were other animals sent into space for other tests.

Animal experiments date back long ago, the first use of animals in experiments date back to when ancient Greek physicians first used animals as models for anatomy and physiology. (Franco) Since then testing has been an ongoing even into the twenty first century. During that time, many treatments of diseases and procedures for humans and animals alike owe

Have you heard of dogs in space, well during the space race the Russians and the United States sent animals into space for test subjects? Yes, they didn't want to send humans into space because they didn't think it was safe. I fully agree with this claim and I hope you do to after this essay. I think it is necessary to send animals into space because it is a lot better than human testing, and animals don't live as long as humans.

Imagine yourself trapped in a cage, engulfed by darkness, the feeling of dread the only thing standing by your side. Every day you tremble in fear of what new twist those lab coats have in store for you. You lost your faith that you will be saved long ago and that your destiny is to die in this forsaken cage. This is what animals used for experimentation go through on almost daily. Throughout the last few centuries, millions of animals have undergone many cruel and stress inducing tests and experiments. Nowadays, many studies show that using animals for testing is unnecessary and that scientists should not have any real need for it. In this paper, I will show how the use of animals in labs is unnecessary by explaining the history of experimentation,

I think animal testing should happen. I feel that if we tried to use humans for testing on things ,we would die. Of course that's a fact seeing as some animals we have been testing on still are fine, most of them that is. Although i do feel some part of animal testing is not good, for example there are new advances in technology and those could save some more live than any animal could, but there is a problem with that. some of the technology is not that well known or trusted. For example self driving cars are not that perfect, but nobody ever said everything was perfect. Another reason i still have a little problem with animal testing is that it is expensive for example DNA synthesis is about $30,000. Finally my last example of why animal

A 2011 poll of nearly 1000 bio-medical scientists conducted by the science journal nature found that more than 90% of scientists agreed that the use of animal in bio-medical research is essential. Animal testing is research such as testing the effect of drugs or cosmetics that involve the use of non-human animals such as mice. Although some might argue that animal testing brings suffering to animals being tested, and effects shown in animals after testing might not show on human because human and animals are very different. But the truth is that animal testing brings many benefits to human and animal themselves. Almost 98% of genes in mice are similar to human genes, which explains why animals can be infected with some disease that also can

Peter Singer’s argument for determining when animal experiments are justified is stated in his papers “All Animals are Equal” and “Tools for Research”. His argument in regards to animal experimentation and speciesism is very thought provoking and makes the readers review their own biases regarding human/animal relations. Although some of the ideas the author brings forward, such as using mentally retarded or orphaned babies for experimentation, are radical, they do make one think about the biases we have as a species. Also, his thoughts on mammals and birds ability to feel pain being