“Humane Society International compared a variety of animal tests with their in vitro counterparts and found animal tests were less accurate and more expensive in every scenario tested.” This is significant because it shows that there are so many other alternate experiments. An interesting fact; 95% of animals used in testing are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act which excludes the experimentation of birds, mice and rats. Which is ridiculous because people aren’t rats. They won’t react the same way to certain substances as humans do. Like if a chimp gets HIV it won’t get AIDS like a human would. People who are ok with animal experimentation may say that the tests contributed to a great number of medicines and treatments. No, animal testing
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An article on an opposing viewpoint webpage says, “Some chimpanzees previously used in biomedical research exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder similar to those observed in humans...Chimpanzee’s similarity to humans...Their highly developed brains,higher level cognitive abilities and capacity for meaningful social interaction mean that chimpanzees are vulnerable to great suffering when they are confined and subjected to painful and traumatic procedures, as well as their relationships disrupted.”Chimpanzees and other kinds of primates are very similar to humans, but that just means we should protect them more. They are also covered by the AWA. So it’s technically illegal to test on them but, scientists do it anyway. Chimpanzees and other primates are well sought out test subjects because they are so similar to humans. Sharing 98% of our DNA. Primates are also very sociable so as said it would ruin their relationships. Imagine that your friend just all of a sudden just stops coming to school. You can’t find them and can’t contact them. All of a sudden after a few months you find out that their dead or that they just all of a sudden come back but, they're distant. They don’t speak, they don’t listen, they don’t feel. You feel that your friend is broken, traumatized beyond repair. You
An article on an opposing viewpoint webpage says, “Some chimpanzees previously used in biomedical research exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder similar to those observed in humans...Chimpanzee’s similarity to humans...Their highly developed brains,higher level cognitive abilities and capacity for meaningful social interaction mean that chimpanzees are vulnerable to great suffering when they are confined and subjected to painful and traumatic procedures, as well as their relationships disrupted.”Chimpanzees and other kinds of primates are very similar to humans, but that just means we should protect them more. They are also covered by the AWA. So it’s technically illegal to test on them but, scientists do it anyway. Chimpanzees and other primates are well sought out test subjects because they are so similar to humans. Sharing 98% of our DNA. Primates are also very sociable so as said it would ruin their relationships. Imagine that your friend just all of a sudden just stops coming to school. You can’t find them and can’t contact them. All of a sudden after a few months you find out that their dead or that they just all of a sudden come back but, they're distant. They don’t speak, they don’t listen, they don’t feel. You feel that your friend is broken, traumatized beyond repair. You