are number of animals used for research, experimentation and testing. However, how many people will realize that there are thousand of animals’ research behind these medical outcomes. Almost every species of animals included hamsters, dogs, cats, and rabbits are used in human medical research. With the rapid development in medical field and human civilization, more and more people are concerned about a problem that whether or not animals should be used in medical research? We use animals that are closely
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assignment Term 3 Should animals be used in medical research? Over the years, very large amount of animals has been tested and used for medical research in Australia. Some people say animals should not be used for research and some say they should be used for medical research. Animal medical research is the use of animals in scientific research. It helps them to understand diseases that afflict animals and humans. Animals are also used for experiments to test new treatments for animal and human disease
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Using animals in research and to test the safety of products has been a topic of heated debate for decades. According to data collected by F. Barbara Orlans for her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, sixty percent of all animals used in testing are used in biomedical research and product-safety testing (62). People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques
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Animal Testing The relationship between humans and animals is an eternal topic. In ancient times, humans hunted animals for survival, not only for their flesh to eat but also for their fur to resist the freezing environment. Furthermore, in the process of civilization, people get inspired by animals and invent new things that totally changes human’s life. The contribution that animals make to human’s development of technology is tremendous and undeniable. However, when animals as experimental subjects
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How many of you have pets at home? Now, how would you feel if your pet was kept in a small cage without interaction with other animals? What if researchers shaved your pets fur off and then doused them with harsh chemicals to see if their skin will blister and burn? Or if you had a rabbit and chemicals were poured into his eyes to test the irritancy of the chemical? (Rhetorical Question). The chemicals burn like fire. (Simile). Remember that your rabbit does not have tear ducts and cannot wash the
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perform testing by using animals. The body is so complex that no other system can compare to it, even animals (Pycroft, Martson 1). Although animal testing brings more medical advancements, it practices cruel, inhumane behavior to animals. In order to fully understand animal testing it is important to know the background information, the treatment the animals are receiving from researchers, how research is unreliable when using living things, and the future animal testing holds. Animal testing is cruel
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Building on the fact that most lab animals that are not protected by law, it is possible for lab animals to receive unfair and inhumane treatments that can cause physical and mental damage. For instance, primates are often a popular choice of animals to be used in a psychological experiments because of its excellent cognitive and emotional abilities. However, the concerning issue is on average 53% of a primate’s life housed alone. (Conlee) Considering primates as part of the mammal family, social
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Animal Testing “According to the US-based Foundation for Biomedical Research, 'animal research has played a vital role in virtually every major medical advance of the last century - for both human and veterinary health.” (Kristina Cook 2006). There are so many drugs have been made possible through the research done on animals. Animal testing made great benefits on human life and medical research, not only on the length of our lives but also the quality of our lives. This essay will provide some examples
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Ethical Dilemma One ethical dilemma retained my attention. We saw briefly during class a subject regarding animal testing for medical purposes. Should be allowed to test medical purposes on animal rather than human being? From Wikipedia, in the United Kingdom there are approximately 45-70 millions cats and 40 millions dogs. It is also estimated that 3,000 cats and dogs are born every day and 4,000 rats every hour (derelictlondon.com). In other words, I would rather say that if one dies spontaneously
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2014 English 1301 Dr. Lopez Animal Testing “Every day in countries around the world, animals are fighting for their lives, these are mutilated and confined to tiny cages so that we can kill them in outdated product tests for cosmetics, personal-care products, and household-cleaning products. These animals are burned, blinded, poisoned, electrocuted, strangled, and tested on all in the name of “science”’ stated by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (1). Animals are abused and mistreated on
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Animal Experimentation : Is It Wrong To Experiment On Animals? There is an ongoing battle between animal rights activists and scientific researchers on the topic of Animal Experimentation. A scientific researcher, Gina Solomon, said, “While we would prefer not to sacrifice a single laboratory rat, we believe that the sacrifice is warranted to protect our children and future generations.” These experiments on animals are needed for the greater good. Animal experimentation is essential for the discovery
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million animals just in the United States alone are used for animal testing. Scientist will use animals to test a product or medicine that will be later on used by humans. But the acts being done on the animal during the testing is just cruel. Some people have different views and think it’s a good thing for the human safety, and others think it’s terrible and that their could be a better way of testing. Just incase you do not know what exactly animal testing is, I’ll explain. Animal testing is the
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Animal testing is inaccurate, a waste of time and money, and extremely inhumane. So, why do we continue to do it? First of all, it's inhumane and the results are often inaccurate. It also takes unnecessary time and money. It causes innocent animals to be lonely, fearful and in extreme pain. While some believe testing on animals finds us cures and helps save lives, that is incorrect, we have been able to cure cancer in mice for decades, yet people still die from it. This just proves that it is sadistic
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Alvarez English 1A 09/28/2012 Animal Testing Right or Wrong? The number of animals killed each year in the United States, is from 17 million to 70 million animals. Even though, the Animal Welfare Act states laboratories must report the number of animals used in experiments; mice, birds, and rats are not included in this number over all. According to the Society of Animals, these animals are used in 80 to 90 percent of all animal testing. Animal testing may not directly affect people
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tested on animals before it was given to you. Animal testing is a way for scientist to learn about the side effects that a drug will cause to humans if it is used. Animal testing began around the early 1860s, but did not gain popularity until the 1900s. For many years, there has been a debate on whether scientist should use animals for human subjects when testing for drugs. Although animal testing has advanced medical research, there are still ethical and moral issues that are evident. Animal testing
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The number of animals killed each year in the United States alone varies between 17 and 70 million. The Animal Welfare Act (ACA) states that laboratories must report the number of animals used in experiments; yet mice, birds, and rats are not included in this figure. These animals are used in 80 to 90 percent of all animal testing. Because of this, it is impossible to calculate the exact number of animals used in such experiments (PETA, 5). Animal testing might not directly affect ordinary people
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Animal testing has been going on for far too long. Whether it is to test a new cosmetic or develop another medication, scientists have used animals as a way of testing out new drugs and products before they are used on humans. Each year animals are blinded, force-fed, genetically altered, injured and more. They are kept in tiny, uncomfortable cages just to test something new. These innocent animals are hurt for science and the results might not even hold true for humans. While some may think that
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different ways. Issues related to animal experimentation are commonly debated in society, since each year lots of animals are hurt and killed in laboratories. Testing on animals is a very controversial topic. Some scientists see the benefits of testing on animals, but there are also some who see that testing chemicals on animals is not necessary since there are alternative methods. Many reasons can be explained behind the fact that animals are constantly used for testing. Isn’t cruel to harm helpless
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Animal Testing Every year, 20 million animals are mutilated, blinded, scalded, force fed chemicals, genetically manipulated, hurt and killed for research and science. Three fourths of these animals die for medical purposes and the rest are killed for tests on various products. Mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, cats, and other animals are used for these cruel tests. Animal testing first started in the 1800’s for creating vaccines for children. The animals they tested on were monkeys, mice,
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Each year, over 100 million animals are cruelly tested and prodded by drug companies. Most of these animals will die in laboratories.The animals at the heart of these wicked and immoral tests are not just mice; dogs, cats, and guinea pigs are all involved in the practice. Drug companies that test their medicines on animals before humans are endangering humans and wasting billions of taxpayers money every year. Although it is true that animal testing can lead to new, life saving treatments to be found
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Everyone wants to be a millionaire right? So imagine, if you were given 1 dollar, starting now, for every animal that is tested on in a U.S. Lab. You would be a millionaire within 4 days. That means that 3 animals are poisoned, crippled and jailed in a Lab every second. Mice, rabbits, pigs, hamsters and even cats and dogs are born and live the rest of their lonely, painful lives in a cage. Animal testing, or vivisection as it is also known, is wrong for a multitude of reasons, and I am personally completely
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Animal experimentation is one way to test products and different medicines before it is used on humans. People continue to believe that these animals are improving research and making an impact on the tests being performed and the information that is being gathered from it. Animal experimentation can be extremely harmful and have a major effect on the animals’ lives. Animals go through an extreme amount of physical and mental pain because of the research of scientists. Animal experimentation is
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March 2014 Necessary Testing Without a doubt animals are important to humans and human treatment towards them has become a major issue in society in the last few decades. Animals have been mistreated by humans severely and animal cruelty has become a great topic and has gained much awareness in today's society, to the point where people have learned to treat their animals or pets better and to denounce when they see animal cruelty to the law. Animal Testing may seem just as bad for some
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lottery. One hundred million years ago the world was in the Cretaceous time period. One hundred million is the number of animals that are killed a year from animal testing. Animal testing has occurred since at least 500 BC. Animal testing is cruel to the animals, also animal testing is not reliable for many reasons, and in the end not all the drugs are approved. Animal testing is not the most reliable way to test new products or drugs. “In 1937, a pharmaceutical company created a preparation of
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For the past two thousand years, animals have had scientific experiments done on them. Whether those experiments are morally correct or not, humans still tend to do all types of experiments for many different reasons. People have a tendency to overlook the pain and suffering animals go though. When there are several other options to test, it shows how there is a lack of consideration to the animals. Animal testing should only be used in non-harmful experiments or when no other resources are available
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ENGL 1100 (11:00) Professor Bates 4/13/15 Alternatives to Animal Testing Right now, thousands of rats, mice, rabbits, dogs, cats, primates, and other animals are being used to test cosmetics, household cleaners, industrial and consumer products. These animals are poisoned, blinded, and suffer cruel deaths. Although animal testing delivers more medical advancement, people, groups, and organizations in America debate whether animal testing should be banned; more effective and modern measures have become available to replace
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Animal testing, is it really ok? Do you know what has happened to that lipstick you brought from the shop the other day? Well That’s right, it has been tested on an animals. Who knows if that animal died or survived? Not you. Is it ethical to be testing products on animals? There are many ups and downs for testing on animals. I am going to tell you about some of these and by the end of this, I hope you have thought about this matter and decided whether it is ethical to test on mankind’s best
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despite doing many experiments on animals to detect some cures for those dangerous diseases. The availability of animal testing has advanced medical research of health issues that have not been faced or identified in the past, as there are many undiscovered life-threatening diseases which could have been an act of nature or by accidental experiments. Furthermore, not knowing the source of diseases could make it harder for finding a cure. In spite of this, animal experiments have given medical researchers
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than 100 million animals are killed because of animal testing. They are used to find cures for diseases and commercials. Animals are used to find out how toxic medicines are to make sure that it’s safe on humans, but it harms and kills animals. Animals should not be used for scientific research because it violates animal rights, animal representations aren’t always right, and scientists can use different things to test on. First of all, animal testing violates animal rights. “Animals and people are
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Animal Testing or Animal Cruelty? It’s a fact that there are situations in which animal research is highly regulated, with laws in place to protect animals from mistreatment, The Animal Welfare Act does not cover rats, mice, fish, and birds, which comprise around 95% of the animals tested. After three dogs were forced to ingest an ibuprofen test substance every day for five days at Charles River Laboratories, they experienced vomiting, diarrhea, appetite loss, dehydration, and other severe symptoms
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