What comes to mind when thinking about animal experimentation? Thoughts of innocent, lovable animals being stabbed with sharp needles? Well, that is not exactly the case, as animal experimentation plays a very important role in human health today. However, the idea of animals testing has become quite a controversial topic. Over the past few decades, there has been an extensive debate over the use of animals in medical and product testing. The majority of people seem to think that it is an unnecessary measure. Protests, threats, and even property damage has occurred because of the dispute between the two sides of this debate. A good majority of these protesters are unaware of the benefits animal testing brings to the human race, as well as …show more content…
Animal testing continues to assist in evolving the medical field in other ways besides testing treatments. Animals gives doctors the ability to practice different surgeries, and it has succeeded for many different operations. “Modern surgical techniques including hip replacement surgery, kidney transplants, heart transplants, and blood transfusions were all perfected in animals” (Understanding Animal Research, 2014, p.1). If animal testing were abandoned, doctors would not be able to get the practice for a certain surgery. New surgeries would not be able to develop as time moves on as well. “Experiments using animals are not merely helpful; they were and remain a necessary condition for most critical advances in protecting human health” (Silver Lake Intermediate School, 2010, p.4). Using animals in research is what keeps the human race going and safer from diseasee. Many people want to take this away, but they do not understand the importance behind using animals for experiments. Humans would struggle in so many different ways just because people do not want to harm animals in the process of medical research. Even so, animal experimentation is not as terrifying as most people would think.
Animal experimentation is not as bad as protesters see it as, they are just unaware of what it’s purpose is and how it happens. Another thing that many protesters are unaware of, is that testing products,
Have you ever wondered why animals are used in experimentation? Each year over 100 million are killed due to experiments for biology lessons, medical training, chemical, drug, food, cosmetic testing, and curiosity driven experimentation. The better question is why? Why use animal when there are many alternatives. Animals may not be able to speak up for themselves but humans have a voice for them. Many people have participated in protest, taken surveys, and created organizations to protect animals from the cruelty.
Have you ever had a sick relative? If so, have they used medication to help with said illness? Well that medication had to have come from somewhere. Animal testing has help conduct products such as vaccines for smallpox, hypothermia, and other major diseases. Now take into consideration what might have happened to that relative without the medication. As you can tell, animal testing has a positive impact on society, despite what might be claimed to be unjust. I will be explaining why this is so, and how some of the arguments are irrelevant.
This form of treatment to the animals has caused deadly riots to occur and some people have even broken into laboratories to release the animals. Even animals not experimented on are affected by the experiments because when animals get taken from their ecosystem the food chain is thrown
Animal testing is remarkably cruel and inhumane. Animals that are used for testing are put in cages and isolated. They are usually, they are taken almost casually, housed appallingly, and denied anything close to a life (Newkirk). These animals are trapped their whole life and are stripped of their ways of life. Not to mention that within some of these laboratories, universities, and every other place that animal testing is conducted in, researchers treat animals very poorly. In one place, "workers were caught punching dogs in the face, screaming at the animals, and even simulating sex with each other while trying to inject a frightened beagle" (Newkirk). Not only do researchers do those cruel actions, but some "experimenters force-feed chemicals to animals, conduct repeated surgeries on them, implant wires in their brains, crush their spines, and much more" (PETA). Some may say that this does not happen and that animals do not experience pain anymore due to new laws, like the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). But, the truth is, these "laws" do barely anything, if nothing, to help stop the cruel
Animal research been used to help to find cures for many diseases. Animals being used for testing was said to be a small sacrifice that could save everyone else in the world. Most of what we know about the brain and body is a direct result of animal testing. The fact that animals can be hurt from or die from the same disease as humans can, say that there needs to be treatment and medication for these types of diseases. Many people are believed to be ignorant or misunderstand the nature of the life’s that animals actually live, and are unable to understand the actual laboratory procedures and techniques. Activists feel that to this day, there should be no good reason why any living thing should be subjected to this cruel punishment and unwanted torture just for serving another being’s needs.
The opinion of animals in the eyes of the law still compares them to objects: having them seen only as property and not living beings. A law towards better treatment has been passed, however, it has not been enforced. The implemented law is also full of loopholes that scientists have taken advantage over. Ever since that law, the Animal Welfare Act, was passed, even the definition of an animal has come into question. Additionally, a bias has been created in that there is more of a moral concern towards animals like dogs, cats, and primates rather than fish, mice, and rats, however, there are people advocating for the protection of animals not as popularly loved. Animal testing in the United States should be limited to having
Mohandas K. Gandhi once said, “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. What, then, does it say about the people of the United States, for allowing the deaths of millions of innocent animals for the benefit of research, that in most cases is not even useful? 100 million animals are killed each year due to animal testing or experimentation (PETA,1). In the past, it was acceptable to use animal testing for scientific research, but now that there are other viable alternatives to the testing of innocent animals, such as in-vitro, stem cell testing, non-incasing imaging techniques, and micro-dosing. Animal testing should only be used in cases where said drug or treatment will treat life-threatening diseases. Animal testing in this day and age is both unnecessary and cruel, as there are multiple alternatives and the most of the time is not useful in human research.
Imagine walking into a cosmetic or medical research laboratory and seeing thousands of animals locked up in cages, deformed, injured, even dead. In 2010 a total of 26 million animals in the US were tested on (thehastingscenter.org). Animals have the closest genetics to humans than anything else yet animal testing is a cruel and inhumane job and not all animals have similar organ functions to humans. Animals should not be used for scientific or commercial testing.
The practice of using animals as test subjects in scientific experiments: also known as animal testing has gone on for several decades and it does seem like it will be stopping anytime soon. Experimenting is one of the greatest tools scientists have: as if they fail, they will keep trying until eventually getting them right results. The thing about that matter is that they sacrifice animals to get the results; innocent animals that should not be killed or treated bad for human’s security. There are plenty of reasons to why animal testing should not be allowed for the sake of human research. For example, the torture of innocent animals is unethical as most of the so-called “test subjects” only see life in a laboratory. Next not only is it bad science but it is wasteful not just in animals but in money, time, and resources that could have been used elsewhere. Finally, it’s unnecessary to keep conducting experiments on animals since there are alternative ways to do so; testing methods that include human cells.
Animal testing is cruel and inhuman, and causes many animals harm.(Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing) There are 26 million animals that are killed each year due to animal testing. Of over 1,000 potential stroke treatments that had been ‘successful’ in animal tests, only approximately 10% progressed to human trials. (Arguments Against Animal Testing) Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. Some types of chemicals that don’t affect animals, might affect humans, and there is no point in causing animals pain, if the test doesn’t work on animals.
Animal testing has been going on for years; however, few question the ethics of testing medicines that would cure human diseases on animals. Various animals being tested in labs and cruelly force them to be a host of harmful diseases negatively affect their health. Animal testing is cruel and unusual punishment and should discontinue. Animal experimentation is a subject that many know of but don’t know much about. Although it is a big topic, people still don’t pay much attention to it because of their lack of information. Experimenting is a cruel process that causes many innocent animals to suffer. Many cases of violations towards experimenting have been found as well. Testing on animals is unnecessary when laying down the
Throughout history animals have been used for biomedical research and commercial testing, but has recently become severely criticized and banned in multiple countries. Millions of animals are locked inside cages across the nation waiting in fear of what next painful procedure they must go through. Determining whether the act is morally acceptable or not has been up for debate since 500 BC when philosophers Aristotle and Bentham shared their viewpoints. Aristotle believed that animals were below humans and therefore could be used for human sake, while Bentham believed that both animals and humans have rights that shall be considered. The topic of animal testing typically arouses emotion and is two sided. While analyzing this topic, I will reference
Jeremy Bentham, an 18th century English philosopher, once said, “The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But, can they suffer?” Peter Singer’s 1975 book Animal Liberation: A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals, in which he discusses animal suffering, rights, and equality, prompted the discussion of animal cruelty and experimentation in the cosmetics and medical industry. Industries should not test their products on animals because it is unethical and there are alternative methods that prove to be more accurate. Technology permits researchers to create alternative tests that deliver more accurate results.
The controversy behind animals as research subjects is mainly one of morals and the ethical treatment of said animals. Many people believe we should use them in this way, so we aren 't actually harming people in the pursuit for better things for humans. Though animal testing was a viable resource for many years, it has proven to be extremely controversial and unethical, therefor the use of animals as research subjects should be outlawed.
Countless brands that people continue to use in their everyday lives test their products on animals. So many products that people keep in their homes stem from some sort of animal cruelty. Animals are being tested on products for the benefit of human use. " These include tests for cosmetics, food additives, household cleaners, pesticides, and industrial chemicals" (Baier, 136). Many people are not aware that animals are being tortured for products used in everyday life. Millions of animals are being tortured during animal experiments; when this cruelty is unnecessary. The results researchers receive from animal tests are inaccurate and wasteful. Animal testing should be eliminated due to the fact that animals endure inhumane suffering and long-term effects when alternative methods are available, and the information is unreliable and wasteful.