Animal Testing Ethical Dilemmas

Animal testing is an intense shared subject, with an enormous deal of emotion, passion, and thoughts on both sides concerning the ethics of this practice. In attendance there is a grey area as well, as some people support animal testing only under special situations whereas they contest its use for other

Initially you might believe that animals have moral rights. Animals tested are don’t even have the mental capacity to comprehend different objects, let alone what they’re going through. They just have similar features of a human, which outside of this scenario would be completely useless. Another argument might be how testing doesn’t have guaranteed results, but hurts organisms in the process. While this is true, testing has an 83.7% success rate, while taking in consideration animals that were too weak to live past a few hours. Taking note of how only a few hundred animals are tested on a year, that 16.3% is a minimal amount. This is all for the better of humans, and even animals. After all, animal products are created off of these tests too. The death of a few animals, is better for us, and the rest of

If the only justification for these animal tests is if the only animal use in experimentation provides greater benefit to the health of humankind than the cost to the animals. Clinical trials, especially for drugs for alzheimers, asthma, polio, antibiotics, meningitis, and other critical diseases go through animal testing phases before reaching human test groups. Some of these drugs have been trialled successfully in humans, but their safety and efficacy was first established in small and observable animal populations. It begs the question that- if animals are hurt by testing, but in the long run, human lives are saved, what is morally correct?

Animal testing should not continue when alternative methods could be implemented to reduce unnecessary harm to animals. This is because animals are

Throughout history, animal testing has always been a controversial and sensitive topic. It can easily receive much hate as well as praise which could be accounted for by many different factors. Animal testing is such a broad idea that can be misconceived in multiple ways such as unethical animal breeding, mutations, or cruel product testing. Yet, that is not the case at all since animal testing could also have a positive and beneficial outcome to which helps people in society. While there are many controversial thoughts on the many different factors that apply to animal testing, I find it to be that many of the pros outweighs the costs that comes animal testing such as the ethical or moral reason. Although when including the ethical or

In discussion of animal rights, one controversial issue has been whether or not animals should be use for medical testing. On the one hand, some scientists argue that animal testing has contributed for many cures and treatments. On the other hand, animal rights activist contends that alternative methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. Others even maintain that animal testing is an essential part in medical research. My own view is that animals should not be used in medical testing because is no longer necessary now there are methods that are safer and have better results than animals do.

Animal testing has become a controversial issue among many people in the world today. Some of these people involved in this controversial debate believe that animal testing is unethical and should be replaced by other methods. The other group of people in this debate believe that animal testing is necessary in order to research new products that cannot be tested on humans. Traditional animal testing forces animals to undergo numerous experiments for different forms of research. Medical, cosmetic, and many other types of research experiments use animals to provide the results on how the new product may affect humans. There are many people that support the use of alternative methods to animal research and then

When it comes to the topic of Animal Testing, most of us will readily agree that alternative methods do exist that can replace the need for animals. Where this agreement usually ends is on animals are different from humans and therefore make poor test subjects. I agree that there are other methods but I also disagree that the animal are poor test subjects because a drug might work on a cell in a test tube but how will it work on a human. We don’t know until we test a living creature.

The former speaks of the faults of animal testing including the ethics in harming and killing animals along with stating the meager benefits from doing so while the latter supports the need of animal testing for medical, veterinary, scientific, and environmental research and practical alternatives. This issue on animal testing is controversial as there is a moral dilemma from using and killing animals in experiments while there is still a need for them in testing following guidelines and ethical principles.

Why does testing play a crucial part in medical research? It is necessary for understanding and sorting out the problems that we human beings are vulnerable to, researching and testing using animals have been a practice of scientists for a long time now, and in profuse instances, it has deemed beneficial, given the medical advancements that were possible due to it. However, in the recent past, this practice have been regarded as immoral; animal testing has been seen by communities as the breaching of animal rights. This issue requires being a subject matter of extensive debating if we want to understand whether we humans have sacrificed morals and ethics for our own gain. However, what has been a rather controversial topic of discussion is the use of animals in various medical researchers. Should they be included in medical research?

Testing on animals is a highly controversial issue in our society today and because of which, the testing done on animals is highly regulated and it has laws in place to protect animals from mistreatment. Not only are there laws that govern how the testing is done, but animal research has been regulated by the Animal Welfare Act which ensures that the animals are in proper enclosure sizes, and that they have access to clean food and water and other amenities to enhance the quality of life for them. In addition to the Animal Welfare Act, all proposals for the use of animals for research must be approved by an institutional Animal Care and Use Committee which further insures the fact that the testing can be beneficial and isn’t for experimental purposes only. Now just because there are these regulations set in place, it doesn’t mean that the scientists are going to do the bare minimum to just to meet the requirements. Because contrary to popular belief, scientists want the animals to be healthy, socialized, and have a higher standard of living conditions prior and during their testing. They want to ensure the wellbeing of the animals because according to the scientific journal Nature Genetics “Stressed or crowded animals produce unreliable research results, and many phenotypes are only accessible in contented animals in enriched environments, so it’s in the interests of

Have you ever wondered why humans do medical research and tests on animals? Would you be able to test and possibly kill the animals by running tests? There are so many questions with so many different answers. They are just like us humans. In my own opinion I do not think we should be allowed to tests animals because the living arrangements, the deaths and suffered animals, and the animals getting blamed for something that isn’t just their fault.

Animal testing is an extremely controversial topic because it deals with delicate matters and matters of humanity. Animal testing is intended to help consumers buy safe and healthy products, but they are torturing innocent animals by doing so. People that are in favor of animal testing usually are also advocates for medical research and progress, though there have been other proven methods of research. But they don’t think of it as tormenting and killing animals. On the other hand, a lot of people are compassionate about animals and think that testing on them is inhumane. These advocates of the animals think that an animal’s safety should be put

II. for animal testing) Some would argue that testing on animals is inhumane and cruel, that it is going against their basic animal rights. But are we forgetting that the animals being experimented are protected

Imagine; it's 2032 and you're a scientist who is trying to find a cure for cancer. You have done many tests and trials to find the cure, but you just can not seem to find a solution to the worldwide problem. You then have to make the decision if you will want to do animal testing by either harming or helping the animals. What would you choose? Throughout the years animal testing has grown tremendously and it has gone from a simple shot to a full dissection. It seems as though it is an inevitable force that is not diminishing. The medical field is using these tests to study and treat diseases, protect human and wildlife, and for the personal needs of humans. Unfortunately, the tests abuse, harm, and even kill the animals. Scientists use these tests unethically and it is not just one certain test for all animals. This topic brings up many debates on whether people take these tests to too much of an advantage. But, as the years go on, we need to come to a decision on if we should allow animal testing or not. Through a lot of research and my viewing, I have come to the realization that this form of abuse of animals is not the right thing to do in these situations. We as a community need to brainstorm and create many different ways of getting what we need, whether it be medical or personal desires.