I will argue that people should not accept the doctrine of animal rights, and I will offer three reasons to supports this claim. 1) Animal rights can to be limiting to the advancement of human wellbeing, 2) Animal control is important for sustaining the ecosystem, and 3) There are alternatives to accepting the animal rights, one in particular being animal welfare. The second point will be discussed in conjunction with the first two points.
In support of the claim that animal rights is limiting for the advancement of humanity, I will offer two reasons. It is an important process for; 1) understanding of and thus more rapid discoveries for curing diseases and 2) preventing unforeseen harm caused by treatments.
A consequence of accepting the …show more content…
For example, GFT proteins have been embedded in animal genomes which allows tagged proteins in the body to fluoresce in a certain color, acting as a biological tag. This has enabled scientists to monitor the process of angiogenesis in cancers and also new discoveries for organ transplantations. It is very likely that these studies and discoveries would not have proceeded at least at the current rate without the ability to test on animals, as it would be difficult to alter a human’s genome in a way the animals were for the experiment.
The importance of animal testing not only comes from understanding diseases but also for drug developments.
The importance of testing on animals was re-enforced during the twentieth century following several adverse effects caused by not doing so.
An example is the drug thalidomide, a painkiller for morning sickness that was marketed in late the 1950s. Because no animal testing was done, the company was unaware of the severe side effects of this very drug, leading to more than 10,000 children being born with malfunctions or missing limbs. (Hajar, R. …show more content…
Animal Welfare is likely to be a suitable alternative for animal rights, as it acts to minimize pain and stress in order to maximize psychological wellbeing for the animals. There are guiding principles when it comes to animal testing used by scientists call the three Rs which has been developed under the idea of animal welfare, by W.M.S. Russell and R.L.Burch in 1959. The Three Rs essentially encourages alternatives to animal testing when possible, but aims to improve animal welfare and scientific quality where the use of animals cannot be avoided. This is likely to be a suitable alternative because, in encompasses the ideas of animal rights and the improvement of human
In support of the claim that animal rights is limiting for the advancement of humanity, I will offer two reasons. It is an important process for; 1) understanding of and thus more rapid discoveries for curing diseases and 2) preventing unforeseen harm caused by treatments.
A consequence of accepting the …show more content…
For example, GFT proteins have been embedded in animal genomes which allows tagged proteins in the body to fluoresce in a certain color, acting as a biological tag. This has enabled scientists to monitor the process of angiogenesis in cancers and also new discoveries for organ transplantations. It is very likely that these studies and discoveries would not have proceeded at least at the current rate without the ability to test on animals, as it would be difficult to alter a human’s genome in a way the animals were for the experiment.
The importance of animal testing not only comes from understanding diseases but also for drug developments.
The importance of testing on animals was re-enforced during the twentieth century following several adverse effects caused by not doing so.
An example is the drug thalidomide, a painkiller for morning sickness that was marketed in late the 1950s. Because no animal testing was done, the company was unaware of the severe side effects of this very drug, leading to more than 10,000 children being born with malfunctions or missing limbs. (Hajar, R. …show more content…
Animal Welfare is likely to be a suitable alternative for animal rights, as it acts to minimize pain and stress in order to maximize psychological wellbeing for the animals. There are guiding principles when it comes to animal testing used by scientists call the three Rs which has been developed under the idea of animal welfare, by W.M.S. Russell and R.L.Burch in 1959. The Three Rs essentially encourages alternatives to animal testing when possible, but aims to improve animal welfare and scientific quality where the use of animals cannot be avoided. This is likely to be a suitable alternative because, in encompasses the ideas of animal rights and the improvement of human