Animal Testing On Animals Necessary

Australian philosopher Peter Singer once said, “one day… our children’s children, reading about what was done in laboratories in the twentieth century, will feel the same sense of horror and incredulity… that we now feel when we read about the atrocities of the Roman gladiatorial arenas or the eighteenth-century slave trade.” Many people find testing on animals necessary. Science has evolved exponentially throughout the years. We achieve more and more over the years. In the laboratories many scientist choose to test their new solutions on innocent animals. Their harsh treatment towards these animals has taken science to the next level. Although we achieve a lot, we also fail a lot. These animals are the ones who have to deal with the failure and suffer. This subject is important when considering science because it plays a huge part in experiments. Science has traveled too far due to the harsh treatment of the animals, increased extinction rates, and the aftermath of the tests used on the animals.
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Many people believe that animal testing is necessary for human health. However, many tests have proven that animals make poor test subjects for humans. Many tests that have passed in animals ended up failing in humans. 94% of tests that passed have failed in human trials; for example, over 85 vaccines for HIV worked well in primates but failed in humans. Using animals are testing subjects can lead to misleading research. Science is making biologists kill off animals who are innocent and will most likely fail the tests in humans even if the vaccine worked for the animal. Just like some medicines, such as pills, used in humans are bad for animals, medicines used in animals can end up being bad for humans; it can go both ways. Therefore, animal testing is not necessary for human health and scientists should start to find alternatives that are more accurate and better for human