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Persuasive Essay Against Animal Testing

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Many people believe that there is an extraordinary amount of animals used for animal testing, each year. However, people consume more than 340 chickens for every research animal used. Because humans and animals are very similar biologically, they are affected by many of the same illnesses and conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Animal research has enriched comprehensive understanding and treating conditions such as brain injury, Cystic Fibrosis, Malaria, and many others. Animal testing should continue in the U.S. Testing is safer for animals than it is for humans. Animals are the closest thing to humans on our planet. Mice are 98% genetically similar to humans, and chimpanzees share 99% of their DNA with humans. Animal research has been found to put no human lives at risk. Experiments can take place to determine if the idea or product will work as expected. If it does, it can then be tested on humans with a lower risk of unfavorable outcomes. …show more content…

If vaccines for had not been tested on animals, millions of animals would have died from diseases such as tetanus, rabies, distemper, anthrax, infectious hepatitis virus, and Canine parvovirus. The Polio vaccine, tested on animals, reduced the global occurrence from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 27 cases in 2016. According to the California Biomedical Research Association, “Nearly every medical breakthrough in the past 100 years has resulted from animal research.” Animal testing has also been instrumental in saving endangered species from extinction, including the California condor and the black-footed

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