Animal Testing Animal testing began when William Harvey used animals 400 years ago to find out how blood circulated through the body. The "modern" era of animal research however started about 150 years ago with the rise of physiology as a science. It was very different back then. There were no anesthetics or effective painkillers, so the animals suffered a great deal, as did patients. Scientists learned that putting animals, or humans through that type of torture was inhumane. Consider having to have a leg amputated, which was not uncommon in those days due to the fact that infections got very severe without the use of antibiotics, without even so much as an anesthetic to control the pain. Now the treatment is there to help the pain, so neither human nor animal has to go through the excess undue strain. Through all the new medical technology still there will be people who disagree with animal testing. Animal testing provides many benefits that looked over most of the time. One of the most common questions is, “why are animals used in research?” The answer to that question can be broken down into three separate categories. The first reason for animal testing is to advance in scientific understanding. The likelihood of achieving the significant advances we have today in scientific understanding or the prevention and treatment of diseases is very low without the use of animal testing. Through the testing researchers are able to find out problems in humans and even in other animals. Another reason the testing is used is because it develops solutions to medical problems. More than half the animals that have been tested on have succeeded in finding a cure for the human race. The third is to protect the safety of people, animals ... ... middle of paper ... ...an ape with a tube in its skull than it is to unite behind a defenseless woman. It is important and even very crucial that such people as disabled people defend animal testing. For example we can return to both the medical and social conditions of what are now thankfully in the past. Doesn’t it make more sense for one to test on chimps before people? In the past, disabled people were used as medical guinea pigs. Call me an animal-hating barbarian, but I would rather use animals than my fellow mental types. (Newsweek 2005) In all, animal testing helps research science. Animal rights activists can argue their points until the end, yet in a matter of their life or their families lives, more than half of them would have to contest and say that they would rather have an animal be tested for something before their family member. It is done in humane ways and is reliable.
The first pro to animal testing is that it has helped us create lifesaving cures and treatments. The California Biomedical Research Association released a statement saying almost every single medical breakthrough has resulted in the direct use of animals in the last 100 years. Can you believe this? Taking out dogs pancreases helped us discover insulin, chimpanzees helped us get a vaccine for Hepatitis B, and even the polio vaccine was tested on animals. Animal testing has also helped us treat and understand conditions like brain injury, breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, childhood leukemia, tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis, malaria, and many others. It even helped us develop anesthetics, pacemakers, and cardiac value substitutes. Almost every cure for any condition is due to animal testing. Without animal testing, we may not have been able to find many of these cures and find cures for other conditions in the future.
Which means that feeling may be the last decisive moment in whether a person believes the advantages of animal testing outweigh the problems connected with this practice. Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. Many of us bought our favorite “pets” at pet shops, had guinea pigs, and kept beautiful birds in cages. We wore wool and silk, ate at McDonald’s burgers, and fished. We never consider the impact of these action on the animals involved.
This topic may be one of the most ever argued, but I feel that the only argument against animal testing that people use is, “No, please, animal testing can kill all of the animals, it’s cruel, it’s inhumane, and you’re a terrible human being.” Okay, Of course this isn’t untrue, but like I said, animal testing can bring many benefits. For example, animal testing has led to the founding of many life-saving cures and treatments. According to the US-based Foundation 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. From antibio...
Animal testing has been used for developing and researching cures for medical conditions. For example, the polio vaccine, chemotherapy for cancer, insulin treatment for diabetes, organ transplants and blood transfusions are just some of the important advances that have come from research on animals (“Animal Testing”). Consuming animals for research benefits in developing various treatments and also benefits in discovery better methods for cures. According to the article “Animal Testing”, it says that the underlying rationale for the use of animal testing is that living organisms provide interactive, dynamic systems that scientists can observe and manipulate in order to understand normal and pathological functioning as well as the effectiveness of medical interventions. It relies on the physiological and anatomical similarities between humans and other animals (MacClellan, Joel). Meaning that animals have the same body components and features as humans and is the best thing to research on to better understand the human development. Even though several argue that animal testing is harming the animals, one has to think back to all the benefits that has come from it. There may be a little remorse for endangering animal lives, but realizing how far medicine has come makes it worth the while.
Animal testing has been around for many years. Animal testing is pretty much conducted anywhere and is used for many different things. There have been many positive outcomes like cures or treatments for illnesses. Although there have been many benefits, the consequences of the animals still is a leading
To begin, without the sacrifice of the animals we do test on, many people would die. Animal testing is how many disease cures are found. Scientists have found out how to treat diabetes, smallpox, measles, and many other cures by animal testing. Many surgeries have been perfected by animal research. These medical advances also help other animals with. ...
In short animal testing saves lives. Animal testing helps find causes, and cures of disease, genetic defects, birth defects, and abnormalities.
During years, animals have been scientifically used to experiment with the purpose of testing medicines, to develop new cures and to support the scientific advancements. Animal testing is needed to preserve human life. Is why experimentation for medical purposes should be carried out, instead of scientists performing dangerous test in humans.
“According to Humane Society International, animals used in experiments are commonly subjected to force feeding, forced inhalation, food and water deprivation, prolonged periods of physical restraint, the infliction of burns and other wounds to study the healing process, the infliction of pain to study its effects and remedies, and "killing by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, decapitation, or other means.”(Peta). Have you ever wondered if a product you own was safe to use? Did you know that millions of animals are tested on each year for the daily products you use? According to Peta, around 26 million animals are tested each year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human use, and other biomedical, commercial, and healthcare uses (Peta). Animals are harmed or sometimes even killed in this process. Animals are not the same as humans, therefore; the testing done on Animals is not helping our human society, it’s hurting the animals. There are alternative ways to performing testing rather than testing on animals.
Many have false perceptions of what animal testing really is and does. Scientists are using our animals to test the safety of products such as drugs, cosmetics, household cleaners, food additives, and pharmaceuticals, but are not keeping these creatures safe while doing this (Humane, 1). It is not a simple blood test that is then taken into the lab and studied, it is a much more lengthy and gruesome process. This type of treatment to the animals does not put them in the right condition to be used for scientific data. There are few people who actually know how harmful animal testing is. Animals suffer just like humans do, just because
Animal testing saves so many human lives by the simplest research that doesn’t harm animals but helps them also. Animal testing consist of new chemicals, pesticides, consumer products, drugs, medical devices, vaccines and many other products. Some americans refuse to donate enough organs to help save lives so testing animals finds way to help saves lives. Animal research has saved and improved millions of animals and people. Today’s medicine we got from animal testing. Without animal testing we wouldn’t have a better understanding of disease and the way the body works. Also it has contributed to many medical advances today. Everyone has probably benefited from vaccines and antibiotics to prevent and treat infections. Lately research are tackling
Animal testing can actually help people and other animals. Animal research has played a big part of the last 100 years for humans and animal health. For example here are some things that hey have done blood transfusions, dialysis, organ-transplantation, vaccinations to chemotherapy, bypass surgery and joint replacement and these have been with research of animals and their health.
Animal testing has also allowed for the advancement in the medical field for organ transplants and knee and hip replacement, both of which have provided a better quality of life for the recipient. Because animals are a lot like humans, their reactions are very similar. This is one of the main reasons animal testing is still being done. Animals and humans have the same organ system and suffer from similar diseases such as, cancer, TB, flu and asthma. Those in favor of this cause typically are ones who have been in a situation where animal testing could have changed the outcome of their problem. The majority of surveys on this topic show this to be
Many laboratories do not explain the importance of animal testing to the public. The public is often left in the dark about the animal testing and leaves many questions unanswered. Animal research testing must be explained to the public. Maybe in the future research laboratories will not have to use animal testing for science or humans. But for right now research laboratories have to use animals for testing for science and human
Doctors, nurses, animal care personnel, veterinarians, farmers, conservation managers, teachers, zoo keepers and others engaged in animal-related activities all benefit in animal research to broaden their knowledge. Testing is done as a check on the safety of new drugs or substances for human or animal use, and to check whether new batches of drugs and other agents like vaccines work. There is a legal requirement to test how safe and effective chemicals, drugs and other agents are before they can be sold.