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    death of innocent, helpless animals? It is estimated that over 100 million animals are used every year in laboratory experiments worldwide, with over 12 million animals used in the EU. Animals can be used for fundamental research, biomedical research, product testing, education and training, and warfare research. These experiments use a variety of animal species like: cats, dogs, rats, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, fish, birds, monkeys, and many more animals. All of the animals have their advantages and

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    Animal Testing Animal testing is known as animal experiments. This type of testing is driven to test chemicals, drugs, foods, etc. People say that animal testing is good for people because this is a chance to save more lives in the U.S.; then another part say that animal testing is bad because some of the tests that they do on them is not always effecting humans in the same way. To tell the truth, animal testing is good if wanting to save the population that we live in. All drugs may not affect

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    Facebook that’s gone viral? Wow! Me neither! Drug tests are done on animals to predict effects and results all for the sake of humans. Animal testing started back around AD 129-200; when a famous doctor named Galen started using animals to study animals and other doctors joined the bandwagon. Ever since then, animal testing started escalating rapidly and it is still escalating in modern day practices. However, testing new drugs on animal should be stopped because it is cruel, unreliable and wasteful

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    Is animal testing justified for medical purposes? One of the most controversial topics worldwide is whether or not animals can be used for medical purposes such as drug testing, studying diseases, or making advancements in drug technology. The main issue is the fact that animals are conscious and sentient like us humans. This has led to disagreements in the scientific community regarding animal testing. Some animal organizations such as PETA, The Center for Alternatives for Animal Testing, and

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    or desperate aliens who are willing to do anything to cross the border or country. In reality, animals [mainly cats, dogs, and mice] are the ones that endure experimentation for the future of mankind. Even though animal testing helped discover treatments for aggressive diseases and safely determined the outcome of mankind, it still sidesteps the fact that animals are their own being, it violates the Animal Welfare Act of 1970, the discovery of humane methods shows it to be beneficial, and the test

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    The Truth About Animal Experimentation Millions of animals are used in scientific and medical research, including mice, rats, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs and other animals. They are locked inside cold barren cages in laboratories across the country. Unfortunately all they can do is sit and wait in fear of the next terrifying and painful procedures that will be performed on them. More than 100 million animals every year suffer and dies in cruel chemical, drug, food and cosmetic

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    Essay on Pros and Cons of Animal Testing

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    Pro Animal Testing Animal testing has become a wide contribution in medical field in order to find new treatment, developing new medicines and improving the existing ones as well as testing the safety and effectiveness of new medicines. Some medicines development is depending on animal research, for instances, vaccines and insulin for diabetes and kidney transplants. However, there are many diseases that their cures are still undiscovered yet and one of them is AIDS (Tanir, 2012). Frankie L. Trull

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    know over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned, and abused in US labs every year? Animal testing for scientific research has become an epidemic in the scientific community. These tests have been proven to be inefficient and unnecessary but the animals usually experience immense amounts of pain and fear. Throughout this paper, I will highlight key points and provide a reliable amount of information to prove animal testing is unneeded, tortures, and inhuman. Animal experimenters will argue

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    using animals as research subjects is highly debated of whether it is necessary to save lives or inhumane to the animals. Every year, animals are experimentally used to determine the effectiveness, side effects, toxicity and safety of medications. Personally, I was aware of the testing being done on animals, but did not know much about it, and was therefore indifferent in the debate. However, after doing research, I have come to the conclusion that the cons outweigh the pros and animal testing is inhumane

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    Many people have animals around the world, whether it be dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, even horses and llamas, and they all love them very much. A lot of people will do anything to ensure the comfort and safety of their companion and friend. Many people may be shocked and horrified to find that over 100 Million animals die each year due to animal testing. This essay will go into more detail about some reasons why people might find animal testing wrong, and some reasons why a lot of people see it as

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