Animal testing is the use of animals for scientific and medical research purposes. Animal Research is very customary nowadays, and it became a common and an accepted means of testing by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The views of the public diverge greatly whether animal experimentation leads to medical breakthroughs or such progress is achievable by other means. The views depend on one’s own ethical and moral values and standards. Although many people believe that animal experimentation
Against Animal Experimentation Imagine having a headache and not having aspirin to take, or being diabetic and not being able to take certain types of insulin (Williams 3). It seems impossible that these drugs could be unavailable to humans, but they would not be attainable had scientists not tested these drugs on non-animal subjects. Contrary to what many people believe, testing drugs on animals often give defective results. “More than 205,000 new drugs are marketed worldwide every year, most
People believe that animal experimentation can be cruel and disgusting, but it is a very helpful task that needs to be done to test the outcomes of various medications. The history of animal testing dates back to the Greeks in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., with Aristotle and Erasistratus, who were among the first to preform experiments on living animals. It is estimated that more than 14 million rats and mice and 1.4 million other kinds of mammals are used in research each year. These experiments
Animal Testing “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” (Johnson). According to Mohandas Gandhi, the United States will never be a great nation unless they start treating animals the way that we want to be treated. The U.S. treats their animals like disposable laboratory equipment, because during experiments animals are tortured, killed, and tossed in the trash. Animal testing must be stopped because of the wasted money, cruelty to the animals
SHOULD ANIMALS BE USED FOR RESEARCH Animal testing in scientific and commercial research has a long and controversial history. Some industries for example, as cosmetic manufacturers and pharmaceutical research companies treat animals to test their new products. Animals like rabbits, rats, monkeys, and many more are experimented in the research testing. Animals are not only restricted to product testing, but also needed by biology students to study body function, body parts and practice surgeries
The pharmaceutical industry is a major contributor to the U.S. economy, especially the biopharmaceutical sector because it creates professional jobs. The industry also serves as the “foundation upon which one of the United States’ most dynamic innovation and business ecosystems is built,” according to the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice. In the paper the main focus will be PAREXEL International Corporation that is a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization that offers “a broad
Each year, thousands of animals are euthanized thanks to animal testing. Several people may argue that scientist are putting the lives of animals in danger by testing on them, on the other hand, is animal lives valued over human lives? By showing emotion there may be some guilt for harming the lives of animals, although puzzling over the percentage of human lives stay saved from animal testing doing all the research worthwhile. Should animal testing be banned? “Arguments against animal testing”
Knowledge has always been a parameter through which human progress has been measured, Knowledge could be an aspect gained from a fact or a situation present. The production of knowledge relies on different ways of knowing, sense perception, emotion, reason and language. The production of knowledge differs from each human being leading to acquiring of personal knowledge and contributing to the shared knowledge. Society also plays a role in influencing the production of knowledge through various judgments
"I can't imagine them living in a lab and being exposed to things that caused pain and harm," Fillman said. "The dogs in lab probably think the humans are helping them." Fillman received records of a dog purchased through Covance Research Products, a company criticized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Records show her dog was tested several times for different types of anesthesia. Dogs in laboratories are being bred on a large scale. These dogs were bred