British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection

When she first arrived at her new loving home, the malnourished beagle crawled on her belly yearning for affection, but too scared to stand up. She was suffering from many different health concerns, such as the infestation of hookworms, tapeworms, and multiple internal and external infections (Sherrow). Plus the well-conditioned psychological damage, keeping her in constant fear of humans. Once identified only by a number, she now has a home and a name. Libby, was one of the 250 dogs and cats…

In discussions of animal testing, one controversial issue has been whether animals can feel emotions as humans do, and furthermore, if they can then is the use of animals in research morally wrong? On the one hand, scientists that use animals as test subjects, such as Helosia Sabin and her late husband, argue that it is crucial for any medical progress because much testing is required before releasing a new drug into the public. On the other hand, people like Peggy Carlson, a scientist herself…

Dollie the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned by an adult cell by using the process of nuclear transfer. This process started by a cell is placed in a de-nucleated egg, the two cells fuse and then develop into an embryo. Dollie was cloned at the Roslin Institute in 1997. The idea was developed from part of a research in producing the milk from farm animals. The development of cloning technology led to new ways to produce medicine and improving the understanding of genetics. Cloned animals…

How Animal Cloning Relates to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Since it’s start, animal cloning has be surrounded by several controversies and speculations about it’s safety, procedure, and results. Many people support animal cloning for its prospective rebirth of endangered species and the advancement of safer food products (Bio.org). However, for every person that supports animal cloning there is a person who is against it. People who disapprove of animal cloning believe that it is an invasive…

Animal testing should be stopped. Animals are living organisms, but some humans do not treat them like that. I think it should be stopped because “medical breakthroughs involving animal research may still have been made without the use of animals,” according to Procon.org. Also according to Procon.org, “95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act.” Finally, animal testing is cruel and inhumane! I have learned that medical breakthroughs involving animal…

It is certainly easy to understand the strong feelings behind the use of animals in medical research, which continually fuels the ongoing debate as to whether or not animal testing is an ethical and legitimate science. The need for laboratory animals is clear, given all the discoveries that have developed through this practice. It has led to a better understanding of both behavior and physiology, not to mention the knowledge in preventing or curing a variety of conditions and diseases.…

1. The polio vaccine was tested on animal before being mass distributed to humans during the polio epidemic. The vaccine reduced the 350,000 cases in 1988, to only 223 cases of polio in 2012. Also, the use of chimpanzees for test, lead to the discovery of the Hepatitis B vaccine. 2. Animal research is regulated by the federal government under the Animal Welfare Act. This act mandates the minimum housing and enclosure requirements for the animals being testing on. In order to pass inspection,…

The use of non-human models has allowed the fast progression of scientific researches since last several centuries. Things have been changed gradually in the way people view the rights of animals that deserve better treatment as animal models. The reduction of the need for experiments on animals, started being considered due to the ethics about animals (Keith Zimmerman, 2010). It was believed that animals are simply automata and not capable of being conscious of thought and feeling among the…

Is Animal Testing Wrong? In the current discussions of animal testing, an important argument has been whether or not animal testing is wrong, considering that animals have feelings. One viewpoint is that using animals for testing is completely okay and important in human survival. From this idea, many people such as Heloisa Sabin believe that “without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year” (158). Basically, Sabin is stating that sacrificing animals for…

Animal testing has been around for centuries, it started out to be for curiosity reasons; people wanted to learn more about the internal construction of the body, and animals were convenient--more so than humans. The word animal testing and animal research are interchangeable, but both relate to the same meaning: the use of animals in scientific experiments. The range of animals that are being tested on vary from lab to lab, but rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, and rodents are some of the most…