Animal Testing Pro/Con
Is animal testing an acceptable alternative to testing on humans? Both sides of this argument are heavily supported by strong opinion. Many people believe that if testing on animals can save human lives than there’s nothing wrong with it. But just like anything else in life there are two sides to this argument. Despite scientists’ attempts at making this something that doesn’t bother people as much, their are still many people out there who are very against it. No matter what, there are definitely plenty of pros, and cons for Animal testing\
First, scientist have began to attempt to use animals that humans are not so emotionally connected too. This shows scientists’ do a have some moral concern for using animals that may be considered “companion” animals. Scientists have tried to move toward using more animals like mice. People are much more connected to an animal like a dog or a cat than to a mouse. So if scientists were to use those “companion” animals that would make people even more upset about it. But in using these “non-companion” animals scientists are trying to compromise. …show more content…
According to “ProConorg Headlines” nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. It’s hard to argue that animal testing hasn’t lead to cures. It has lead to the cures of some of the most harmful diseases we know of. Polio is one example, the polio vaccine was tested on animals. That vaccine lead to the numbers of people with polio to fall from 350,000 in 1988 to 223 in 2012. Without that one vaccine developed from testing on animals the way people live today could be completely
Is animal testing an acceptable alternative to testing on humans? Both sides of this argument are heavily supported by strong opinion. Many people believe that if testing on animals can save human lives than there’s nothing wrong with it. But just like anything else in life there are two sides to this argument. Despite scientists’ attempts at making this something that doesn’t bother people as much, their are still many people out there who are very against it. No matter what, there are definitely plenty of pros, and cons for Animal testing\
First, scientist have began to attempt to use animals that humans are not so emotionally connected too. This shows scientists’ do a have some moral concern for using animals that may be considered “companion” animals. Scientists have tried to move toward using more animals like mice. People are much more connected to an animal like a dog or a cat than to a mouse. So if scientists were to use those “companion” animals that would make people even more upset about it. But in using these “non-companion” animals scientists are trying to compromise. …show more content…
According to “ProConorg Headlines” nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has resulted directly from research using animals. It’s hard to argue that animal testing hasn’t lead to cures. It has lead to the cures of some of the most harmful diseases we know of. Polio is one example, the polio vaccine was tested on animals. That vaccine lead to the numbers of people with polio to fall from 350,000 in 1988 to 223 in 2012. Without that one vaccine developed from testing on animals the way people live today could be completely