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    Animal testing is used to see the effects of products before the products are put up for human consumption. With this testing, thousands and thousands of animals are kept in cages and subjected to pain and isolation every year. Even though these animals endure this extreme pain for the safety of humans, results are rarely the same in animals as they are in humans. Even though animal testing is deemed as bad science, people say that every major medical advance is because of animal testing. This is

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    over 100 million animals poisoned, abused, or injured every year in labs, 95% of theses animals aren’t protected by the law. The use of animals in laboratories often amounts to legally-sanctioned animal abuse. Animals being tested on are kept away from the public for a reason. The word vivisection, means the act of performing operations on live animals for scientific research or experiments. Besides, drugs that pass animal tests are not always necessarily safe for humans. Animals should not be used

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    by the way its animals are treated.” The argument is not based on whether animals have rights or not but rather if they have certain rights or complete human rights. The American society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals aim to promote kindness and prevent torture among animals (James, 17). Animals deserve rights that allow them to live for their purpose. The Animal Welfare Act was signed into law in 1966 to guide research, experiments, and the treatment of animals (Animal Welfare Act Regulation

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    Animal Experimentation has been a debated topic for decades. While most scientists claim that it is necessary, animal activists believe it is inhumane. Both groups have tenacious arguments, but scientists have no real proof that their successes could not have been achieved without animal testing. As a result, the argument against animal experimentation proves to be more effective. In the past and even now, it appears that many medical advances have been discovered using animal testing. Although

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    According to the animal cruelty page on the ASPCA website in 2017, one animal is abused with every passing minute. This means that by the time I finish this speech, as many as seven animals will be the victim of undeserved cruelty. Based on these statistics, about 1,440 animals will suffer today. B. The RSPCA, also known as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, states on their animal cruelty webpage in 2017 that animal abuse is the mistreatment of animals through the physical

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    Avoiding Animal Testing Animals are often forced participants in torturous medical tests. They have no choice, and so we take advantage. However, there are two sides to this argument. Many feel that the safety of humans outweighs the comfort of animals. In reality, we have no right to exploit animals for mere luxury. Unnecessary and harmful animal testing is unethical and should be eliminated. There are many alternatives using live animals for scientific research. There are numbers of technological

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    crucial pain that seems to last 100 years but only being five minutes. Animal testing of medication is up to 1,134,693 reported by US Department of Agriculture and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. APHIS only reports the animals that are covered by the Animal Welfare Act, therefore it exclude cold-blooded animals, farm animals, birds, and rats. We are paying to put these

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    Animal Testing Imagine you are an animal with no voice, and certainly no way to consent. You have been sent to a lab where a new over the counter drug will be tested. On you. But you do not know that. All you know is that you are in pain, and you want it to stop. As many as 100 million animals face that unknown fear of pain as well as suffering each year(PETA). Animal testing, in our modern world, is almost completely ineffective due to a multitude of alternative testing methods, false results, and

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    standard procedure to ensure the safety of the farmer and other animals. Though this is standard procedure for many it has raised questions in regard to the practices and methods used in the industry and whether or not they can feel pain. This leads to questioning the welfare of the animals on are inflicting pain on them and the length of time this pain is inflicted. There are multiple methods that are used depending on the age of the animal. The focus of this paper will be on newborn to 3 months old

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    ANIMAL TESTING An animal test is any scientific experiment or test in which a live animal is forced to undergo something that is likely to cause them pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm. Animal testing is good and bad thing. It’s a good thing because we can get medicines to cure diseases and sicknesses. There are some good things about animal testing but also bad things. The bad things of animal testing is that it can either kill animals or cause them long lasting harm. If the animal

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