Dogs are man’s best friends. With their abilities to comprehend human commands, dogs have amazed numerous people since the early 1900s. Thanks to Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Russian physiologist and winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and his Classical Conditioning Experiment on live dogs, dog owners can teach their canine companions new tricks. Of course, some dog owners are oblivious to the fact that Pavlov’s dogs were tested on with tubes in their muzzles and collection bags hanging around their necks to collect saliva. Numerous groups of people, including animal rights activists, argue that testing, experimenting, and conducting labs on animals for science are cruel, unjust, and immoral acts; however, the data that result
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Researchers perform tests on animals that lived in areas heavily impacted by nuclear radiation to save the other animals that live there. In the Savannah River Site, for example, fish, salamander, hogs, bees, and ants were taken in and studied by Tracey Tuberville and his team. Through the testing, Tuberville and his team proved that the nuclear radiation has remained in the area for well over a few years (“Animals at Nuclear Sites Trapped, Tested”). As a result, scientists and researchers know that the animals in the area are in danger and need rescuing. Animals that live in other areas heavily impacted by nuclear radiation, such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and the Fukushima coast of Japan, can be saved without severe radiation poisoning because of the results from in vivo research. In essence, the animals used in the experiments are not wasted or taken for granted; in fact, they are essential for saving the environment and the larger population of animals living in the dangerous …show more content…
With the aforementioned testing on animals impacted by nuclear waste and industrial chemicals, scientists can discover the human-caused ways in which animals die and find a way to reduce the death rate. From a purely utilitarian perspective, sacrificing a paucity of animals for research saves the rest of the fauna population from which our future generations can learn. Today’s progeny need healthy animals that live in their natural habitats to learn about their environment and community. If we were to halt in vivo research, then we would not be able to save wild animals and consequently, many of the things they produce for us, including fruits and vegetables, would cease to exist. For example, 90 percent of the world’s nutrition comes from the work of pollinators, such as honeybees and birds. Unfortunately, numerous people dislike bees specifically because of their nasty sting and choose to spray insecticides around their plants to keep them away. As the number of honeybees declines, the number of fruits, nuts, and vegetables (such as apples, almonds, and pumpkins) produced will decline, as seen in the image by Nick Visser on the next page, and humankind
Researchers perform tests on animals that lived in areas heavily impacted by nuclear radiation to save the other animals that live there. In the Savannah River Site, for example, fish, salamander, hogs, bees, and ants were taken in and studied by Tracey Tuberville and his team. Through the testing, Tuberville and his team proved that the nuclear radiation has remained in the area for well over a few years (“Animals at Nuclear Sites Trapped, Tested”). As a result, scientists and researchers know that the animals in the area are in danger and need rescuing. Animals that live in other areas heavily impacted by nuclear radiation, such as Chernobyl, Ukraine and the Fukushima coast of Japan, can be saved without severe radiation poisoning because of the results from in vivo research. In essence, the animals used in the experiments are not wasted or taken for granted; in fact, they are essential for saving the environment and the larger population of animals living in the dangerous …show more content…
With the aforementioned testing on animals impacted by nuclear waste and industrial chemicals, scientists can discover the human-caused ways in which animals die and find a way to reduce the death rate. From a purely utilitarian perspective, sacrificing a paucity of animals for research saves the rest of the fauna population from which our future generations can learn. Today’s progeny need healthy animals that live in their natural habitats to learn about their environment and community. If we were to halt in vivo research, then we would not be able to save wild animals and consequently, many of the things they produce for us, including fruits and vegetables, would cease to exist. For example, 90 percent of the world’s nutrition comes from the work of pollinators, such as honeybees and birds. Unfortunately, numerous people dislike bees specifically because of their nasty sting and choose to spray insecticides around their plants to keep them away. As the number of honeybees declines, the number of fruits, nuts, and vegetables (such as apples, almonds, and pumpkins) produced will decline, as seen in the image by Nick Visser on the next page, and humankind