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    a major role in research.” (Parks 9) When animals are in trials they are forced to eat and inhale substances, are exposed to harsh chemicals, and their organs are removed to observe internal effects (Yashiki 1). Millions of mice, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are being used for experimentations across the United States (Animal 1). Primates will be tested on if there is a scientific question that can not be answered by using other animals (Parks 25). Animals can spend their entire

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    An increasing number of activists believe that animals have rights. However, this idea is somewhat controversial because animal activists look down upon the poor treatment of animals. They have a fear that animal testing is causing abuse and suffering to the helpless animals. Animal testing is a fairly serious matter because of all of the malfunctions and harm that leads to animal suffrage. The types of animals being used, such as rats, mice,rabbits, and chips are selected specifically for the test

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    the United States, dissection of frogs became common in college biology classes from the 1920s, and were gradually introduced at earlier stages of education. By 1988, some 75 to 80 percent of American high school biology students were participating in a frog dissection, with a trend towards introduction in elementary schools. The frogs are most commonly from the genus Rana. I learned that it's really gross on how we see frogs insides Other popular animals for high-school dissection at the time of that

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    Dissection Alternatives Dissection in science classrooms is an experience that almost every student has to go through, but one that many will regret. It is estimated that six million vertebrate animals are dissected in high schools each year, and another 5.7 million are used in college laboratories. The issue of educational dissection has become a national concern. Many groups such as PETA and The Humane Society have been lobbying for years to outlaw such practices, and implement new and safe

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    There are twenty-six million animals involuntarily tested on annually, that partake in horrendous experiments daily, to test production safety, but people don’t realize that there will always be a human tested on first. Animals have been used for the last fifty years for medical and drug research, and are supposedly able to serve as “models” for the human body, undertaking the hazardous conditions of the experiments. Animal testing is unethical and inhumane, and alternative testing methods should

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    Animal testing is a secret most companies don’t like to share. It is a global problem that needs to be put to an end. The use of animal testing is used in medicine, cosmetics and for educational purposes and it is immoral and unnecessary when we have advanced technologies that can replace these harmful methods. PETA. "Using Animals for Medical Testing Is Unethical and Unnecessary." Ed. Tamara Thompson. The Ethics of Medical Testing. Detroit MI: Greenhaven/Gale, Cengage Learning, 2011. 76-82. Print

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    Seventy percent of the human population in America are on at least one prescription drug. That means that thirty percent is either lucky enough to not need one or make the choice to not take them. Animals, on the other hand, have never and will never be given the choice, Tramadol or Hydrocodone, for the pain that humans inflict. Although animal testing contributes to life saving cures, innocent animals are tested and harmed inhumanely because organizations don’t follow Animal Welfare Act rules. Animals

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    Mathura Prasad Dahal Instructor Miguel Marrero English 1302 September 18, 2014 Animal Experimentation The various experiments are performed on living animals especially to test the effects of chemical compounds such as new drugs, cosmetics, food additives and pesticides. The application of animals to test a large number of products from household compounds and cosmetics to pharmaceutical has been considered to be a normal strategy for many years. Animal experimentation has existed since ancient

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    used for biology lessons, medical training, curiosity driven experimentation, and chemical drug, food, and cosmetic testing (Peta), because they tend to react and project the same reaction as humans would. Animals mostly used in research are dogs, cats, mice. rabbits , guinea pigs, primates, fish, birds and many others. Every year more than 100 million of these innocent animals are killed in the United States laboratories to progress in medicine, and advance in science. That's only in the United

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    animals being dissected in ancient Greek writing dating back to 500 BC. Physician scientists such as Aristotle, Herophilus, and Erasistratus conducted experiments on animals to discover the functions of living organisms. Originally, vivisection, the dissection of a living organism, were performed on criminals in ancient Rome and Alexandria, however, in ancient Greece there were prohibitions against the mutilation of the human body which eventually led to the reliance on animals. The physicians each had

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