Pros and Cons of Animal Testing Essay

Animal Testing Every single year in the United States millions of innocent animals die due to animal testing. Animal testing really should be called animal cruelty or animal abuse because the animals are burned, crippled, isolated and traumatized by these tests. It is not okay to do such in humane things to poor, innocent animals that have no way to stand up for themselves, therefore we have to speak up for them. Animals are tested on to make sure products or medications are safe for…

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…

The Voice behind Animals on Testing In today’s world, we continuously come in contact with problems that can become controversial. One problem that has been predominantly occurring in our nation is Animal Testing or Experimentation. This epidemic has grown drastically over the years and continues to bring about disputes day to day. Familiar house hold items are part taking in this epidemic and the average, everyday person does not realize that by buying these products we are constantly adding…

Animal Experimentation Aside from agony and a shortened life, do animals get any benefit from being used for biomedical research? The use of animals for research goes back to Greek and Roman times. Biomedical animal experimentation has led to many cures for diabetes, antibiotics, polio, tranquilizers, etc. In 1966, the U.S. Congress passed the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to exclude birds and certain types of rats and mice used in research. Many believe we need the use of biomedical research to…

that improves that food product’s consistency or freshness. Today in the articles Pros and Cons of Food Additives by Sheila Globus and the text Food Additives: Are They Safe? by David Feder debates the supporting or opposing side of keeping them in our foods. But of course, food additives have many harmful possibilities but may also seem beneficial to those in favor of. Because of more additives having cons then pros, food additives in food products justify that they need to be avoided for…

Animal Experimentation, also known as animal testing, can be defined as the conduction of harmful experiments on Animals for scientific purposes, human necessities or even the advancement of human achievement in areas such as medicine. The topic of animal experimentation has definitely brought forth numerous controversies in the world today. This is in view of the fact that it involves the cruel torture of live animals, causing major uproars from Animal Rights Organizations such as; PETA (People…

feeding, testing, and transporting waste and remains from both animals and humans. Campaign for Responsible Transplantation Health and Human Services violated the Public Health Service Act by not recognizing the scientific evidence showing that Xenotransplantation is hazardous and not accurate. On September 23, 1996, Health and Human Services issued guidelines on the evidence that xenotransplantation…

the effect to kill you. This is happening to thousands of animals. Animal testing has said to have been around since the third and fourth centuries when pigs and goats were dissected to study their insides. What once started as pure curiosity has turned into people using animals, for almost everything. You have to agree that this is wrong and has to be stopped. People that believe that animal testing is much safer than testing on humans haven't done their research, because…

reshuffling ("Why Clone?"). Cows have been created by the Sooam Research Foundation that produce the human interferon protein. This protein treats a number of diseases. Sooam has been testing with organs that can be made for human transplant from pigs. Genes that cause diabetes have also been put into pigs and dogs for testing (Wilmut 38-42). Our body is built, maintained, and repaired by stem cells. Cloning could potentially create stem cells genetically identical to the individual. These…

Psychologists use animals to learn and understand some basic human behaviours such as hunger, thirst and reproduction. The use of animals in psychology links back to the 17th century in the UK. From this point of the history animals have been used for various psychological and biological reasons but now we face with a debate were people believe that animals shouldn’t be used in experiments. There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one,…