Animal Testing Argumentative Essay

Each year, millions of mice, rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs are used for cosmetic testing in the United States alone (Abbott 144). Although the public is aware that some cosmetics are tested on animals, they are not cognizant of the sufferings that animals endure during cosmetic tests. Even if cosmetics are labeled “not tested on animals” or “cruelty free,” it does not mean that their ingredients were not tested on animals. Ingredient suppliers could have tested the ingredients before…

My first research experience started when I participated in bone scaffold designing project at the Cooper Union in Spring 2012, under the supervision of professor David Wootton at Cooper Union Department of Mechanical Engineering. The purpose of this study was to design and manufacture bone scaffold for orthopedic trauma, especially for segmented bone fracture. I worked with a senior mechanical engineering student who had been conducting the research as his senior capstone project. The first…

According to the Humane Society of the United States, estimated 6-8 million homeless animals enter an animal shelter each year. Every breed differs but most animals( speaking mainly of cats and dogs) go into heat cycle about every six months. If your dog lives to be 12 years old, that gives them 24 chances to become pregnant and reproduce litters over the course of their life. Unless you are a breeder and plan on making a income off your pets, then you should spay and neuter them. Other names…

think about when you think of animal testing? Do you think of scientists in lab coats torturing animals? Do you think about animals suffering in small cages? Or, do you think of animals helping to fight diseases? Does your mind picture animals being protected by many regulations? Animal testing is one of the most controversial topics today. However, with the astounding biomedical advancements that animal testing has helped with, the many regulations that keep tested animals safe, and the…

products on animals. Some people feel that testing on animals is necessary for product quality. Others, such as myself, believe that animal testing is inhumane and cruel. There are many benefits of animal testing but there are also many problems with animal testing. In this persuasive essay, I will argue my reasons as to why I think animal testing should be eliminated. Animal testing helps researchers find drugs, medicines, and treatments. One of the major pros for animal testing is that it…

Using experiments to validate scientific findings has not always been the universal concept that it is today. During the Aristotelian era, experimentation was not considered necessary because many people believed Aristotle’s ideas were sound in logic and need not be proven any other way. However, beginning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, experimentation became more important to philosophers such as Blaise Pascal, William Harvey, and Robert Hooke. These men had opinions of their own…

Introduction The use of animal models in research is most often justified based on the idea that humans and animals are related to a certain degree and hence data obtained from animal experimentation can be extrapolated and applied to humans. Evidently, this does not apply to all species even those who share anatomical similarities or are closely related from an evolutionary standpoint as physiological responses may vary. However, animal models are required simply because experimentation on…

was not performed. The story states, “Everyone identifies me with Algernon. In a way we’re the first of our kind. They’re all pretending that Algernon’s behavior is not necessarily significant for me. But it’s hard to hide the fact that some other animals who were used in the experiment are showing strange behavior...Algernon died two days ago.“(Keyes 203, 205) This quote implies that Charlie will die because Algernon, the mouse who had the operation also, IQ had dropped and the mouse soon died…

Often, when in experimentation, animal models are used in order to predict what would happen in human.Animal models have helped us our understanding of mechanisms of disease ( Worp, Howells, Sena, Porritt, Rewell,O’collins & Macleod 2010). In certain area, animal models’ use is controversial for example, when it come to predicting the effectiveness of treatment strategies in clinical trials; while the animal models are often promising, it failed to translate that promising result when it comes…

eyes or cause a rash; this is because animals are taking the pain for the price of beauty. In the cosmetics industry alone, it is estimated that 100,000-200,000 animals suffer and die every year in America due to testing ("About Cosmetics Animal Testing : Humane Society International"). These tests are performed without strict regulations on the procedures that can be practiced or the way animals are treated. The inhumane act of animal testing in the…