Should Animals Be Used for Research?

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There are several types of animals being used for research, but not surviving the test. Animals are similar to human beings; they have hearts just like human beings. Researchers have absolutely no sympathy for these animals, including the vicious ones. All animals need some type of affection from humans, or else there is a high possibility the animals will not survive. Personally, animal researching should be banned, but doing so, the researchers would have to find something else or someone else to test the products on to make sure the products are useable to humans.
The reasons for animal researching are understandable and could change a person’s decision whether or not they would want to ban animal testing. Scientific knowledge is needed to determine if the product is a decent way to treat a disease. Different species are studied to show the similarities and differences of the way the skin or animal will react, although mostly simple animals are studied. The nervous or immune systems, the most complex systems, are usually studied by using the same functions as used in all animals. Animals are also used as models to understand disease. A lot of animals suffer from the same diseases and defects as humans such as cancer, emphysema, and many more. The website states “Recent advances in genetic technology have allowed the development of transgenic animals, which have new genes inserted into their DNA, allowing them to develop human diseases which do not naturally affect them”. This means the researchers mean no harm to the animals; they are just trying to figure out what is best for humans. Researchers try their best to develop potential forms of treatment. Many diagnostic tools were tested on animals and would not be useful to h...

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... but if researcher did not test animals, they would have to test humans. Overall, animals should be used for testing, but the researcher should be smart enough to use some type of pain reliever or anesthesia on them. .("Animal Testing." ProCon.org. N.p., 1 20 2014. Web. 29 Jan 2014. .)

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.("Animal Testing." ProCon.org. N.p., 1 20 2014. Web. 29 Jan 2014. .)
("Animals Used in Research." American Anti-Vivisection Society. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan 2014.
("Animal Testing." ProCon.org. N.p., 1 20 2014. Web. 29 Jan 2014. .)
(“Why Animals are Used." AnimalResearch.Info. N.p.. Web. 29 Jan 2014. .)

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