People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Ethics of Animal Testing For my paper I chose the topic of animal testing because I have always been very passionate for animals and against animal abuse. I have never believed in animal testing and that there were always other alternatives. I wanted to look further into and educate myself about what is being done about this and why it is an ethical issue. I have come up with an axiom to summarize this topic. Testing animals in research revolves around the relative or moral value of humans and animals

problem with people in the United States not properly using animal welfare. Animal rights activists believe that animals were not put here for human use and should be able to live their lives free of human intervention. Animal welfare is better for all animals and for human benefit while using the animals. The American Veterinary Medical Association says that, “Animal welfare refers to the state of the animal; the treatment that an animal receives is covered by other terms such as animal care, animal

understand the ethical issues that arise from the concept of animal testing, I believe that animal testing is essential to medical advances for the human race. Numerous medical breakthroughs have been the products of animal testing (24). Vaccinations, treatments to acute and chronic illnesses, cures, medicine, and various other benefits have all derived from animal testing. Particularly in the field of psychology, our understanding of human behavior and cognition are also due to animal testing.

IMPLICATIONS: Ethically, Xenotransplantation goes against a lot of different views from people. People link this to why should the animals suffer and be harmed for the sake of keeping someone alive. However, it also raises the view of the suffering family and friends of those who have to suffer an illness like diabetes, where is the balance between animal suffering and human benefit? The main ethical view is why should animals suffer when it isn’t certain if it will benefit humans? However, how are humans

their responsibilities to the animals and the occasional conflicting demands from clients and society (Rollin, 2006). Their roles have become more difficult with new ethical challenges modeled by issues such as growing public awareness concerning animal welfare, increasing ownership of companion animals, growth of veterinary specialism, experimentation with medicine, and concern for pain management and mental well-being of animals (Rollin, 2006). Legal Obligations and Ethical Conduct The RCVS (Royal College

history, animals have repeatedly been used for testing for biomedical research, food, transportation, and as a companion. Animal experimentation has played a significant role in leading to new findings, human advantages, and many medical advances that have helped us in the past decades (i.e., several diseases). While most argue that animal testing is necessary, others say it should not be accepted and causes suffering to innocent animals because the balance between the rights of animals and their

The use of animals in research is a widely controversial topic in today’s scientific community and raises an important ethical issue. Do animals make appropriate research subjects and is it absolutely necessary to use animals to test the safety of products? Animal testing can be referred to in a number of ways including animal research and animal experimentation, all of which involve experiments performed on animals to test the safety and effectiveness of things ranging anywhere from cosmetics

“The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that their treatment has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."(Schopenhauer). I always wondered why some people are not so drawn to the consumption of meat and fed up with only one thought about it. Why so many people loathe of blood, and why so few people can easily kill and be slaughter animal, until they just get used to

dogs? First from a rational appeal, the author challenges you to remove the emotion or stigma from the act of using a dog for meat. He does a good job at this by questioning why the act of eating a dog is any different from other animals. If we can agree that all animals can feel and have some range of emotion, then what makes a dog a superior species? The author uses the

due to the long lasting tradition people often fail to see between the people and their practice, thus labelling it as unethical. Comparisons can be made between the treatment of animals through these practices and religious groups practicing Hinduism which also slaughter animals as part of the practice of their faith and tradition. The animals are also sacrificed in much greater numbers. A particular festival hosted every 5 years sees an estimated 350,000 animals killed over a single weekend alone