“Traditional animal testing is expensive, time-consuming, uses lots of animals, and from a scientific perspective the results do not necessarily translate to humans.” - Dr. Christopher P. Austin
Animal testing is cruel and should be stopped. A few reasons are that Animal tests do not reliably predict the same results in human beings, Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. Also animals are especially vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse without the protection of the Animal Welfare Act. Animal tests do not reliably predict the same results in human beings. In fact 94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials. Also according to neurologist Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, “Over 100 stroke drugs that were effective when tested on animals have failed in humans, and over 85 HIV vaccines failed in humans after working well in non-human primates.” …show more content…
For example microfluidic chips or otherwise known as “Organs on a chip”. These are lined with human cells and can recreate the functions of the human body. Also there are virtual reconstructions of humans which can predict the toxicity of substances without the invasive experiments on animals. Another example is that in glass testing can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used. Animals are especially vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse without the protection of the AWA. For instance 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the AWA. Also the AWA does not cover rats, mice, fish and birds, which comprises around 95% of the animals used. With this in mind in 2010 the AWA covered 1.1 million animals used in testing but that leaves around 25 million other animals
Animal testing is cruel and should be stopped. A few reasons are that Animal tests do not reliably predict the same results in human beings, Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. Also animals are especially vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse without the protection of the Animal Welfare Act. Animal tests do not reliably predict the same results in human beings. In fact 94% of drugs that pass animal tests fail in human clinical trials. Also according to neurologist Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, “Over 100 stroke drugs that were effective when tested on animals have failed in humans, and over 85 HIV vaccines failed in humans after working well in non-human primates.” …show more content…
For example microfluidic chips or otherwise known as “Organs on a chip”. These are lined with human cells and can recreate the functions of the human body. Also there are virtual reconstructions of humans which can predict the toxicity of substances without the invasive experiments on animals. Another example is that in glass testing can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can be used. Animals are especially vulnerable to mistreatment and abuse without the protection of the AWA. For instance 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the AWA. Also the AWA does not cover rats, mice, fish and birds, which comprises around 95% of the animals used. With this in mind in 2010 the AWA covered 1.1 million animals used in testing but that leaves around 25 million other animals