Pros And Cons For Animal Testing

First of all, animal testing is unethical even if we are more evolved than the animals being tested on. Scientist force animals into cages and put them through hours, days, or weeks of testing. Testing can include such things as brutal as water and sleep deprivation, pain infliction, and force feeding food that the animal is not supposed to eat. The worst part seems to be that the animals have no choice to be tested on, and after they are most of them are “put down,” or killed because the human race has used them and does not need them any more. A good example of the brutal treatment the helpless animals get is The Draize Eye Test, in this test bunnies are used to test many soaps and cleaners to see if they are toxic to human eyes. The Draize Eye test is still common despite the fact that there are alternative methods.

The term “animal testing” refers to procedures performed on animals for the benefit of humans. An estimated 25 million animals are tested on each year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. It is used for biomedical research, medical usage, behavioral research, cosmetics, and the list goes on. Research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 B.C. Many argue that animal testing is necessary for research, but with the medical technology we have today, this has been proven incorrect. The cost of animal testing is hundreds of thousands per year in the U.S. Animal testing is cruel and should not be allowed because it is abusive, expensive, and there are substitutes.

Animal testing is an old fashioned way of testing medications and products to ensure that they are safe for humans. It is a way to further our society, without inflicting any harm to our race, but in today's society, it is no longer a required option for testing. For one, it is very cruel to animals. We should not be self involved and only think about ourselves. The world cannot survive that way. We need animals in the world, and if we continue treating them in this harmful manner they will no longer be able to provide for the world’s environment. Also, animal testing has been proven to not be as effective as people may think. In the Baltimore Sun writer Kelly Overton claims that “90 percent of medications approved for human use after animal testing later proved ineffective or harmful to humans in clinical trials.” This demonstrates that animal testing is no longer required in today’s society. We have better ways to test with new technology, instead of with animal testing that has been proven to be highly ineffective. Overall, in the past animal testing may have been needed to save

Animal testing has been seen as cruel and inhumane for hundreds of years, especially recently with new technology for testing. In the United States, it is legal for animals to be burned, shocked, starved, poisoned,

Animal testing has been around for hundreds of years. It is a way for scientists to experiment with and determine which chemicals and materials are not safe for human contact. Many animals have died from this and since they cannot fight for their rights, someone needs to. As animal testing continues to become more prevalent, it is crucial that society is aware of how it works, the negative effects it has on animals, and ways available to help put it to a stop.

“Animals that develop toxic injury of disease during testing experience significant pain”(stokes). This is why so many animals are dying because they just have such a hard time dealing with the pain and suffering. “ Estimated 2,000 new chemicals and thousands of other chemical products undergo safety tests with animals to determine whether the substance is toxic, lethal, or causes allergic reactions”(Stokes). There are just so many strong and harsh chemicals going into this little animal's body and it is so unsafe for them. “A 1950’s sleeping pill caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities and was tested on animals” (Newswire, “pros and cons”) This just goes to show that animal testing takes a while to reach the goal and is not always accurate. “ Seventy million animals are used in this manner in the U.S. every year” (Collin 1273). Animals are being hurt everyday and it is out of their control and it's even unfair because they do not have a

Scientists today are always creating new substances for our everyday use, whether that be for medicinal purposes or cosmetic purposes are required to be tested and have been proven to show that there are not large probabilities of the user getting infections, or becoming sickly from usage of these products, so what do scientist usually use as a testing basis? The answer is animal testing. Now animal testing is not a new concept, and has been used for centuries and has been used as tool for scientist to correct any errors in their substances before releasing it to the population, but, with any public topic such as the topic of animal testing, there is a lot of back and forth argument as to how humane it is and if there

The use of animal testing to conduct research on medical and pharmaceutical products is a divisive and controversial subject. The main arguments against animal testing are the inhume conditions in which animals are kept, and the suffering inflicted upon test subjects (Van der Zee; July 18, 2013). Despite the ethical issues with animal testing, an equally compelling argument can be made about the need for this practice to minimize risks to human test subjects. Throughout the years, animal research has been essential to the development of ground breaking medical discoveries such as penicillin even if such discoveries came at the expense of millions of animals that may have suffered or died during or because of these experiments (Lobanovska & Pilla, 2017). This paper intends to establish that despite its drawbacks, animal testing is a necessary evil for the sake of scientific progress.

Animals have been used repeatedly throughout the history of testing and research. Hajar, a member of Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, states that, “Famous physicians-scientist, such as Aristotle, Erasistratus, and Galen have performed experiments on living animals” (1). Typically, animals such as rabbits, mice, dogs, and chimpanzees are the most commonly used testing animals. Scientists practice inhumane tactics on these animals; examples of these cruel practices include electrocution or the removal of certain body parts in order to test their tolerance and movement after the surgical action. Hajar also include that, “An estimated twenty-six million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testings” (2). Laws such as the Animal Welfare Act, have been pass to regulate the use of animals and the amount of cruelty subjected to those animals. Even though laws and regulations have been pass, still in 2017 there are major brands out there using animals for testing. For example, “CoverGirl, Chapstick, MAC, Clorox, and Dolce & Gabbana” (“Companies That Test On Animals” 1). These are only a third of what's on the list. Many companies in fact choose to stay silent on their position of animal testing policy because of the public backlash.

Around 100,000 to 200,000 animals are suffering and dying from makeup testing yearly OR In 2013, India abolished mandatory cosmetics testing on animals. There are places such as Israel, India and the European Union which have banned cosmetics testing on animals. On the other hand, there are countries like the United States and China that still allow makeup testing on animals. Many organizations and groups are trying to find alternatives to help end cosmetics testing on animals. There have been about 50 non-animal tests that have already been authorized. A wide variety of animals are tested on. Some of the more common animals that are tested on can include mice, rabbits, rats, and guinea pigs. Cosmetics testing on animals is a very

According to the National Institutes of Health, animal testing has been around since the days of philosopher Aristotle. According to ProCon.org, there are an estimated 26 million animals used for scientific and commercial testing in the U.S. alone. Animal testing has brought many good things to the medical world, such as the treatment various disease. Also, the animal is being tested by many cosmetics companies. On the other hand, organizations like PETA- People of Ethical Treatment of Animals have fought against the medical testing of animals. There are pros and cons that come with the usage of animals in the biomedical and cosmetic testing, and each side needs should be carefully examined before deciding one way or another.

while there are many controversial thoughts on many different factors that apply to animal testing, I find it to be that many of the pros outweighs the costs that comes animal testing such as the ethical or moral reason. Although when including the ethical or moral consequences that comes with animal testing, the benefits to mankind and improvements to our societies and sciences in many diverse ways. Which leads me to strive towards the many benefits that comes with animal testing even with some of the consequences that comes with the testing. Many people will jump to the conclusion that animal testing is always done in a harsh manner, how the morals and ethics have been the same since way back when, and how the outcomes that occur when testing on animals isn’t worth the chance of them getting hurt. Yet this is not the case.

This book was a really good source for two reasons. I used this source a lot in my paper not just quoting what the author said, but also using the case studies. The case studies helped me a lot because they usually worked as examples of abuse and neglect..The case studies helped me a out because, there was a lot of good ones that talked a lot about what exactly is happening in labs. They talk about a lot of stuff that people don't really know what's going on in the labs. This book also had a few really good quotes that I used. That is why this book was a really good source to use.

Animal testing is appalling. Research on live animals has been around since at least 500 BC; people and scientists still think it isn’t such a bad thing.

Animals testing should be banned from being tested because it is very cruel and harmful, and also there are also alternate testing methods to use.