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The Moral Controversy on Using Animal for Research Historically, the health and well being of humans have taken precedent over those of animals’. Only recently have animal “rights” become a major and sometimes controversial topic in the general public. The controversy is inflamed by the fact that it is common practice to use animals for medical research. Different people have many different views on this topic. Is it humane to experiment on animals? Does a life-saving vaccine warrant the pain of a dog or cat that has deliberately been given a disease? Is extending a medical understanding worth the caging and mutilation of an animal? One must consider a variety of different perspectives to come to a reasonable conclusion on the question, should animals be used for medical research? One perspective is represented by national groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which fights for animal rights. They assert that animals are a vital part of our history. They believe that animals should be included in the same system of morals that are applied to people. For those people, using an animal for medical research is immoral and unpleasant. Many argue that in doing so, we are violating the animals’ right to life. The people who hold this perspective have been influenced by actions of the federal government. According to the USDA, the Animal Welfare Act was signed into law in 1966. It is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment…

Using Outdated Methods As technology advances computers become faster, science is able to reach to an even further understanding in research. While this is true Doke and Dhawale state in Alternatives to Animal Testing: A Review “Every year, millions of experimental animals are used all over the world” (224). The use of animals for research and lab experiments is not only an outdated method that harms animals, but is also unreliable and unneeded. Using animals for research and experimentation,…

What is animal testing used for and why? Animal testing is used and required by the United States government to test the safety of drugs, chemicals, cosmetics, and various consumer products. Additionally, animals are commonly used in the practice of medical and military training. Government agencies that heavily rely on animal testing are the U.S. Military, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the…

that takes animal’s needs into consideration just as equally as they do with humans. They were not like other individuals who thought animals were property. Newkirk wanted to make a change and founded PETA in 1980. Previous foundations to help animals before PETA had people donate and volunteer; those foundations did not question why individuals were abusing animals or who was responsible for their suffering. PETA was different; they wanted to take animals best intentions into consideration.…

Animal rights is not a subject that many people tend to think about on a day to day basis, but it is one that should be taken care of. In today’s political world all that is of interest is the new fashion trends or the next president, but what about the hundreds of innocent animals that are being killed every year? Should using animals as test subjects for new drugs or makeup cosmetics be allowed? Or should people, be the subjects? In this essay I will be explaining some important key points…

research more “humane”. Since the seventeenth century there have been many debates on the ethics. During the mid to late nineteenth century there was a dramatic increase in animal testing and the tests itself. This led to many agencies encouraging the stop of animal testing in many companies. WIth all the publicite these abused animals were getting were making a frenzy throughout Britain in 1920. Finally in 1998, there was a ban on animal testing. The most controversial animals groups,…

Animal Experimentation “The question is not, can they reason, nor, can they talk. But, can they suffer?” Jeremy Bentham said this in regards to all of the animals that are victimized during animal testings performed by the many different kinds of people. The general consensus seems to be that, animal testing is something that “just happens” in this world. When people turn a blind eye to this heinous behavior, they fail to realize that animals actually are really suffering and it’s just for…

(Geer, p.5). Animal rights activists believe that animals are conscious beings and should be treated as such not as machines and that all organizations that use animals for personal or any kind of human benefit should be shut down (Geer, p.3). Animal welfare activists have more of a make animals suffer less approach. They promote kindness and try to prevent cruelty. They try to make animals suffering as little as possible in industries that use animals for human entertainment or benefit, and…

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,…

Over the last several decades the topic of animal testing for cosmetic purposes has taken the world by surprise. The throngs of questions concerning this matter have skyrocketed, yet how often are these concerns addressed? For that matter, how many citizens even understand what cosmetic animal testing entails? As defined by Humane Society International, “the term ‘animal testing’ refers to procedures performed on living animals for purposes of research into basic biology” (About Animal Testing).…