Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

Animal research has led to very few breakthroughs compared to the many that have been attempted. With such a low success rate it seems we should be able to find a better more efficient way to find a cure rather than using animals.

There are over 26 million different types of animal being tested on for research each year in the United States. Animals are used for testing every year for human research. Different animals go through serious pain, in order for humans to facilitate growth in different fields of study. Many animals are used in order to study diseases and potential cures for the diseases. New research chemicals are tested on animals with similar structures to humans, to see if the medicine can help with certain diseases. Tons of scientific advancement has taken place because of animal testing. Without animal testing, many diseases would still exist, without a safe way to test for potential cures. The issue at hand is the type of treatment that animals have to endure because of the different testing methods. They are treated very poorly, go through intense suffering, and normally have very poor living conditions. A pro to animal testing is that many cures and different medicines have been developed through animal testing. Without animal testing, many diseases would still exist without cures. Secondly, animals have a much shorter life span than humans do, so scientists can study the results through the whole life span of the animal. With humans, it is hard to do a full test because we have such high lifespans, while animals tend to live a lot less longer. Thirdly, many animals have been saved because of animal testing. Many diseases animals deal with now have vaccines and cures, as a result of animal testing. Without it, many animals would have rabies or other types of virus that can be detrimental to the animal’s health. On the contrary, a con to animal testing would be the pain many animals go through as a result of the testing. The tests are experimental, so we don’t know exactly what the chemical drug will do to the animal. Many cases have turned bad and many animals have died as a result, or gone through extensive pain. Next, there are many alternative methods of experimental testing that doesn’t require animals. As a result, why are we still using animals for testing when there are other ways to do it. Finally, animals are different from humans, so they make poor testing subjects. We can’t know for sure how the research

Many Americans are dreaming of the “perfect” long lasting and healthy life and some of that may be possible to achieve with animal testing. Animal testing is saving lives through breakthrough advancements in medicine. Plus, this is happening without causing extreme amounts of animal fatalities.If there was another way to test for medicine scientists would use it, but unfortunately, animal testing is the one and only

Thesis: The debate on whether using animals is the correct choice of method for testing out experiments and products, is still up for discussion, considering that animals have helped us in finding many treatments and cures in the past. Today, with new technology, we no longer need the use of animals, as there are now alternatives to this practice. Companies and labs that originally started out using animals as test subjects are starting to switch over to new alternatives, as they are more accurate compared to the old methods that was used in the past.

Smith article The Grim Good of Animal Research, he implies that it is a great way to end human suffering. Rather than testing drugs on animals there are many ways to test these drugs accurately using other methods. This can answer important questions about the functioning healthy and diseased human tissue without subjecting animals into healthy procedures. In the article of New Technologies Could Eliminate the Need for Animal Experimentation, in response to the NAS report, the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], the National Institutes of Health, the National Toxicology Program, and the US Food and Drug Administration are working together to develop new technologies to modernize chemical testing. This is effort is the beginning of the end of animal testing, not quite there yet, but it definitely is a start.

The third problem with animal testing is that some medicine can work for animals and not work for humans or vice versa. When testing on an animal they can have different

This report is written to determine the advantages and disadvantages of using animals for testing in the medical field as animal testing in the scientific field has always been a topic of heated debate for decades. There have been a number of issues regarding animal testing which has happened which cause scientists and organisations all over the world to discuss about these issues.

Animal testing has been the target of animal cruelty groups since the beginning of its existence, but the benefits it provides, humans and animals far greater than the type of method that is used to get the results. Scientists Karl Landsteiner’s success in finding a cure to polio is an example of how the benefits of animal testing helped better future human lives. In his experiments he discovered that Polio viruses had three variations, meaning that they would have to produce a product that could prevent all three. Also, they discovered that the virus enters the body through the mouth. With these to finding that the obtained through animal testing it was later possible to create a vaccine for polio that benefitted millions(Dilger).even

There are currently no strict laws that protect animals from testing. Every year millions of animals die for incomprehensible reasons. Animal testing has been a controversial problem in the United States as well as nationally. For centuries animals have been used as test subjects for medications and products used in daily life. They should not have to suffer in order to have decent medications and beauty products that mean no difference to them. Animal testing can be ended and replaced if this problem is recognized and addressed, companies are penalized, replacement subjects are found, and animal testing is made overall illegal.

This may come as a surprise to some, because the advances from animal testing are relatively unknown. Many medical advances have been found because of animal testing, including “penicillin, blood transfusions, insulin (that controls blood sugar levels of diabetics), kidney transplants, and vaccines for polio and meningitis” (Shany 84). These treatments and vaccines would not have been discovered if animal testing had not been used. Not only have treatments and vaccines been found for humans, but treatments for animals have been too, such as the “vaccines for rabies, anthrax, feline leukemia, and canine parvo virus”(Shany 84). All of these medicines and treatments have been found through animal testing, and the world would be in bad shape if they hadn’t found the treatment for most of

Needles, knives, burns, hives, rashes, and scratches; what does this sound like to you? To me it sounds like horror movie full of torture and pain. In reality, that is what animals have to endure on a daily basis. In North America, there are no bans on animal testing for cosmetic purposes. Which means, animals have to be poked, scratched, burned and tortured so that we can benefit from the products it produces. As stated by Suzi who runs a blog based on cruelty free cosmetics, in all of the makeup companies in the world, a total of 87 companies are cruelty free (2016). This is quite a large number, but it is definitely not large enough. Most of the makeup brands that are sold in Shoppers Drug Mart, a very common pharmacy across Canada, are

In conclusion, animal testing has improved in many advances to science. And also has been proven that we can not have a stress animal to do research on or the results wont be reliable. “Research animals are cared for by veterinarians, husbandry specialists, and animal health technicians to ensure their well-being and more accurate findings.” Even scientist know that the best results do come from a well and healthy animal by pervading all the necessary care that each animal not only needs but is for the lifespan and health of a human

Imagine a world full of disease and sickness, and doctors frantically trying to cure it, but do not want to injure or kill anyone in the process. Without animal testing it would be extremely difficult to find cures to cancers, diabetes, allergies, and other horrible problems. Animal testing is a critical tool in science and it cannot be replaced, it helps cure very serious and dangerous diseases, it’s very important when it comes to human health, and should be continued.

Animals should not be used for scientific or commercial testing. Testing products on animals is inhumane. They suffer as we do, and most experiments are painful, artificially induced diseases. There are much more accurate and safer alternatives to save the lives of innocent creatures and humans. The scientific tests performed on animals may be more harmful than helpful.

There are many different opinions about whether using animals for testing different cosmetics and medicines is humane or not. There are many different pros and cons for each side of the argument of whether testing on animals is a good thing and is beneficial or if it is in humane and cruel. I believe that testing on animals is good and is beneficial to scientific research. Testing on animals has allowed scientists to create many different cures and treatments for many different diseases and sicknesses. Medicines that have been tested on animals has helped save the lives of many people with different diseases. Animal testing helped with finding treatments for breast cancer, brain injury, malaria, childhood leukemia, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, tuberculosis and many more. This is one of the benefits from testing on animals.