Animal testing

The Benefits and Environmental Impacts of Animal Testing In the scientific community, the impacts of using animals in research have been debated for hundreds of years. Those who have interests in the matter analyze the history behind it and statistics surrounding its current use to see whether animal testing should continue. One end of the debate, the use of both domesticated and wild animals in scientific experiments has been praised for its contributions to scientific and medical advancements…

Animal activists have called for an all out ban on animal testing. Animal testing is immoral and unethical and the tests conducted by government agencies, educational institutions, and scientific centers is unnecessary. Activists have argued that these tests are painful and distressful to the animals and using them is wrong and selfish. We need to look objectively to see whether animal experimentation is essential or whether there are some equally effective options. We need to show people their…

its advances? The debate on animal testing has always been around but more and more people are starting to disagree with it. So if so many people disagree with it, why is animal testing still happening? There are places like China where it is actually illegal not to test on animals before selling cosmetics to the public and other places like Europe where it is completely illegal to test on animals for cosmetics. So who’s right? There is the morality in testing animals or is doing something not…

Every year, approximately 26 millions animals are being used for commercial and scientific testing according to http://animal-testing.procon.org/. Many new developments are made due to animal testing, such as, medical treatments, diagnosing the toxicity of medications, and examining whether products are safe for human use. Although animal testings lead to many life saving treatments, it is considered inhumane and cruel to many because it often inflicts a great amount of pain and suffering on the…

Approaches to using animals as a experimental object vary from person to person.Since animal testing is a contraversial issue, it generates many debates between scientist and animal right activists. Scientists believe that animal testing is only way to discover cures and treatments in order to enhance the health of ill people. Because there is no equal alternative to testing on a living, whole-body system. On the contrary, animal right activist regard animal testing as a cruel and inhumane…

Animal testing uses outdated and archaic testing procedures. In the article “Alternatives to the use of animals in research, testing and education” Jayshree Vencatesan, and advocate of Animal rights who works at Care Earth, describes how in the medical field of humane science there are three R’s every method of testing must follow. The three R’s include: replacement, refinement, and reduction. These must be used when determining alternative methods of testing. Vencatesan states that the most…

Summary 1 ; Substitute of animals in drug research: An approach towards fulfillment of 4R's . Arora, T., Mehta, A., Joshi, V., Mehta, K., Rathor, N., Mediratta, P., & Sharma, K. (2011). Substitute of animals in drug research: An approach towards fulfillment of 4R's. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 73(1), 1-6. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/904096963?accountid=158790 Animal testing has been one of the biggest worries of environmentalists and animals friends . Few…

Animal testing is a form of animal abuse conducted by our society, though morally wrong this practice is still prevalent today. This is a hard custom to understand as animals are poor test subjects, tested inhumanly, lead to misleading results, while there are alternatives to animal experimenting that do not cause the loss of a life. This practice causes pain and suffering to animals, thus it is believed that animals should not be used as testing subjects. Millions of animals are used as…

customer satisfaction and increases business and profits. Animal testing also allows companies to develop and test new concepts and products. Successful and efficient testing of their products might place a company in a better competitive position than another company, which pleases stockholders and increases profits for the company. Concerning any moral implications of animal testing, proponents believe it is better to use new products on animals first to see what the outcomes are on the…

Animal Testing Some animals get to live free in the wild, some get to be with a caring family, and some have to stay in a lab with greedy scientists. Many people believe that animal testing is the right thing, and it helps humans, but many people also believe that it is cruel and not right. These people think it is wrong because the animals are treated cruel and the results of these tests are not accurate either. This cause serious problems later on when people use these products because the…