Hundreds of millions of animals die every year from animal testing in the United States. Innocent animals are used everyday in laboratories for biology advancements, medical training, curiosity-driven experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic testing. They are used to provide information to make better products that are safe for human use. Although animal experimentation has some benefits, the negatives outweigh the positives. Animal testing is killing off innocent beings for possible human benefit, and with modern technology there are alternative ways to test products that leave animals unharmed. All over the world people continue to conduct tests on animals. Due to the minimum standards given, there is very little regulation …show more content…
They were created by Russel and Burch in 1959. The three R’s are reduction, refinement, and replacement. In her essay “Testing Chemical Safety: What Is Needed to Ensure the Widespread Application of Non- animal Approaches?” Natalie Burden describes the effects of the three R’s principles when explained “Since then, there have been increasing requirements for scientists using animals in their daily work to consider and incorporate these guiding principles into their research. A recent surge in initiatives from various organizations around the world is helping to create an environment in which the consideration and application of the 3Rs is becoming more widespread” (2). With the spread of these three principles, animal testing could eventually be vanished. Reduction is the first of the three R’s; without reducing the number of animals used in laboratories, there will be no change. Researchers also need to refine with what they can do during their studies. With low regulation laws, refinement is needed to make a lasting change in these industries. Replacing animal experimentation is the best way to move forward in data and testing. Some studies show that animal testing isn’t all that relevant and that animals can react differently than a human would. Innocent creatures die everyday from experimental testing, we need to use the three R’s principles to make a lasting …show more content…
They believe that it is a lot better to test a product on an animal than testing it on a human because human lives come first. They believe that the possible benefits from animal testing outweigh the negatives. In his essay “The Potential of Adaptive Design in Animal Studies”, Arshad Majid describes the necessity of animal testing when he said “Clinical trials are the backbone of medical research, and are often the last step in the development of new therapies for use in patients. Prior to human testing, however, preclinical studies using animal subjects are usually performed in order to provide initial data on the safety and effectiveness of prospective treatments” (1). He explains how animal testing allows a product to be researched greater depths. Testing can show human medical advancements without putting a human in danger. He believes he use of animals for toxicology testing is necessary to ensure patient safety in developments. However, his ideas are wrong. The majority of medical experiments using animal testing fail. Also, there are alternative ways to test a product, it doesn’t have to be injected into an animal. As more information on animal testing is made public, more people are against it. In a time where many animals are decreasing in population, humans continue to unnecessarily kill millions of
Although not as strictly addressed, there is still a schism when it comes to the matters of experimentation involving animals. Those in opposition of it see it as being against the will of the animal, because animals have no say in the matter. However, through animal experimentation there has been vast medical advances in hospitals and veterinarians , research has led to cures for various diseases that would normally take many more years to cure, and the use of animals is highly ethical considering what could be the alternative, although there is progress being made to change these measures. This is how animal experimentation is of use to society for humans and animals.
Albert Sabin, the developer of the polio vaccine once said, “Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.” Polio is a deadly disease caused by a virus that spreads from person to person. This infectious disease renders the brain and spinal cord helpless while also ensuring a permanent case of paralysis to the victim. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “…13,000 to 20,000 para-lytic cases were reported annually,” before the 18th century. After the introduction of the polio vaccine, “…a total of 2,525 paralytic cases were reported, compared with 61 in 1965.” This dramatic decrease in the prominence of the polio disease can only be attributed to the success of animal testing. Animal experimentation is used in the research of genetics, drug testing, biology, toxicity testing, cosmetic testing, and many other fields. Despite all of its beneficial traits, animal testing has been wildly controversial over the past decades because of its perceived unethical treatment towards animals. Although animal testing may be deemed unethical by many, it is a form of medical testing that has not only saved lives but has also greatly revolutionized the medical world.
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Over 100 Million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in testing labs every year. Animals are used to test the safety of products, advance scientific research, and develop models to study disease and to develop new medical treatments, all for the sake of mankind. Animals should not be used for scientific research because animal testing is inhumane, other testing methods now exist, and animals are very different from human beings. While animal testing has led to many life-saving cures, animal testing is cruel and inhumane because it involves inflicting pain and harm on the test subject to study its effects and remedies. Testing involves physically restraining, force-feeding, and depriving animals of food and water.
Throughout history, beginning as early as 500 BC, animals have been used to test products that will later be utilized by humans (“Animal Testing” 4), what isn’t publicly discussed is the way it will leave the animals after the process is done. Many innocent rabbits, monkeys, mice, and even popular pets such as dogs are harmed during the testing application of cosmetics, medicine, perfumes, and many other consumer products (Donaldson 2). Nevertheless, there are many people whom support the scandal because "it is a legal requirement to carry out animal testing to ensure they are safe and effective” for human benefit (Drayson). The overall question here is should it even be an authorized form of experimentation in the United States, or anywhere else? The fact of the matter is that there are alternatives to remove animals out of the equation for good (“Alternatives” 1). They are cheaper, and less invasive than the maltreatment of the 26 million innocent animals that are subjected to the heartlessness of testing each year (“Animal Testing” 4). All in all, due to the harsh effects of animal testing, it should be treated as animal cruelty in today’s society.
Animal testing is a process that has been going on for centuries for numerous reasons, such as developing
At this moment, millions of animals know cold cages in laboratories as home, but why? Some of these animals are subjects for medical research purposes, while others are used out of pure curiosity and to test different products. Majority of these animals are used in painful experiments and are left in agony. While many of them die, a few animals survive, but these unfortunate ones wish they could be put out of their misery as well. Although scientists have resources they could use to lower the pain each animal endures and even alternatives of their test subjects, millions of innocent creatures are still suffering. The fact that animals are still used when animal experimentation is avoidable and not necessary makes animal testing unethical.
Today, millions of animals are being tested for the use of human products, causing them to fall ill and die, leaving them no choice but to be experimented on. Animal abuse can be more than what meets the eye. Specifically, animal testing is a form of animal abuse and usually ends in the death of a harmless animal. Some might say that there is no other way to test products, but due to the harm that is done and our advancements in science, animal testing should not be tolerated. Our advancements in science have enabled us to create other things that we can test on, instead of harming innocent animals.
Hundreds and millions of animals are killed everyday due to animal testing. The number of animal deaths in labs have halved since the 1970’s. An animal dies in a Canadian lab every 16 seconds! The contemporary scale of animal deaths due to animal testing is unacceptable! 17-22 million animals are tested on each year and at least half are put to death. 2.5 million animals are killed due to animal testing at the Great Britain Zoo every year. Animal testing essentially involves harming or killing the animals, every year so many innocent animals are put to death on behalf of our a...
Animal testing is one the most beyond cruelty against animals. It is estimated about 7 million innocent animals are electrocuted, blinded, scalded, force-fed chemicals, genetically manipulated, killed in the name of science. By private institutions, households products, cosmetics companies, government agencies, educational institutions and scientific centers. From the products we use every day, such as soap, make-up, furniture polish, cleaning products, and perfumes. Over 1 million dogs, cats, primates, sheep, hamsters and guinea pigs are used in labs each year. Of those, over 86,000 are dogs and cat. All companies are most likely to test on animals to make patients feel safe and are more likely to trust medicines if they know they have been tested on animals first (PETA, N.D, page 1). These tests are done only to protect companies from consumer lawsuits. Although it’s not quite true, Humans and animals don’t always react in the same way to drugs. In the UK an estimated 10,000 people are killed or severely disabled every year by unexpected reactions to drugs, all these drugs have passed animal tests. Animal testing is often unpredictable in how products will work on people. Some estimates say up to 92 percent of tests passed on animals failed when tried on humans (Procon.org, 2014, page 1). Animal testing can’t show all the potential uses for a drug. The test results are...
Every day, there are thousands of animals being tested on all over the world for the benefit of human beings. In response, due to moral objections, organizations like PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), and the HSUS (The Humane Society of the United States) have formed to protest against the use of animals and to find alternatives to testing on these creatures. Yet, the use of animals in the lab has led to many medical breakthroughs like the artificial heart and the smallpox vaccine, which have improved and/or lengthened the lives of individuals everywhere. Accordingly, a debate has arisen about the need for animal testing and whether it has a place in today’s world.
All over the world, people continue to conduct tests on animals. Due to the minimum standards given, there is very little regulation
The use of animals testing is to identify the major risks to humans of chemical, pesticides and cosmetics in laboratories. The numbers of animals that are used for research have increased in medical and chemical technology. Many of the experiences the animals go through during the scientific experiments have been a debating issue for decades. Animal experimentation is a very time consuming protocols and that requires a high cost. There are many alternatives proposed for animal testing that can potentially eliminate the process of using animals for testing. The alternatives for animal testing won’t put human lives at risk or halt medical progresses. Due to the innovation of technology and science animal testing are replaced in areas of neuroscience
Imagine your sweet cat locked in a cage inside a laboratory with other various animals. Millions of animals every year are locked up in labs for testing. Animals are used to test medications, cosmetics, biology lessons, and for medical training. Thousands of mice, rats, primates, cats, dogs, and other animals are used for testing. Most of these animals will die in cruel testing experiments. Animal testing is tortures to the animals, an unreliable option for medication, and there are better safer options for testing.
Animal testing is the act of conducting experiments using non-human animals to control variables in investigations. The variables may affect biological systems or behaviors in experiments. It is research done to test drugs, medicine, cosmetics, food additives and pesticides for the benefit of humanity.