Animal testing

Animal Testing “Ninety-two percent of experimental drugs that are safe and effective on animals fail in human clinical trials because they don’t work or are dangerous” (“Animal Experimentation Facts”). This statistic shows animal testing is too inaccurate to be used and animals are not the same as humans. Even though animals are much different than humans, there are people who think testing drugs on the animals the right thing. When a scientist is testing a new drug they will inject the animals;…

Homo sapiens. Today other animals are still not considered adequately like us for the bulk of people to handle these animals as our acquaintances under the Golden Rule. Those who assert that only humans have souls are confronted with a theological dilemma: it would call for a cruel God to create beings with the ability to feel pain and the desire to live, if these animals intention was to endure at the hands of humans. While it is true that some animals kill other animals…

Animal Testing and the Modern World “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. – Mahatma Gandhi” (Hajar, 2011). Since the beginning animal testing has been controversial. Although it is taboo animal testing has had positive outcomes. Testing on animals played a substantial role in the evolution of anesthesia and the progress of ovarian cancer screenings. Without trial testing on animal’s human death is a possibility. The most notable…

“Right now, millions of animals are imprisoned in laboratories, where they are experimented on and live in constant pain as well as fear of when the next horrible procedure will occur. In addition to being cruel, these experiments are irrelevant to humans.” (Salvona ) Tormenting these underprivileged animals to unnecessary research testing is unethical. Not to mention experimenting on defenseless animals is immoral. Animal testing is unethical, unreliable and can be placed with alternatives. In…

Animal testing also helps to find medical treatments. In fact, many medical treatments have been made possible through animal testing, including cancer, insulin, antibiotics, vaccines and many more (Cook). Kristina Ccook, a scientist, relates that thanks to animal testing, Smallpox [which was tested on cows] has now been eradicated from earth [while p]olio has been eradicated from North America and people in countries all over the world are being successfully treated [thanks to testing done on…

Zambranochange and cause harm to animals. As well, take their own rights away. Testing products on animals can lead to their deaths. Being widely known how certain cosmetic companies test their products. Many of the non-cruelty free cosmetic companies test product on animals including their eyes, which can lead to blindness and death (Zuckerman p). Animal testing has been provento be cruel and unethical. Secondly, animal testing in unreliable. Animals are different from humans. Yes, they might…

Animal Testing Over 100 million animals are projected to animal testing each year and are killed in laboratories whether or not the test was a success or a failure. Animal testing includes experiments on mice, rats, cats, dogs, monkeys and much more animal species for cosmetic use. Despite that it might help with new discoveries in science, animal testing is a form of abuse that no animal should have to undergo. Animals are not the only organism that is able to be tested on, many great…

Real Benefits: Animal Testing Through much research it can be shown that animal testing is not entirely all bad. Testing on animals has gotten an awful reputation for its involvement in the cosmetic world. It has gotten so bad that several countries have banned products tested on animal and several cosmetic companies have eradicated the use of animal testing all together because of consumer pressure. However, there is medical animal testing which is in the shadows of cosmetic testing. It is not…

With America choosing to throw out products tested on animals, the question people must ask themselves is, is animal testing really that bad? Arguing that rats who were born in laboratories and raised to be tested on is wrong, it makes people wonder if it really is bad. Animals are very similar to humans and resemble them outstandingly. With critters slowly becoming a widely talked about source in the world, communities have begun a debate about what side to be on. “My own experience of over 60…

An easy solution to animal testing are the numerous alternatives that are already available: • Organs on a chip: This was created by Harvard’s Wyss Institute. The idea is to contain human cells grown in a high-tech system to imitate the structures and functions of the body systems and organs (“Alternatives to Animal Testing” Cruelty 1). The chips can be used to replace animal testing in areas of disease research and drug testing, it has also been shown to duplicate human anatomy, infections,…