Benefits Of Xenotransplantation

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Animal rights pertain to the right to live untampered with and free. This is not to be confused with believing animals are of an equal status with humans; however, they do deserve to be given the luxury to live freely as humans do. Killing and experimenting on animals by taking their fur for clothing, flesh for food, and lives for entertainment or research strips the animal of its dignity and happiness. To refute the popular belief that animals do not feel and understand in the way a human does, suffering is a universal feeling that all living creatures feel. Laws put in place to protect animals are only significant for protecting from unnecessary uses. Therefore, as long as a situation is presented the plan may be carried out. Animals are …show more content…

The process of exchanging organs from one species to another is referred to as xenotransplantation. Unfortunately, this process rarely has any benefits nor is it successful for the recipient because many patients have died as a result. Xenotransplantation is desirable because when successful it can be a large money making industry. One example of a failed xenotransplantation was Baby Fae who received a heart from a baboon. The Baby Fae experiment was conducted by Dr. Leonard Bailey, violating medical law. The baby was born with a heart defect that the doctor intended to fix with xenotransplantation; yet her illness already had a cure. The transplant was unsuccessful due to baboon hearts being unable to reach the size of a human's meaning Baby Fae died (Roleff …show more content…

According to PETA, “...95 percent of mice bred for these cruel experiments don’t carry the desired gene, they’re typically killed right after birth”(“Animal Experimentation up 73 percent…” 1). Inside lab walls there are no limits as to what can be done to the animals. Testing includes but is not limited to breeding animals but separating babies from mothers after birth, electric shocking, blinding, and starving. Now not only are animals being put through physically painful traumas, but they are also having their senses taken away from them. U.S. University researchers have conducted stress experiments which have led to similar effects in humans. The animals are put under severe stress as they are shocked and forced to fight for survival in the next test. Others are suspended from body parts or held still for prolonged periods of time instilling fear and anxiety into the animal as they are immobile(“Animal in Science/ Research”

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