Animal testing has become one of a number of controversial issues because of the effects that it has on animals. Supporters of animal testing justify these effects because they believe that animal testing is the only way to find new cures for diseases. Research that has been done on this matter has proven it to be an ineffective way of finding cures. Furthermore, the reason why animal testing should not continue is because it leads to animals having psychological problems, dwindling of the number of endangered animals and cures that have been proven on animals do not work on people.
Firstly animal testing should not continue because it leads to psychological problems. This is the because of animals that have been selected for animal testing having to live in cages for most of their life. For …show more content…
This is due to the fact that primates generally share 98% of the same genetic coding as humans and thus they are chosen for animal testing. Primates that have been living in the wild are captured for animals testing and their numbers are not increasing in any short time. As stated in Georgia Graham(2014) “A total of 1,557 monkeys from China, Vietnam and Mauritius were brought into the UK in 2012 according to Home Office figures released by Norman Baker, the home office minister.” Furthermore, with the increasing need for primates in animal testing, the number of poaching incidents will surely increase. This is because of the lucrative rewards that poachers get from selling these animals. As stated in Joe DeCapua(2013) “an illegally seized chimpanzee is worth about $25,000 in China.” As we can see the price of the apes have given the initiative for the poachers to keep on poaching. The number of endangered animals such as primates continues to dwindle because the share 98% genetic coding of humans and the increasing need for primates in animal
Firstly animal testing should not continue because it leads to psychological problems. This is the because of animals that have been selected for animal testing having to live in cages for most of their life. For …show more content…
This is due to the fact that primates generally share 98% of the same genetic coding as humans and thus they are chosen for animal testing. Primates that have been living in the wild are captured for animals testing and their numbers are not increasing in any short time. As stated in Georgia Graham(2014) “A total of 1,557 monkeys from China, Vietnam and Mauritius were brought into the UK in 2012 according to Home Office figures released by Norman Baker, the home office minister.” Furthermore, with the increasing need for primates in animal testing, the number of poaching incidents will surely increase. This is because of the lucrative rewards that poachers get from selling these animals. As stated in Joe DeCapua(2013) “an illegally seized chimpanzee is worth about $25,000 in China.” As we can see the price of the apes have given the initiative for the poachers to keep on poaching. The number of endangered animals such as primates continues to dwindle because the share 98% genetic coding of humans and the increasing need for primates in animal