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    Animal testing is cruel and unreasonable! Animals are a total different species, than humans.(6 Major Pros and cons of animal research) What may work for humans, may cause animals ' problems or even in some cases, death.(Animal testing cons what every person should know.) Not only is testing on animals risky, its cost is dramatically higher! No one understands the abundant amount of money that goes into these researches. The bad thing is that the amount of money being used on testing these poor innocent animals could be put toward new technology. The new technology could save animals and human lives. Today there are many new types of tests. These tests could be more beneficial to new medications and cosmetics. Animals should not have to be put on the spot to save humans. Animals are capable of feeling and enduring as much pain as humans do! Why make them suffer for research that may not even work? However, most of the time animal testing is considered a waste of…

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    Animal testing is inhumane and neglects animals’ rights. While animal testing is vile and does not uphold animal rights, it is necessary for medical research. We shouldn't pause medical research because activists feel bad for an overpopulated species. In “Using Animals For Testing: Pros Versus Cons” ,Ian Murnaghan, a medical writer, elucidates his “Personal Choice” saying, “ While there are numerous pros and cons of animal testing, ethical aspect overshadows both of them, which means that…

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    Today there’s a total amount of 19,500,000 animals that is killed each year in research according to Animal Welfare Association. Animal testing has been the method of testing new cosmetics and medication for many decades, all the time it has been used it has been many debates about the different methods human’s use against animals to find new medications and cosmetics. I think we should change the method of testing cosmetics because animal testing is cruel and causes huge pain for the animals.…

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    Animal testing, being in the top 10 of the most controversial biology topic, is a major topic of discussion. The debates surrounding animal testing in the biological community surround the worry of morality, human safety interests and economic concerns, all which generally impact the future of the so many companies whose products are used every day such as; Tide, Clorox, Maybelline, and so much more. We’ve been testing on animals since 1992 starting with isolating insulin from dogs. Even…

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    Is Animal Testing Worth The Harm? Imagine a rabbit, its life carefree and happy. That is how one would want it to stay, but unfortunately, it cannot. This rabbit is not just an animal, it is a test subject. According to “Should Animals Be Used For Scientific or Commercial Testing?”, an estimated 26 million animals are used each year in the United States to test vaccines, drugs, and commercial products. While the research is beneficial to humans, the helpless test subjects often are injured by…

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    Throughout time, animal testing has made extraordinary breakthroughs in the scientific world. In today’s society, we find new, catastrophic, and life-threatening diseases each year; however, through the use of animal testing, we’ve been able to find cures for some of the most devastating illnesses. The use of animal testing has cured many diseases and saved millions of human lives. Also, none of the alternatives to animal testing could ever completely replace animals. We need to have animal…

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    the human population, but it costs millions if not billions of dollars annually and is a long process that can take up to 10 years to finish one medical trial. All drugs and treatments have to pass a model organism trial before being tested on humans in a clinical trial due to ethics in medicine. Model organisms are usually mammals, reptiles, or amphibians. Due to their many pros as lab animals rats and mice have become very popular in the medical testing industry. In his article “The Mouse…

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    Every day animals all over the world are unwillingly and harshly treated as experimental objects, to be used for unnecessary scientific cosmetic testing. Across the country, about 26 million animals every year are used in and as experiments. They are used to figure out the toxicity of medications, discover and develop medical treatments, participate in food and chemical tests, and, most especially, make sure certain products for humans, such as cosmetics and other personal care products, are…

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    Animal Testing Pro/Con Is animal testing an acceptable alternative to testing on humans? Both sides of this argument are heavily supported by strong opinion. Many people believe that if testing on animals can save human lives than there’s nothing wrong with it. But just like anything else in life there are two sides to this argument. Despite scientists’ attempts at making this something that doesn’t bother people as much, their are still many people out there who are very against it. No…

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    use animals not only in research but to test cosmetics. Everything from the traditional lab rat to non-human primates injected with diseases such as HIV can be found in scientific laboratories every day. Some corporations such as L’Oréal, M.A.C. Cosmetics, and many others use animal testing. Animal testing is used widely around the world. Using animals as test subjects is a form of animal cruelty and should be banned from all countries. One article states, “Animal testing, or animal research,…

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