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Animals such as dogs, cats, guinea pigs, mice, even pregnant animals are all locked in cages being tortured for their whole life. These animals are burned, starved, injected with drugs, smothered with chemicals, and isolated. Now think of your pets, what if this was your cat, your dog, your bird being tortured, innocent animals are being used and killed to benefit us humans, but is it worth it? Given that animal experimentation results aren’t always reliable, there are viable alternatives, and it is expensive, animal testing should be banned in Australia.
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Tests using human cells and tissues have been developed to ensure more reliable, cruelty free results can be found. The Wyss Institute researchers has developed microchips lined with live human cells to mimic a human body reaction, allowing a more sufficient experiment. In addition, a UK- based laboratory, XCellR8, have developed another alternative method for cosmetic testing, using donated skin from plastic surgery patients therefore making the ideal testing method for scientists. These substitutes will benefit both the animals and the economy with the expenses lessening.
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Millions of Animals Suffer and Die in Testing, Training, and Other Experiments, Right now, millions of mice, rats, rabbits, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are locked inside barren cages in laboratories across the world. They suffer in pain, suffer from extreme frustration, ache with loneliness, and long to be free. Just for our satisfaction and luxury. In the article “Information about Animal Testing” (2017) PETA says: ‘Hundreds of thousands of animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year in archaic product tests for cosmetics, personal-care products, household cleaning products, and even fruit juices.
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We must protect our planet and save the creatures living with us on the same planet. Using cruelty free produces will stop those selfish acts from companies looking only to make profits and do not care about any rules, regulations or legislations. Our planet and the animals living with us will be in a better position in this case. Campbell (2018) found 7 ways Cruelty-Free Products Help Save the Planet, firstly, Cruelty-free products use less chemicals. the chemicals that are commonly used in products tested on animals are harmful to not only those to apply them to their skin, but to the planet. Instead, select more natural ingredients that are the best choice for humans and the planet. It also makes it easier to
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companies dedicated to creating cruelty-free products are those developing natural and more sustainable ingredients and materials. From their makeup and skincare lines to the packaging, they are using materials that are more eco-friendly, making them a better choice for the health of our planet. Cruelty-free saves animals who are a major part of the planet and the food chain. as discussed in the past paragraph, animal testing is an issue around the world, and cruelty-free products are here to put a halt to this maddening problem.
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Cruelty-free products companies use chemicals and ingredients that have already been determined to be safe, sticking to their mission to leave animals unharmed and in their natural habitat where they belong. Also, many companies that make it their business to go cruelty-free have a vested interest in issues plaguing our planet, like animal species extinction and global warming. In addition, these products help spread the word, companies that promote their cruelty-free products are passionate about what they do and they’re not afraid to spread the world about the importance of buying these types of products. Spreading awareness of the risks associated with products that use animal testing is a great way to inspire the movement towards a cruelty-free world. Finally, it makes for better citizens of the world, Nielsen (2015) survey found the factor of products being “not tested on animals” was the most important packaging claim for those who were surveyed, with over half of respondents 57% citing it as “very” or “moderately” important. The emphasis on this as an important factor in shopping for makeup and skincare means cruelty-free shoppers are becoming better citizens of the world: ensuring consideration for the world’s animals and environment.
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Humans are clever in finding alternatives. many alternatives and good products are available in market. Some are natural products which can be used for many purposes such as beauty, medical, food, etc. You may have assumed that almost all major cosmetics companies were on board with alternatives to cruelty to animals, but there are some that still pay to poison and kill. It isn’t always easy to know which brands are completely cruelty-free. In the article “Cosmetics: What are the alternatives to animal testing?” Surugue (2019) discussed that the range of cruelty-free cosmetics available is expanding. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical issues of animal testing and demanding new kinds of products. Companies are moving fast to be a part of this movement, and in the European Union, India, Israel, and Norway bans have now been implemented, making it illegal to test cosmetics on animals within those countries’ borders or to sell cosmetics that have been tested on animals elsewhere in the world. There are two main alternatives to animal testing; In-vitro techniques and human volunteers.
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New products, especially those that contain new ingredients, still need to be rigorously tested for safety purposes the use of in-vitro techniques has progressed quickly. This method includes performing a test in a controlled environment. In this context, scientists can study and test compounds on human cell cultures. Almost every type of human and animal cell can now be grown in the lab. Human volunteers can even replace animals in specific studies, at advanced stages of the testing process. now, skin sensitivity testing of cosmetics is based on work done with human volunteers. according to PETA (2018) Here are some of the top cosmetics brands whose products are still tested on animals: Avon, Benefit, Clinique, Victoria’s Secret, Maybelline and Makeup Forever. therefore, you may consider boycott them to contribute in saving the beautiful, peaceful creatures.
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In conclusion, cruelty towards animals is absolutely horrible, and actions should be taken by us to stop these inhumane acts. Moreover, Consumers Should educate themselves about this important fact that most companies are cruel to animals. Therefore, they mustn’t purchase products that tests on animals but use cruelty-free products instead. Plus, raising awareness about this act because most people don’t know about the process that most of these horrible companies follow and they purchase their products not knowing what and how this product has been made. Nonetheless, people should warn or raise awareness amongst their family and friends, also support industries that make cruelty free products. Adding, Companies with cruelty-free product should put labels so that consumers know what their buying and are aware of how the product has been made.
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If not initially tested on animals, there will be more than 80 disease-prevention treatments that will never be discovered. These treatments were intended for use in humans but are now being used on other animals, such as vaccination against rabies, parvovirus, and leukemia”. Animal experiments can even save the endangered species. The most remarkable result is the rescue of California vultures and black planthoppers. And these benefits cannot be replaced by other methods.
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Most of the animals used in experimental studies (such as mice, frogs, etc.) have a short life cycle and strong reproductive capacity. This means that researchers can not only detect the effect of a particular drug on the animal’s entire lifespan, but even whether it will affect its offspring. (As mentioned above, to prevent the recurrence of such events as thalidomide, it is now required that such drugs be tested in pregnant animals before being marketed.)
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Without animal experiments, we may not find these drugs that treat diabetes or asthma today; we may not be able to prevent diseases such as polio; we may not know how to perform organ transplants, nor do we know how to install pacemakers from an ethical perspective In terms of applying experimental results to various clinical stages, it is necessary to verify the feasibility of animals with animals or other alternatives. When they are actually used in humans, they need to be more cautious.
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You cannot treat animals with such disrespect and brutality. These experiments are usually done on rats or mice. Most scientists justify their experiments by saying that the lifespan of these common animals are very short, so how does it even matter? That is the most unjust thing I have heard in my life! A life is worth living and nobody has the right to take it away from you, be it a lifespan of a hundred years, or a lifespan of a meagre 5 days.
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So, animal testing has really saved an innumerable number of lives in the world. And man is not so selfish after all! They have got some results for medical developments for animals as well. Unfortunately, the animal being tested feels the pain of the side effects, even if it is as brutal as death. We have to kill animals to save ourselves. Our medical situation depends on a sacrifice of an animal. On the flipside, look at all the pain and suffering the guiltless animals are going through. Some are not properly anesthetized and they feel even more pain.
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There procedure is not the best that it could be. In the cases in which this is true, why would you even allow such labs to go through with these experiments? They should just be disallowed completely. Also, some of these drugs end up killing humans anyway even after they are tested. In these scenarios, the testing just ends up to completely pointless. It leads to the death of both the tested animal and the human. This faulty drug would contradict the whole point of having these tests on animals to prove their safety.
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Even though most of these experiments are run on animals, the final test is usually run on a human for the exact results for humans. There have been cases where this human has had to face the side effects of the defective substance. I feel that testing it on humans is completely unethical. If it is immoral to test new drugs on animals, then it is totally wrong to test it on humans! If this ever happens, riots would engulf the streets. Now, that would not be a pretty sight. There are many people who are completely against this, without even thinking about the upside.
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These activists are completely justified, in my eyes. Even though I believe that they are right to do this, I still think that there are some upsides. With all the medicines that we have today, if it wasn’t for animal testing, we would take all of these medicines at our own risk. But, we have the guarantee that it won’t hurt us due to the promise made by scientists who go through with the animal testing. Animal testing has brought the cure for polio,
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Even though there are these discoveries that prove the advantages of animal testing, I still feel that these harmless animals shouldn’t lose their lives. This animal sacrifice seems almost ritualistic. In my opinion, animals should not be killed off or experimented on. If another way is found to experiment without harming any living things, I think that is the best way to determine the level of danger that a substance possesses. This is what I feel about this complex topic. How, it is going to be solved at the end, is not my choice. Goodnight, diary. Until next time.
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Summary of all: These articles are all about problems having in the agriculture world, things that people think that are destroying our world. Also, I think people are freaking out for no reason this kind of things you need in your life, meat on the table, milk in a cup. All that want has to do with agriculture. The 7 sources I found were farmers having a hard time growing crops, Animal testing, Manure contaminating water, how manure is helping the farmers, How animals have change from back then to now.
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#3 Primary resource: All the animals being tested including mice, rats, birds, fish, rabbits, guinea pigs, farm animals, dogs and cats. Animal testing is a thing if we did testing humans it would be more wrong than testing on animals. Testing animals that is how we test all of our new medicine and new things that we to test for new product and we need to see if they work before using it on humans. There is lots of animal product that have been tested on animals.
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#5 Primary resource: life on the farm reuse many things and one was manure. This is one of the things that dairy farmers reuse because it is good for the crops and making them grow faster and stronger. But in this article people say that the manure is letting off fumes into the environment, which in that case we are breathing in the air which there saying it makes us sick. The fumes that are being released from these dairy farms people are saying that it’s harming the environment. Many of these farmers can’t control the fumes.
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#6 Primary resource: people think that this is a problem and the manure is contaminating the water and making them sick. Which that means this is leading to too much cow manure being applied, which is contaminating the water and people think that it’s going to harm them and making them sick. I have a strong feeling about this because I grew up in a farm, which i feel like people are just trying to get rid of all the farms. But what people don’t realize is that we need farms to live. It’s not contaminating anything you just think that it’s harming your body.
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#7 Tertiary resource: How animals have change from then to now. There is a big difference in our animals today. Our mammals have been changing from the beginning of time the dinosaurs were first from there on we got mammals. With the dinosaurs and other large animals, mammals were the only one who grew in size. It was also talking about how the climate change affected the dinosaurs and mammals had to adapt to new weather and the humidity and the heat which all the animals had to adapted.
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Uneccessary animal testing is still being perfered due to research showing that this process does create desire results. For many many years animals have been used at scientific ‘experiments’ cosmetically and scientifically. I will be informing in this essay how animals are used to test drugs and consumer products specifically cosmetically. Pharmaceutical companies and research institutions have been active in animal experiments because these institutions are charged with coming up with new drugs. What has been controversial about this topic is whether or not this should be banned based on certain implications.
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Animal rights activists have been advocating for a ban for several years. Even though it was extremely sad what we do to these anaimals such as stipping their fur and test skin sensitivity and burning their eyes to test eye sensitivity, this procedure is beneficial. So therfore in my opinion I do not think animal testing should be banned. Animal experiments and testing should not be banned because it has been beneficial to humans and as crazy as it sounds even to other animals.
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One thing I will agree on with the critics is how animals deserve to be treated fairly. Now this doesn’t necessarily mean no testing but instead safe testing. A while back there was a testing done on animals to see if it really does truly mistreat them. Some people against animal testing and wish it was banned for good had some negative feedback saying the test is unethical. This experiment fundamentally was meant to test the level of toxicity of substances.These critical arguments have formed the argumentative side of banning animal testing. It may be justified to complain in terms of animal cruelty and such if there was legitimate evidence that these animal are truly being mistreated.
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Considering that few cases have been reported regarding inhumane treatment of animals, this should not be ethical to ban animal testing. There is a considerably higher percentage of it being a beneficial process than not. Also, scientific testing on animals has made a huge impact on human lives. To look at the big picture what is more important an animal getting a slight burn in their eyes for a split second or millions of human beings dying from diseases that could be cured is we had things like animals to test on. Which we do and it is very advantageous to us. The most important thing to come out of all of this is safety. Animal testing assures us humans that our cometics are harmless to use. This concept is crazy to think about. Very few animals are sacrificed in these experiments but will help save millions of humans.
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Many arguments have come up about animals suffering due to ineffective experiments. Even though these can seem agreeable, look at the big picture of all this, when it comes down humans are more important than animals. With that said, animal testing should not be banned for human sake. New technologies are in the making for more accurate testing and to be less harmful. Now going back to Blakemore, he once argued that the relationship between some of these animals and humans share the same genes. The way these animals respond to disease treatments is just the same as humans. Because there is no other alternative to test the effectiveness of drugs and consumer goods, the use of animals in experiments becomes justified. Banning animal testing seems like a brainless decision when we look at the statistics.
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For everyone that wants a ban on animal testing you should really think twice. Many arguments that have come out about banning this are very short and not much to say and there is a reason for this. Approximately 5 billion animals are consumed as food annually compared to that, only 17-22 million animals are used for in research annually. Anesthesia is used today to numb the body during operations because it was successfully tested on animals 6 % of animals do are experiencing pain (not death). AIDs research also relies heavily on animal testing. If a cure is ever going to be figured out for this disease we will need to experiment on animals. We need to focus on the future of cosmetics and medicine and not be so concerned about the animal being tested harmfully.
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Animal testing for products is not only inhumane but also unreliable with safe alternative methods available. Animals used in testing go thru intense trauma in their very short span of life. Animal research and testing is expensive, time-consuming, and unreliable because animals are never going to be exactly like a human being. These animals are suffering for unnecessary reasons. It has been proven again and again that things that work in animals fail in humans. There are many other available alternatives that will do a better job and save millions of animals from suffering.
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Animal testing on innocent animals is not what we should be doing at this point in our evolution. We are a smart resourceful living being that has alternative methods that are cheaper, reliable, and less cruel to other living things. In 1959 William Russell and Rex Burch introduced the principle of the 3Rs (Replace, Reduce, and Refine) in The Principles of Humane Experimental Technique”. This article provided a guideline for performing animal research.
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Replacement refers to technologies or approaches which replace or avoid the use of animals in experiments. There can be a full replacement or a partial replacement. A full replacement avoids the use of any research animals. It includes the use of human volunteers, tissues and cells, mathematical and computer models, and established cell lines. A partial replacement includes the use of some animals that, based on current scientific thinking, are not considered capable of experiencing suffering. This includes invertebrates such as worms and social amoebae, and immature forms of vertebrates.
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Animal testing saves over 500 thousand lives each year. During animal testing, animals are used to develop treatments for not only human conditions and to understand human biology, but also to develop veterinary treatments for animals and to obtain fundamental knowledge. Although a lot of people view animal testing as morally wrong, it is actually right. Within the ethical theory Utilitarianism, there is the principle of utility and the weighing of consequences. In a broader sense, Utilitarianism takes animal suffering into account but in the end it comes down to the good of the research outweighing the bad of the tests on animals.
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Just one example is the insulin for diabetes. In 1921, an Ontario doctor and his assistant severed the connection between the pancreas and digestive system of dogs in order to find the substance that controlled diabetes. With this new information they were able to isolate insulin and open the possibility for treating millions of people with diabetes. Utilitarianism offers a relatively straightforward method for deciding the morally right course of action for any particular situation we may find ourselves in.
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To discover what should to do in any given situation, we first identify the options for various courses of action that we could perform. Second, we determine all of the pros and cons that could result from each course of action for everyone affected by the action. Lastly, we choose the course of action that provides the greatest benefits after the costs have been taken into account. This theory is the main reason why animal testing is right. If we take into account the possible benefits by the two courses of action- testing on animals or not testing on animals- we come to find that the only benefits of not testing on animals is that no animal will suffer in this way. This would then lead to a lot of human suffering though, since right now this is one of the only advanced ways to find cures. Utilitarianism does not take into account of how something was done. Utilitarianism does not care whether the benefits are produced by lies, manipulation, or coercion. It doesn’t matter that the animals were hurt in the process as long as the greatest amount of happiness is produced for the greatest amount of people.
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The goodness or badness of an action is solely a function of its consequences. For example, something as terrible as killing innocent people may be acceptable if it produces an outcome that saves a greater number of others from harm. Considering the possible consequences in this situation, saving many lives by finding out medical cures with testing on animals or not being able to save these lives and saving animals by possibly killing more humans, killing the animals has the best outcome and can be seen as morally right. A broader Utilitarian position that takes into account the animal suffering would explore the question of whether the benefits of animal research outweigh the harms of such research on the animals involved. The basic moral principle of Utilitarianism, the principle of utility, states that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of the happiness.
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The effect of animal testing would be providing cures and medical treatments; it is considered right because of how much happiness it promotes. Think of a person who had diabetes before insulin was found and how much their life changed after. They were able to be treated and no longer have to suffer because of these tests. It would truly be life changing to someone with a disease cured by animal testing. There is such thing as animal welfare which says that animal suffering matters and we should not cause any unnecessary harm to animals. If the animal testing was done in a way that is geared to hurt the animals, this would violate their rights and welfare. Although the animals are most likely killed after the tests, it is done in a way that they suffer the least. Animal testing is limited by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) which sets standards for handling cats, dogs, nonhuman primates, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs.
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The AWA also requires laboratories to report the number of animals used. There are standards to make sure that these animals don’t receive any unnecessary suffering. Even though Utilitarians do believe the animals should be tested on for the sake of people lives, they would also believe that the testing should be done in the most humane way as possible, trying to bring little pain to the animal. Animal rights activists argue that animals are used for pointless tests and suffer tremendously. The animal rights say that they have interest in their lives and a corresponding right to not suffer or be killed. In reality, animal testing is done in a way that is supposed to make the animals suffer the least. Another argument presented by those against animal testing is that there are many other available and less cruel alternatives to find these cures besides animal testing.
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One alternative mentioned is testing humans with natural remedies such as essential oils to see how the human reacts instead of an animal. This could work but would take some time because of how new the idea is. It is also argued that other sources of information can also be used, including population studies or epidemiology, monitoring of human patients, noninvasive medical imaging devices, autopsies, tissue and cell cultures, in vitro tests, and computer models. These alternative tests are often more reliable than animal tests. For example, EpiDerm, an in vitro test derived from cultured human cells, was found to be more accurate in identifying chemical skin irritants than traditional animal tests. In comparison studies, EpiDerm correctly detected all of the test chemicals that irritate human skin, while tests on rabbits misclassified 10 out of 25 test chemicals- a 40% error rate. Although there are ideas for alternatives for animal testing, right now this is the most efficient way.
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Once new alternatives have been developed, there are massive hurdles to overcome when implementing and enforcing their use. Another thing animal rights activists don’t realize is how many lives are being saved by the animals that they think are being harmed. They have not only impacted their lives in some way, but have impacted their families, friends, and even children by providing people with vaccines and antibiotics. In conclusion, animal testing is ethically right. It is not done in an inhumane way and is for the better good. Within Utilitarianism the principle of utility and weighing consequences show that animal testing has the best outcome for the most amount of people. Without animal testing we probably wouldn’t have a lot of the cures and medical advancements we have today. For right now animal testing is the only thing we actually have to find these cures. Without it, we wouldn’t be where we are medically today. Until someone is able to effectively implant something that will help save as many lives as animal testing does, there’s no stopping it.
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The Greeks believed that animals were a lesser form of life because animals could not think like humans did. Furthermore, this thought was continued by Christians who claimed that animals were less significant because they had no soul (Vivisection, 2002). Animal testing is the use of live animals for research in order to better understand the effect of certain substances towards human health. This application has been widely carried out in many industries. Numerous animals have been used for animal testing, such as guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs and mice.
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Unquestionably, the practice of animal experimentation has increased tremendously compared to the past. According to Shandilya (2008), it is estimated that 20 million animals are used for animal experimentation yearly for the purpose of medicine and for testing other products. Findings from studies indicate that less than 10 percent of pure psychological researches use animals as test subjects, which do not include animal subjects used for cross-over medical experimentation (American Psychological Association, n.
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Speaking of the positive outcomes of animal testing, this includes the development of new medicine and treatments. Derbyshire (2004) mentioned that many medical advances used animal testing; dogs were used to develop the production of insulin, whereas primates were utilized in the manufacture of a powerful anti-rejection drug, cyclosporine. Besides this, discoveries of various vaccines have evolved through animal experimentation. From here, it can be seen that animal testing can guide us to discoveries of new knowledge about living organisms.
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Many drugs have been invented to fulfill the aim of remedying diseases. However, the side effects of newly invented drugs remain unknown. Therefore, animal testing allows the evaluation of the danger of drugs before being used upon humans which will greatly reduce the risk before any human based trials are carried out (About Animal Testing, n.d.). Drugs that are tested safe can then be used to save millions of valuable human lives. The future of medical science still relies on animal testing, and this clearly shows a need in legalizing animal testing.
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There are some people who claim that the effects of drugs tested on animals may not be the same to humans. Arthritis drug Vioxx, which caused 140 000 heart attacks and strokes in United States of America, was withdrawn from the global market even though it appeared to be safe when tested in animals (Archibald, 2004). However, scientists have proven that animals are extremely alike to humans and experiments done on them would produce similar results obtained through future human experiments (About Animal Testing, n.d.). Hence, carrying out animal testing on drugs would improve the quality of human life indirectly.
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The pros and cons of animal testing were debated with both sides being able to produce solid reasons for their stands. From the view of sentiency, it is mentioned that all living things are morally equivalent. However, the lives of humans are superior over the lives of animals (Garner, 2005). Authorities have to make a choice between the welfare of humans and the welfare of animals. Which one is more important, the life of a human or the life of an animal? As Archibald (2004) points out, most people are willing to sacrifice the lives of animal in animal testing to save human lives.
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Even though human welfare is the main concern, the welfare of an animal is still taken into account by minimizing the suffering of animals when conducting animal experimentations. The Animal Welfare Act had been formed and reviewed constantly to protect animals and decrease the number of vivisections carried out (Monamy, 2000). Every experiment involving the usage of animals is normally administered with anesthesia. In conjunction with this, the experiments will not be repeated or animals used will be euthanized when brutal treatment is involved. Animal testing can be accepted as it allows the improvement of human life quality without the suffering of animals (Garner, 2005).
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Those who are against animal testing argued that animals have the right to live peacefully. Animal testing is regarded as unkind treatment towards animals as it violates animal rights as their lives are valuable as well (Le Fanu, 2003). Nevertheless, their arguments are weak because animals lack the sense of judgment, and therefore are not subjected to moral claims and animal rights (Cohen, 1986). Hence, they cannot be compared with human life. As long as the animal is experimented upon without pain, the welfare of the animal is not violated. Therefore, it is acceptable to legalize the activity of animal testing as human life should be prioritized.
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Although there are many who are against animal experimentation, the points asserted are not h3 enough to discontinue the activity of animal testing. Supporters of animal testing affirm that animals should not have equal rights with humans as both of these cannot be compared. Animals lack the sense of judgment, thus human lives always come first before animal lives. Animals are considered to be protected as long as animals receive minimum amount of suffering. So animal testing should be legalized in order to save more human lives.
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As stated by Le Fanu (2003), primates offer the best experimental models as they have 99% similarity in genes with humans. Animal testing can be carried out on primates to ensure the safety of some drugs before being tested on humans. The chance for both organisms exhibiting the same effect is high due to the similarity of their genes. This in turn can reduce the risks faced by humans when commencing the trials. Hence, animals are good tools for learning the effects of various substances.
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In spite of this, people who are in opposition to animal testing argue that it must not be legalized just because animal experimentation leads to medical breakthroughs and the outcome is more rewarding. This statement is insufficient to justify the drawbacks of animal testing (Derbyshire, 2004). On the other hand, it is proven that the beneficial outcome outweighs its drawbacks, so it is rational to legalize the activity of animal testing. Without studying the effects of substances using animal testing, most of the major vaccines against disease like polio, rubella and hepatitis B used today would not exist (Derbyshire, 2004). New drugs undergo in vitro research, computer modeling and animal testing before being tested on humans. Thus, every step is vital in this process of studying the effects before a drug is introduced into the market.
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The principle of “Three Rs”, that is “refinement”, “reduction” and “replacement” can be practiced. The researchers are pledged to reduce the number of animals used when performing a research. To use the least number of resources to obtain the fastest results, researchers have the tendency of using a smaller number of animals during their research. This is an act that showed the willingness of mankind to reduce the cruelty towards the animals. Besides this, scientists were asked to lessen the degree of suffering of the animal. This can be attained by exclude some needless harmful actions involving the animals. Lastly, alternative methods should be used whenever possible to replace the usage of animal testing (Derbyshire, 2006).
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Due to the increased usage of animal testing, the issue of animal experimentation is getting highly debated and remains relentless. After examining several points, it has revealed that animal testing should be legalized as it helps in the progress of medicine and health, human life is more valuable than animal life, and helps to learn the outcome of a substance on a living organism. Day by day, anti-vivisectionists try to rule out animal testing by looking at this issue from the animal’s point of view. Concurrently, supporters of animal experimentation were able to refute their arguments, by claiming the welfare of humans should always come first before animals. They viewed the subject of animal testing from a broader perspective and the long term advantages that come from animal experimentation. Life is never perfect, some sacrifices have to make to achieve success for a better future. Nonetheless, animal research should be carried out as its advantages are more significant than the disadvantages.
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Scientists and researchers claimed that they have unlimited access to animals for experiments in order to find cures for human diseases. Yet, animal testing has actually endangered the life of human beings as the results from animal testing cannot be applied to humans. According to PETA’s fact sheet, they argued that “In many cases, animal studies do not just hurt animals and waste money, they kill people too. Some drugs were all tested on animals and judged safe but had devastating consequences for the humans who used them.” Have all of us thought that why this would happen? The answer is very simple. This is because animals and humans are completely different from each other. As Dr. Arie Brecher said, “No animal species can serve as an experimental model for man.”
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Thus, should we still keep our faith in scientists’ and researchers’ ability to find a cure via animal testing? Should we still believe in those products which have made millions of rabbits blind? Should we still depend on and rely on such an inaccurate experimentation to cure our diseases? For me, the answer to these questions is ‘No’. It should also be the answer of yours, the answer of our humane society, the answer of our country, the answer of all the five continents and the answer of the entire world.
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We have no the right to use animals as the subject for any researches or experimentations just as we do not have the right to experiment on humans without their consent. We should respect the right of all species just as we respects the right of all people. We should pitch in with the work against animal testing and stand up for animal rights, for the animals tortured and yelled behind laboratory doors just as we stand up for our own right. Like Sri Aurobindo said, “Life is life – whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.”
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With modern technology that we have created these days, animal testing is really an unreliable, unscientific and unnecessary experimentation. Nowadays, we have plenty of alternatives which have a much higher percentage of success than animal testing. Instead of animal testing, we can use human cell culture systems; instead of animal testing, we can use computer mathematical models; instead of animal testing, we can use artificial human skin and eyes that mimic the body’s natural properties.
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Tina Date: 11/29/2011 Animals should not Be Used for Medical Testing Nowadays, animals are used for medical testing which is hurtful and not necessary. Tens of millions of animals are used each year in federally and privately funded experiments. Do animals feel the same pain that human feel? How do we know that other humans feel pain? We all know that we ourselves can feel pain. We know this from the direct experience of stubbing toe on a chair, or having finger slammed in a drawer.
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Vivisection is defined as “cutting while still alive”; it is more commonly used today that is performed on animals especially. Charles River Breeding Laboratories, a company owned by Bausch and Lomb, provides 40-50% of the animals used in experiments of laboratories (Mercy For Animals). Medicine testing on animals is inaccurate and does not benefit humans at all. Every single day in a year, animals including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, rats, hamsters, rhesus monkeys, and cattle are commonly used for vivisection. Animals are innocent!
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They are organisms that have the rights to existence and to be respected by humans. They are not prey for vivisection in the laboratories. Vivisection is unethical. Furthermore, testing on animals is unreliable. Human rarely think about the opposite side of their experiments. New drugs can pass safety on animals but this does not mean that human can use these drugs safely because animals and humans do not get the same diseases. Animals’ cells are so different from humans’ cells. For example, Opren drug caused 3500 people to suffer serious side effects including damage to skin, eyes, liver, and kidneys (Tachell).
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Thalidomide caused about 10,000 birth defects worldwide (CAAT), and Clioquinol caused 30,000 cases of blindness and paralysis and thousands of death (CAAT). Conversely, many drugs that are beneficial to humans are dangerous to animals. Penicillin, which is an antibiotic to humans, kills guinea pigs. Aspirin causes birth defects in rats, mice, monkeys, but it does not harm in humans any way. In the last 15-20 years, it has been estimated that animal testing has decreased 30-50% due to the reduction and replacement techniques (Tachell).
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The most common alternatives that are used today are: in-vitro tests, computer software, and even human “clinical tests. ” Human have to understand that this planet is not only ours, but the animals as well. Albert Einstein once said, “Our task must be free ourselves…By widening our circle of comparison to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. ” (CAAT) The means of living a healthy and fulfilled life is to embrace and respect all life on this planet. The animals cannot tell the scientist that they do not want to be tested on, but we can.
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Animal testing is cruel and inhuman! It is morally wrong to toture animals for our own benefit. Over 3 million animals have been tormented all in the name of research. It has been found that only 5-25% of side effects caused by medicines are accurately predicted. This leads me to wonder what is actually being gained by animal experimentation. It’s bad science! The Food and Drug Administration reported that 92 out of every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail on humans, making it wasteful.
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In recent years there has been the recognition that animals rarely serve as good models for the human body. Animal experiments prolong the suffering of people waiting for effective cures by misleading experimenters and squandering precious money, time, and resources that could have been spent on human-relevant research. “In the name of science”, animal experiments globally are around 100 million experiments each year. Cats, dogs, rabbits, mice and other animals, no different to those we have as pets, are used in experiments.
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Animals are force-fed harmful substances, infected with lethal viruses, subjected to brain damage, heart attacks, stokes, cancers and ultimately killed. Several cosmetic tests commonly performed on mice, rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs include:skin and eye irritation tests where chemicals are rubbed on shaved skin or dripped into the eyes without any pain relief. repeated force-feeding studies that last weeks or months, to look for signs of general illness or specific health hazards.
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Beyond pain, there is also persuasive evidence that animals, in particular mammals and birds, have thoughts, intentions, and memories. This means they can be harmed by confinement, frustration, fear, isolation, and loss of life – experiences unavoidable for animals confined in Laboratories and used in experiments. The measurement of stress hormones, and presence of ulcers, immune suppression, abnormal behavior and brain dysfunction in laboratory animals, provide further evidence that animals commonly used in labs do suffer pain and distress.
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Some people claim that because animals do not have duties or responsibilities in the way humans do, they are not deserving of the same protection. However, some humans have no responsibilities or duties, such as babies, the mentally ill, or very infirm, yet they are not stripped of their rights in this way. Indeed, such individuals are usually considered more deserving of protection, not less. Others argue that the potential benefit to human society justifies experiments on animals.
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However this argument is a slippery slope, as this reasoning would also justify experiments on a few non-consenting humans for the ultimate benefit of human society — a clearly unethical scenario. “If we didn’t use animals, we’d have to test new drugs on people. ” The fact is that we already do test new drugs on people. No matter how many animal tests are undertaken, someone will always be the first human to be tested on. Because animal tests are so unreliable, they make those human trials all the more risky.
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What I have to wonder is why do we test on animals, or feel the need to have people volunteer for something potential dangerous with its unknown side effects when we have child molesters, rapists, and murderers in prison who are catered to three meals a day? I believe we should enact instead of animal testing, (which has been proven to be highly ineffective) testing on convicted criminals on death row, or prisoners looking to cut down some time in exchange for experimentation and observation.
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Animal testing perhaps is one of the most contentious issues of modern science. Researchers try out on them for various purposes, including the fundamental study on the functioning of organisms, the establishment of potential methods for treating human diseases, as well as testing for the safety and quality of drugs, devices and other objects. Supporters of animal tests point to a huge progress in medicine. Antagonists consider them cruel and meaningless because the consequences of observations are not always suitable for humans.
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In the world, more than 150 million experimental animals die per year. The main part is used in medical sphere when probation pills and new ways of treatment. It is accounted for 26% of all probations on solid fields like military or space activity. 8% of animals are killed in tests for toxicity in the development of cosmetics, industrial compounds, etc. In student trials, 1% of all laboratory creatures perish. Is there an option to such procedures?
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Thus, a human with own ingenuity could long ago reduce the requirement to use animals without harming his/her health and well-being. People’s diseases should be viewed from a common perspective. The study of genuine reasons is more useful and promising that more and more trials on defenseless pets. Numerous investigations of patients in clinics and healthy persons showed an influence of lifestyle on the origin and course of various illnesses. It was clearly demonstrated that maladies of our civilization are caused mainly by smoking, alcohol abuse, fatty and rich in meat products, stress, insufficient physical exertion, and other factors. So, in order to study such important elements, no animal should suffer and die.
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Animal testing is a phrase that most people have heard but are perhaps still unsure of exactly what is involved. Whether it is referred to as animal testing, animal experimentation or animal research, it means the experimentation carried out on animals. Experimental animal testing has been one of the highest debated issues for many years. Animal testing is used for numerous products and applications. Everything from toiletries to medications has likely been tested on animals at some point prior to their distribution (Murnaghan).
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Animal testing can be conducted anywhere from a university to a military defense establishment, wherever there is a need for testing a product. Products to be tested will range from cosmetics to pesticides and anything in-between. Animal testing has been around for over 500 years, since the early 17th century, though testing for cosmetic purposes did not start until the 1930s. Animal testing has been highly debated for many years for whether it is moral, ethical, humane, right, wrong, just, fair, etcetera.