Arguments Against Animal Research

Many people are against animal research because they believe that it is under the category of animal abuse, but the results show otherwise. Each year, more than 1 million animals are used in experiments and there is an estimated 100 million mice and rats used for research as well. They are used for positive reasons biology lessons, medical training, chemical, food, drugs, and cosmetics testing. In a biological point of view, human beings are similar to species such as mice and rats because we share the same set of genes. Their bodies respond to disease and treatments just like human beings. Patients might not know that the powerful new drugs Avastin (for breast and lung cancer) and Herceptin (for breast cancer) were developed after research on mice. Animals should be used for research because it will supply numerous life saving treatments, they are suitable subjects for research because they are comparable to humans in multiple ways, and it is highly manageable, with laws to defend them from abuse. …show more content…
For example, The California Biomedical Research Association mentions that virtually every medical development in the last century that has resulted from research using animals. There has been procedures in which dogs had their pancreas removed and it eventually led to the finding of insulin. This is important to saving the lives of people with diabetes. This means that there have been studies that prove that all the medical discoveries made have been made from research on animals. In addition, The Polio vaccine had reduced the global phenomenon of the disease from 350,000 occurrences in 1988 to 223 in 2012. This was discovered by animals. It has also had a role in treating conditions such as breast cancer, brain injury, and other diseases. This means that animals played a big part in finding all of our common diseases that we know of