Aleesha Bender
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the society of animal testing.
Central Idea: I will discuss the history behind animal testing, the advantages of animal testing, and the disadvantages of animal testing.
Introduction
I. Attention: Bonzo is a 2 month old, Rhesus Macaque breed monkey. He was born in an experimental laboratory, and after just a few short days of being born he was ripped away from his mother’s arms into the hands of the experimenters who would now be his only family. He was immediately taken to a cage that would be his home for the rest of his life. Little did he know at the time, he was going to be used for medical research. More specifically, he was going to be used for the testing of modern advances
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My second main point evaluates the pros or advantages of animal testing. According to an article updated in 2015 by Ian Murnaghan in About Animal Testing, the major pro for animal testing is that it aids researchers in finding drugs and treatments to improve health and medicine.
a. Without animal testing we wouldn’t have as many of the medical treatments as we have today. Some include:
1. Antibiotics
2. Vaccines
3. Insulin
b. Another big advantage in animal testing is the safety of drugs. Humans are exposed to many drugs which can come with hazards, but with the use of testing human harm is decreased.
(Transition: Since now you know about a few of the advantages associated with animal testing, we will move onto some potential disadvantages.)
V. My third and final main point views the cons or disadvantages of animal testing. A 2011 article written by and for Phil for Humanity states that animals undergoing testing can be subjected to torture and suffering.
a. They spend their entire life locked up having no control and they are injected with diseases. Some animal testing even results in fatalities.
VI. Catherine Militello explains in her 2004 article Animal Tests Can Be Very Unreliable, that animals have different genes, different proteins, and different pathways than humans do. They are different from
means of starvation and dehydration for weeks. But, miraculously, he and a couple of other
The Cons for animal testing is poor innocent animals are being harmed, and used to develop countless products. Over 100 million animals are being murdered each year. In animal testing, countless animals are experimented on and then killed. Others animals are injured and will might live the remainder of their lives in captivity, just so you can have makeup, hair products, and many other life utilities.
Countless medical advances have been made as a direct result of animal testing. Cures and preventions of diseases have been discovered and tested for safety by using animals. Vaccines have also been created for various reasons such as influenza, rabies, tetanus, infectious
One of the benefits of animal testing is animal testing also helps other animals with diseases. The reason why animal testing help animals is because humans and animals share the same diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure, asthma, and other diseases. Just like humans, animals also need the same
Thesis: Animal testing is a heavy topic that usually goes unnoticed. To many scientists, animal testing is beneficial and to society it is morally wrong.
Specific Purpose – To persuade my audience that animal testing is wrong and how other safer alternatives should be taken.
The medication you are taking was tested on animals. It might save your life and it may save even the animals’ life. Are you for or against animal testing? What is animal testing? Animal testing is a phrase that most people have heard but are perhaps still unsure of exactly what is involved. Whether it is called animal testing, animal experimentation or animal research, it refers to the experimentation carried out on animals. It is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of medicine, and understanding how the human body works. The use of animals in scientific research continues to play a vital part developing improvements in healthcare and the environment. The opportunities presented by scientific advances are used to replace or reduce animal use, and to refine procedures to minimise suffering. Animal testing is a controversial subject. Because it is so controversial, the biases that exist on either side can skew the accurate definition. Those who support animal testing may define it as experimentation that uses animals to benefit humans, where it saves lives and provides vital medical treatments. Animal research has enabled to find treatments for cancer, antibiotics for infections, vaccines to prevent some of the most deadly and debilitating viruses and surgery for injuries, illnesses and deformities.
Animal experimentations, like many things, cost money. Researchers need large budgets for everything including the animals, however since they are desperate to get results and keep their grants they underestimate the amount of animals needed for testing which results in the tests being inconclusive and wasting the lives of the animals used in that
Scientists say animal testing helps scientists advance in more scientific understanding, by using animals as models and mimicking the complexity of a human. This is exactly why we shouldn't use animals to mock a human. Because a human is extremely complex, the complexity and intricacy is precisely why animals are not good models for human medicine. We differ from animals genetically and metabolically, so data we obtain from animals cannot be assumed to work for humans. For example, cancer was cured for mice, but when tried on humans, it failed - because of the fact that we differ from
Thanks to animal research, many diseases that once killed millions of people are now either treatable or curable. Animal testing has not only benefit humans, but animals as well. Some animal testing has lead to life saving and life extending treatments for many of the animals used for testing. A complete alternative to animal testing has yet to be discovered.
Animal testing has been a controversial topic for many generations throughout the world. People against animal testing say that animal testing is cruel and inhumane and
Animal testing allows vaccines to be made to help diseases such as Polio or even Cerebral Palsy or help test forms of chemotherapy. Scientist could even find a cure for Diabetes or even one day Cancer. Using animal research we develop new anesthesia to help surgery and pain. Animal research even prevents 1.5 million cases of rubella. (Claim 2)
into the river. When his body was discovered, he was so badly mangled that his grandfather
The major advantage of animal research is that it aids researchers discover drugs and treatments that will improve health. Throughout history, animal testing has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefit.
Animal testing is not only beneficial to human but also animals, at least to those who are not used in the experiments, such as pets and endangered species. Along with researching for new treatments and medicines for