Using animals to test the safety of products and to carry out scientific research has long been a contentious issue for decades. According to Orlans, F. Barbara (1993), “sixty percent of all the experimental animals were used in biomedical research and product-safety testing” (p.62). People seem to have different feelings for animals; many of them likely look upon animals as their soul mate whereas others might view animals as the essential resources for advancing the scientific research. No matter
Should animals be used for scientific or commercial testing? Animals should not be used for scientific and commercial testing because animal testing is cruel and inhumane, animals don't make good test subjects, and testing on animals is more expensive. ADD MORE. Animal testing is cruel and inhumane. During the process, some animals are forcefully fed, and some aren’t even fed at all. Some don’t even get water. If testing on monkeys, mice, and bunnies is ok then is it ok to test on household pets
But what about all of the scientific “discoveries” that did not help people at all? Once a negative discovery is made in the environment, it starts as a chain effect that begins to affect everything negatively. This also applies to discoveries in any field. Science doesn’t allow humans to advance in beneficial ways because technological advancements and medical research are causing threats to human existence, environmental issues are increasing, and animal testing and cloning ends up being harmful
United States alone an estimated 26 million animals are used annually for commercial and scientific use. Animals are being used to develop cosmetic products, medical treatments, biomedical researches, and used to check if a product is safe to be used by humans. Animal testing around the world should be banned because it is cruel towards the animals and causing extinction of different species. Animal testing, a scientific experiment performed on live animals that have to endure pain, suffering, and
millions of animals all over the world are used in scientific research. The purpose is to check how animals’ systems react to some of the chemicals used in producing drugs and cosmetics. Opponents of animal testing argue that it is completely immoral and inhumane to conduct any kinds of experiments on animals. They also claim that there are plenty of alternative methods of testing new chemical products without harming animals. However, proponents of animal testing claim that such kind of research helps
idea of testing on animals has been around for a long time, the modern controversy sparked in the late 1900’s with the Animal Welfare Act and the debate that followed it. Some may say that it is absurd to think that animals should have similar rights as humans, but opponents argue that animals simply look differently than humans, and should not be denied of their rights because of physical differences. They still have feelings and a sense of fear and community. Supporters also claim that animal testing
Animals are living creatures. They’re not a subjected for experiments. Using animals in scientific researches has been a topic of heated debate for decades. Selected people are pro in this test while others area con. People have different feelings for animals. Animals used as their companions while others view that animals are for scientific testing only. Several scientists only think how to making their test successfully without knowing that animal they use are being abused and maltreated. Not
Ethics of Animal Testing An animal’s life in a laboratory is a cold, unhappy and unhealthy way of living. So, lucky for Libby she was rescued just in time. Libby is a small dog that spent many of her years in an animal testing laboratory. She was kept in very unhealthy and filthy conditions. Although Libby was not an old dog when she was rescued, she had severe tooth decay and was terribly emaciated. Her body was desperately trying to fend of the parasitic hookworms and tapeworms that lived
Animals have contributed to the pursuit of scientific knowledge for centuries, but what is left out of this glorification of their use is that most of them died or suffered for that pursuit. One of the earliest documentations of animal testing took place in a place where human dissection was unacceptable, Ancient Greece. It is stated in Stephane Liou’s “The Ethics of Animal Experimentation” that from that time, the use of animals increased exponentially after humans continued the benefits of it (Liou)
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. People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques or furthering