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Why Is Animal Testing Bad

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Many animals are born with their family, in the open wild where they can live their lives as animals, however additionally many other animals are born to become test subjects or to be experimented on. Some may argue that these tests and experiments will lead to a better cause, however there are many different reasons why testing animals is bad and have been proven to not be successful to the human society. Animal testing has been unsuccessful for a number of reasons, including a sleeping pill created by using animals for it’s tests, called Thalidomide, which has caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities. Thalidomide has been successful to animals, however when applied to humans, it provides negative effects to children that last a lifetime. We have other alternatives to testing on animals, scientists have recently found that we can use test tube models based on human cells and tissue cultures, in addition to computerized models and simulations. Technology is advancing to where there is no further need to test on animals. …show more content…

Furthermore, even if the test on the animal is a success, studies by the US Food and Drug Administration state that 92% out of 100% of tests fail when applied to humans, even when the same test was a success for the animal. We just don’t have the similar species and the chances of succeeding a test from animal to human is way too low. Apes and mice have the same DNA as humans, however when tests applied to those animals into humans, it

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