Should We Continue Animal Testing

Most individuals would be saddened knowing that animals were being harshly experimented on for human benefits. The testing of animals is deemed to be cruel and inhumane. However animal testing has saved thousands of humans lives. Some believe the sacrifice is worth the gains, but others disagree and suggest other testing methods. Ultimately, the question that arises on many different occasions, is if animals should be experimented on, or not.

There has been a lot of animal testing in the United States and thousands of animals already have been killed. In research and testing, animals are subjected to experiments that can include everything from testing new drugs, poisoning for toxicity testing, burning skin, causing brain damage, implanting electrodes into the brain, maiming, blinding, and other painful and invasive procedures. Animal testing should not be allowed to proceed because millions of animals are getting killed, the results aren't always right, and it is more expensive to test it on animals.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (Mahatma Gandhi). Scientists have been using animals for biomedical research for centuries. They provide a source to get information scientists can not get without harming humans. A lot of debate is spread about whether it is good or bad. Animal experimentation is a controversial topic because it is helpful to humans, but it is also cruel and inhumane.

The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel and inhumane but also often ineffective. Animals do not get many of the human diseases that people do, such as major types of heart disease, many types of cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s disease, or schizophrenia. There have been past occasions where drugs passed on animals weren’t even safe. There is no excuse for animal testing in today’s techy world, there are now many alternatives for animal testing that would put an end to the pain and suffering endured by these innocent animals during human testing.

These scientists that use animals in their research attempt to use rodents rather than companion type animals. It’s said that rodent brains are built like a human brain, so it works out just fine. The only downfall is that sometimes the rodent brain isn’t compatible enough for a certain medication. In that case, the scientist test the remedies on a monkey. Scientist do this to make sure the drug is safe and efficient before

Animals are used as “models” for human disease, biomedical research, behavioral research, agricultural research, product development, drug testing and science education. In Professor Elizabeth Fisher’s article, “Why We Should Accept Animal Testing” she explains how we should be for animal testing and start getting used to the idea considering we found mass breakthroughs while using animals. NEAVS is an association in which they are trying to stop research using animals and are trying to find an improved way than unjust and cruel use in experiments. Their article,”Animals and Research Testing” they explain all the reasons why it should not be considered an option. There are times animal testing is not so accurate and works on animals, but on

Can you imagine being breaking a limb? Can you already picture all the pain you'll feel? Want to know a fact? That pain you're imagining right now, isn't even half of the pain animals feel while under going "research." Animals are being forced consume deadly poison. Some are even given poisoned fumes. Certain animals are being tested for makeup products. Most, are being tested with household products. Everyday household products are tested, to make sure they won't harm humans. In order to discover this, animals are being spared or injected with this harmful chemicals. They are in so much pain, some are given mercy and put to death. Other must endure, until their last breath.

Animals make good research subjects for a variety of reasons. Animals are biologically similar to humans. They are susceptible to many of the same health problems, and they have short life cycles so they can easily be studied throughout their whole life span or across or several generations. Animals are used in research to develop drugs and medical procedures to treat diseases. Scientists may discover such drugs and procedures using alternative research methods that do not involve animals. The safety within products is tested on animals before it is on

Animal Experimentation leads to death/illnesses/mental illnesses. Animals suffer everyday from undergoing purposeful injuries and deadly surgeries that when happening don’t even get a pain killer or antibiotic to calm or numb the pain. Usually all experiments and surgeries lead to death and suffering,”Animal Ethics that concludes that the practice is “unthinkable” and “in terms of harm, pain, suffering, and death,this constitutes one of the major moral issues of our time””(Goodman Justin ⅓) Animals die and suffer from the pain they have to got through just to see if one little item will help clean a house or help out cosmetologists or even a little pill that they think can cure cancer but really only kills animal.

Animal testing prevents diseases and keeps people alive with all of the medical advances that are found. Mice are the key to these advancements. Mice make up 95 percent of all animal research. Though many have the belief animal testing is an inhumane and cruel practice, it is actually beneficial for medical advancement.

According to Dvorsky, “Mice are used in nearly 60% of experiments”. Animal testing is testing products or medicine on animals to see if they work or if they serve their designed purpose. There are also places that are against animal testing like Lush. I think that testing on animals is wrong. It is bad for the animals, takes more time and rarely works well.

Animal testing is essential for developing lifesaving treatments. Due to experiments on animals we have treatments for diabetics, tuberculosis, breast cancer, malaria and brain injuries. Immunizations against mumps, polio, and hepatitis has saved a countless number of lives thanks to the discovery of new drugs. Roughly ninety-five percent of all lab animals are special-bred mice and rats. The balance of animals that are tested on is rabbits, guinea pigs, sheep, pigs, and fruit flies. Rodents are considered the number one choice for modern medical researchers because they have a short life span. They choose animals that have a life span of two to three years because that allows the scientists to observe what happens during the “fast forward” stage. Six out of the eight major discoveries were recognized with Nobel Prizes, some of which involve the bone-marrow transplant, cloning of genes, and the detection of proto-oncogenes in normal DNA. The essential need for animal research and observation is supported by health agencies and medical associations around the world.

“All lives matter.” This is a quote that most everyone has heard recently. It has been plastered all over social media and is known as an argument to not discriminate. Yet when it says “all lives”, it doesn’t really mean ALL lives. Animal testing is the use of animals in biological, medical, and psychological studies. It is conducted because animals have similar organs and body processes. Yet because of this over 100 million animals die every year (“Experiments on Animals: Overview” peta.org ). Animal testing is unnecessary because it is unreliable, tortures animals, and there are alternative experimental methods.

There are three main reasons why animals are used in experiments are research on disease, behavior, and education. Research of how the cells function and how disease works. What causes the disease? What can prevent those diseases and how to cure them? Research’s test drugs, chemicals, or products to determine safety and effectiveness.

“They are enslaved, beaten, and kept in chains… mutilated and confined in tiny cages… burned, blinded, poisoned, and cut up alive in the name of ‘science’... electrocuted, strangled, and skinned alive…” (Animals in Medical). Animals have been subject to experimentation and testing for “science” since 258 BC. Animal testing used to be used for the benefit of animals and mankind, however animal experimentation has gone downhill from when it first started. Some say that animal experimentation benefits society and its advancement of medicine, however, animal experimentation is wrong because it causes unnecessary pain to animals that have not done anything to us.