The Pros And Cons Of Animal Testing

Animal testing is crucial because without it, scientists might never find developments for biomedical research. Worldwide, there are millions of diseases that create devastation in countless families. However, there are vaccines, cures, and processes that scientists have came up with to help fix this problem. How fast and efficiently they come up with these treatments is the difference in many lives saved. Animal testing has been proven to speed up the process of collecting research

Although there have been significant medical breakthroughs based in animal testing and experimentation, animal testing is a poor method of science as it is largely useless and

Although animal testing has some negatives, it also has some positives. The association, Americans for Medical Processes has stated that “animal-based research has contributed to significant improvement in the length and quality of our lives.” One of the ways in which animal testing has assisted humans is in the treatment of cancer. Due to animal based research, scientists were able to discover new molecular and genetic understandings of tumor biology. This knowledge has lead to treatments that help solve the problem of cancer. Another way in which animal testing has helped humans is in HIV/AIDS. Although there is not a cure for the disease yet, animal testings have helped scientists make custom drugs with less side effects. Also, the knowledge

Ninety-two percent of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human clinical trials because they are too dangerous or don't work. (Top Five, (n.d)). Everything we use from medications and vaccines to makeup and hygiene products; such as shampoo, conditioner all have to be tested and deemed safe for human use and consumption. One way to test to insure these things are safe is to test these products on animals. There are many reasons why animal testing should not be allowed, first being that the results vary greatly between humans and animals, secondly it is unethical and abusive and third there are other methods available to test products. Although people say they’re just animals, product testing on animals is unethical and abusive, and there are alternative options to test.

Despite controversy over animal testing, according to statistics conducted by the Foundation for Biomedical Research, roughly 95% of all lab animals are some strain of mouse or rat. () Scientific researchers rely on mice and rats for several reasons, one being convenience. Rodents are small, easily housed and maintained, and adapt well to new surroundings. They also reproduce quickly and have a short lifespan of two to three years, allowing several generations to be observed in a relatively short period of time. Another reason laboratories use rats is in order to obtain genetic purity and consistency; rodents raised for animal testing can be bred so that they are almost genetically identical to prevent any bias in experimental results (Iannaccone & Jacob, 2009). What makes rats most

Some people believe that animal testing is essential for the medical breakthrough, while others disagree. Thanks to biomedical research people

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.

Scientists have a choice to make: they can choose to use animals and torture them or they can use alternatives like artificial skin from humans or animals to see how they react. Everyday thousands of animals are being tortured for science. The experiments that are performed on these poor animals are very inhumane.

Animal testing may have been a reliable source in the past, but not anymore in comparison to the other methods of experimentation today. Technology has brought about many different paths of research that are not harmful to living creatures and can produce more precise data. Ultimately, animal testing is a substantial problem that needs to be solved because animals in testing are treated as if they are

Many argue that animal testing is misleading or unsafe and some even believe there are alternatives for all animal research. However, where there are reliable alternatives, most certainly, scientists and many other professionals have used them, that's what the law demands. Advanced computer systems, mathematical models, human tissue and cell cultures can be helpful; but they cannot provide the answers that animal research can (Blakemore, 2008). Moreover, no researcher chooses to use and test on animals where there is no need. Animal research is time consuming and expensive, therefore no scientist gains pleasure from causing an animal suffering and wasting his/her time while doing so. Secondly, critics argue that using animals in the lab to

Throughout the years, animal testing has played an essential role in leading to breakthrough discoveries in medicine, products, and cosmetics. Animal testing has been around since the fifth century in order to aid in studying the human body. Ever since, it has become the primary method for medical and scientific research; however, animal testing also raises several concerns. When it comes specifically to testing on animals, there is a chance the test results could be unreliable since they are inaccurate, which can not only waste money, but can delay the process for important cures and products. Each year across the United States hundreds of animals die from undergoing painful experiments to better improve the medical field. Although many great discoveries have come out of animal experimentation, alternative methods should be regulated due to the lack of results, high costs, and moral judgment.

First of all, animal testing is immoral and atrocious. According to the ‘US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2010, 97,123 animals suffered pain during experiments while being given no anesthesia for relief.’ From this, we can notice that a lot of animals are agonized and deteriorated. In addition, the environment of laboratories where animals live are extremely poor. For instance, all animals are locked up in small cages and animals’ limbs are chained tightly in severe cases. These examples show how animals are treated barbarously and forced by humans. Therefore, animal testing should be regulated and should keep safe of the animals in order to make the test less immoral.

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.

After three dogs were forced to ingest a test substance every day for five days at Charles River Laboratories, they experienced labored breathing and a high heart rate. They became cold to the touch, were not able to be aroused and were seen with the test substance in their mouths and on their bodies. One dog died and the other two were euthanized one to two days later. (“Examples of Severe Animal Suffering in Laboratories”)

Animals, like us, are complex and capable of thoughts. They are involved in social structures that are similar to humans. Without a doubt, the animals that we use are capable of thinking, feeling, and suffering. Opinions about animal tests, though, vary. There is a distinct majority who disapprove the usage of animals for commercial and other scientific testings; the opinion shifts once the research is claimed to save or greatly benefit human lives, even if these claims are baseless and false. However, due to its immorality and wrongful ethics, animal testing should no longer be condoned and supported.