Pros And Cons Of Animal Experimentation

Animal experimentation dates to about 500 B.C. and has been an ongoing controversy since the idea has been thought of. There are many people who agree with the idea of animal testing, people who strongly disagree with animal testing, and people who are unaware of the problem and have no personal opinion about the issue. There are many ideas promoting both sides, and both sides having valid reasons supporting their ideas. Animal testing is something everybody should be worrying about, because whether someone realizes the problem it still affects the general public and the animal population around us. Animal experimentation is a very controversial topic and everybody should be informed about the idea and where they stand. Animals are tested …show more content…
Kehinde (2013) is no exception. He believes that animal testing is one of the most essential aspects in improving medicine and curing disease. Like many of the other pro-animal testing groups Kehinde strongly agrees with idea it is a much greater threat to test on humans than to test on animals. The medicine being tested on these animals are not for fun but do benefit mankind. Kehinde explains how chimpanzees and monkeys were used “for the study of hepatitis B and poliomyelitis leading to the development of effective vaccines against these diseases. (They See a Rat, We Seek a Cure for Diseases: The Current Status of Animal Experimentation in Medical Practice, pg. 54) He also talks about how genetically modified animals have been used to help on other human diseases. He says that effective treatment have been developed for different types of cancer such as breast cancer and prostate cancer (pg. 54). Genetically modified rats were used in the experiment that have cells the closer resemble human cells than a normal rat. Continuing, Kehinde tells the reader that rats are commonly replacing primates that were being tested on prior to this due to controversy based on the issue. Kehinde strongly agrees with the use of genetically modified animals because “These animals are genetically modified to study the role of genes in disease processes because the pathology of various diseases is affected directly or indirectly by an individual’s genome. (pg. 54)” Therefore, with the development of genetically modified animals it allows us to get as accurate as we can to a human reaction without actually testing on humans, and since certain diseases affect individual genomes they can help us understand the different fundamental