Arguments Against Animal Testing

In our ever-changing world the race to find the best technological advancements has never been higher. Progress within the medical field has changed drastically in the last 50 years. “Health is driven by the technologies that cure the unhealthy. These technologies need to advance along with an advancing society. In the last five decades new and improved, less expensive, medicine has been produced” (Leonard). Behind all this advanced medicine are the technologies, or creatures, that are used to test and improve the medicine. Animals are used to test the drugs and medicine that are in route to be produced for human use. “The term "Animal Testing" refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology and diseases, assessing the effectiveness of new medicinal products” (Humane Society). There are people who side with, and agree that animal testing improves the lives of humans, and there are individuals who believe the harm this research brings to animals is unreasonable and can be prevented.

Have you ever had a sick relative? If so, have they used medication to help with said illness? Well that medication had to have come from somewhere. Animal testing has help conduct products such as vaccines for smallpox, hypothermia, and other major diseases. Now take into consideration what might have happened to that relative without the medication. As you can tell, animal testing has a positive impact on society, despite what might be claimed to be unjust. I will be explaining why this is so, and how some of the arguments are irrelevant.

Countless brands that people continue to use in their everyday lives test their products on animals. So many products that people keep in their homes stem from some sort of animal cruelty. Animals are being tested on products for the benefit of human use. " These include tests for cosmetics, food additives, household cleaners, pesticides, and industrial chemicals" (Baier, 136). Many people are not aware that animals are being tortured for products used in everyday life. Millions of animals are being tortured during animal experiments; when this cruelty is unnecessary. The results researchers receive from animal tests are inaccurate and wasteful. Animal testing should be eliminated due to the fact that animals endure inhumane suffering and long-term effects when alternative methods are available, and the information is unreliable and wasteful.

The opinion of animals in the eyes of the law still compares them to objects: having them seen only as property and not living beings. A law towards better treatment has been passed, however, it has not been enforced. The implemented law is also full of loopholes that scientists have taken advantage over. Ever since that law, the Animal Welfare Act, was passed, even the definition of an animal has come into question. Additionally, a bias has been created in that there is more of a moral concern towards animals like dogs, cats, and primates rather than fish, mice, and rats, however, there are people advocating for the protection of animals not as popularly loved. Animal testing in the United States should be limited to having

Imagine walking into a cosmetic or medical research laboratory and seeing thousands of animals locked up in cages, deformed, injured, even dead. In 2010 a total of 26 million animals in the US were tested on (thehastingscenter.org). Animals have the closest genetics to humans than anything else yet animal testing is a cruel and inhumane job and not all animals have similar organ functions to humans. Animals should not be used for scientific or commercial testing.

Many of you see animal testing as cruel and inhumane, I was one that viewed it that way

According to “Medical Progress Depends on Animal Research”, “Animal research is a key component of work underway to address the threat that terrorist may one day use a biological agent in the United States.”(Chenes 11) If terrorists were to attack or get into the United States, they could possibly bring diseases that the U.S. citizens are not immune. Because of this, animal research is making vaccines for the diseases in other countries. We now know how bad some things like pollution and radiation are because of some of the animal testing.(Britannica) Since we know this, we can start to stop and slow down these things, so they don’t get too bad for the long run. By keeping animal testing around, many good things will come out of it. If we get rid of it, more bad than good will

Thanks to animal testing, millions of lives are saved per year from otherwise untreatable diseases. When vaccines or antibodies are tested, mice are usually the ones being tested on. In order for humans to stay healthy, other animals are used to test out new medicines that can save lots of lives. Human benefit outweighs the lives of other animals, because If we don’t test out vaccines, there will be no verifiable vaccines to use as a cure.

Animal testing has been a around since 384 BC. “Some testing methods require the animal to; die, be exposed to radiation, remove or expose organs, or subject animals to trauma to create depression and/or anxiety.” (“THE LEADING SOURCE FOR PROS & CONS OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES”) Animal tests and human results only coordinate about 5- 25% of the time. Not only is it inhumane, but it isn't even all that reliable. Not to mention, it`s an insufficient waste of government money. Yes it has helped us in vaccine breakthroughs, but there are more easy, less expensive, and more reliable resources.

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.

“Each year, more than 100 million animals—including mice, rats, frogs, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds—are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing” (PETA 1). For a countless amount of years companies, scientists, biology teachers, and plenty of other people have been using animals for animal experimentation. There are many people are for animal testing when it comes to testing for medical reasons, but when it comes to testing for cosmetics several people oppose animal testing. Tons and tons of animals are killed each year due to animal experimentation, and it is time to put it to an end. When it comes

Another argument made by supporters of animal testing is that alternative methods are not adequate enough for companies to feel confident putting a product on the market. Cheryl Wischhover quotes the executive vice president of government affairs at the Personal Care Products Council in her article saying, “the FDA hasn’t approved many alternative testing methods that would satisfy their requirements on the safety of certain ingredients,” so this makes it harder for companies to trust in alternative methods (Wischhover). The FDA themselves state that though they do not require animal testing for safety, “the agency has consistently advised cosmetic manufacturers to employ whatever testing is appropriate and effective for substantiating the

This is a review of multiple works regarding animal testing and its need today. This is 2014 and there are other alternatives for testing that doesn’t involve animals. The questions are, “What are the alternatives to testing that doesn’t use animals?” and “How accurate are the results for tests where animals were used as the subjects?” In general, the literature seems to indicate that animal testing is just not worthwhile and animals should not be used anymore.

Animals are the only whole, living body other than humans to perform scientific study on. In many cases there is just no other choice than to use animals because they are the only other thing besides humans that have sophisticated, detailed operations in the body systems. The testing process requires a circulatory system to carry a drug to different parts and areas of the body in order to see the effects it has on them. For example, things such as blindness and high blood pressure can not be studied from a tissue culture, tube, or little dish(“Animal Testing”). Although many argue you do not need the body to test, we do not currently have the technology to make computer programs or other methods of replicating the intricate and highly sensitive

An abundant amount of success has been recorded when these examinations have been completed on several diverse creatures. “Animal research has also contributed to major advances in understanding and treating conditions such as breast cancer, brain injury, childhood leukemia, cystic fibrosis, malaria, multiple sclerosis, tuberculosis, and many others, and was instrumental in the development of pacemakers, cardiac valve substitutes, and anesthetics (Fisher, Elizabeth).” If people are having better survival rates after these cases, why would we even think about discontinuing testing? From this advanced knowledge of trying new products on animals, as well as a whole different take on this