The question “is animal testing for medical research acceptable?” has been a particularly controversial topic since experimentation on animals first arose. Although I do not wish to exacerbate a feud with an unforeseeable end, I feel that I am obliged to bring some points to light. On one side of the of the fence, animal rights activists wish to protect vulnerable beings who have no voice yet on the other side thousands of people are dying of possibly curable diseases.
A common argument for the abolition of in vivo animal testing is that animals do not provide consent to bring tested upon: how would you like it if you were plucked from your home without your consent? How would you like it if you were kept in a cell against our will? How would you like it if you had bleach sprayed into your eyes unwillingly? Animals have emotions. Animals have thoughts. Animals have feelings. They are just like us yet we deem it acceptable to …show more content…
This point is re-enforced when you consider this: during the course of manufacturing an anti-wrinkle cream (for a popular brand) a test was performed. This test is known as “lethal dose fifty percent” it involves injecting mice with a powerful toxin in order to determine the dose that will kill fifty percent of the test subjects. This caused nausea and a wave of muscle paralysis, leading to severe distress as they slowly and agonizingly suffocated to death over a three to four day period. The reason we cause harm to animals is to prevent harm being caused. It is fatuous… Why were these mice not euthanized? I will tell you why, because animal testing is insanely cruel. On the other hand somebody could say that this test was a mighty success. If that anti-wrinkle cream had gone on the market consumers may have applied too much of the substance and caused themselves the same fate as the mice. Instead of tens of mice dying- thousands of humans could have
A common argument for the abolition of in vivo animal testing is that animals do not provide consent to bring tested upon: how would you like it if you were plucked from your home without your consent? How would you like it if you were kept in a cell against our will? How would you like it if you had bleach sprayed into your eyes unwillingly? Animals have emotions. Animals have thoughts. Animals have feelings. They are just like us yet we deem it acceptable to …show more content…
This point is re-enforced when you consider this: during the course of manufacturing an anti-wrinkle cream (for a popular brand) a test was performed. This test is known as “lethal dose fifty percent” it involves injecting mice with a powerful toxin in order to determine the dose that will kill fifty percent of the test subjects. This caused nausea and a wave of muscle paralysis, leading to severe distress as they slowly and agonizingly suffocated to death over a three to four day period. The reason we cause harm to animals is to prevent harm being caused. It is fatuous… Why were these mice not euthanized? I will tell you why, because animal testing is insanely cruel. On the other hand somebody could say that this test was a mighty success. If that anti-wrinkle cream had gone on the market consumers may have applied too much of the substance and caused themselves the same fate as the mice. Instead of tens of mice dying- thousands of humans could have