Alternative to Animal Testing Essay

Imagine walking down a long row of cages. In every cage there is a terrified animal. The animals range from birds, rodents, and fish to dogs and cats. Although each animal is different, they all have one thing in common: they are lab subjects. Every animal is petrified while cowering in the corner of their cage. The animals also writhe in pain because of the drugs that are coursing through their bloodstream. The animals have never experienced what it is like to be loved and cared for. They only…

University has killed over 200,000 animals so far and 4.12 million tests are carried out every year in total. This is more than just a staggering number; it is representative of the naivety of research centres, the government and citizens all over the world. Despite the argument that animal testing is necessary when developing new medicine and data, it is undeniable that the number of tests carried out annually can, and should, be reduced dramatically. Alternatives in…

Animal Testing Each year it is estimated that over 100 million animals are tested on for scientific purposes around the world. The debate of whether or not scientists should use animals for experimentation has been a big problem for many years. Scientists use the animals to test out the safety and efficacy of products. Animal testing has gotten to be a big problem and it needs to be stopped immediately because it is not fair to the animals. Animal testing is cruel and unfair to the animals and…

Animal Testing; Finding Alternative Approaches Animal testing began during the Roman Era Dissection and Vivisection, which is the dissection of live animals. The idea of animal testing was gone by the Middle Ages, but returned by the Renaissance. William Harvey had relied almost completely on the knowledge that came from animal testing during the seventeenth-century. Marc R. Fellenz, the author of “Animal Experimentation,” states “In the early twenty-first century, virtually all medical…

Cruelty to animals or we can call it simply as animal abuse, is a situation where a human inflicts pain or causes suffering and harm to animals beyond necessity. According to Ontario SPCA and Humane Society (n.d.), animal abuse falls into two categories which are neglect or intentional cruelty. Neglect is a situation where the owner fails to provide animals basic necessities such as water, food, shelter or even proper care. Some of the examples of neglect are starvation, dehydration, parasite…

than one hundred and fifteen million animals worldwide are used in laboratory experiments each year.” (Humane Society International, 2016, para. 3). Some are forced to inhale toxic fumes while others are immobilized, these are just examples of the many ways animals are “tested” on. (“Should animal testing be banned? | Debate.org,” 2016, para 9). Most of the animals usually die from the tortuous acts, while the ones that live suffer. Many Doctors believe that animals have similar attributes to…

The Animal Welfare Act is a federal law that makes the minimum standards and regulations for animal testing. This law’s purpose is to provide the minimum protection for animals used for animal testing, but 95% of the animals used are completely excluded, receiving no protection. Meaning this law only protects 5% of animals used in tests. The AWA regulations are so limited that psychological, and physical cruelty and suffering of these animals has continued. This federal law conflicts with…

The use of animals in medical research and testing is widely debated topic that spans decades and covers both the ethics and economics of the issue. There are two main groups within the debate surrounding animal testing: those who are for it and those who are against it. Animal testing can be described as the use of non-human animals in an experimental context that pertains to some form of medical testing (cosmetic allergy testing, cancer research, etc). As Donna Yarri the author of The Ethics…

Animal Testing: A Cruel Abuse or Vital Aspect of Research? As technology, medication, and new products are being altered and developed, animal testing labs are growing greatly in size (Casey). The term “animal testing” refers to the experimentation and studies conducted on living animals in the name of science. In fact, it is believed that over 115 million animals each year are being used in laboratory tests (Paterson). The testing, once restricted to only rodents like mice, rats, rabbits, etc.…

(Akhtar). Animal experimentation is not a reliable method to test a product or medicines safety. Jessica Sandler, a former OSHA health and safety official reports that, rats are an animal that should…