Humans have been testing and/or experimenting on animals since the BC times. In the article Animal Testing and Medicine, written by Rachel Hajar, M.D. she explains to us the history of medicine and how animal testing has evolved over time. Early Greek Physician-Scientists like Aristotle and Erasistratus have performed experiments on living animals. Many years later, Galen, another Greek Physician who had a major role in medicine history, experimented on many animals to advance the understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology (Hajar 1). In the twelfth …show more content…
Every animal has rights and their own dignity. Just because they are incapable of exercising those rights, doesn’t mean we are allowed to preform tests on them. They do not deserve to be randomly tested or killed for the benefit of the humane race. Humans can’t vindicate to make lives better for themselves by torturing and killing millions of poor, defenseless animals every