Escobar 1 Roger Escobar English 100 Professor Lance Kayser 29 March 2014 Necessary Testing Without a doubt animals are important to humans and human treatment towards them has become a major issue in society in the last few decades. Animals have been mistreated by humans severely and animal cruelty has become a great topic and has gained much awareness in today's society, to the point where people have learned to treat their animals or pets better and to denounce when they see animal cruelty to the law. Animal Testing may seem just as bad for some people but it is necessary. Finding cures for diseases is a serious need for humanity and animal testing helps for that to become a reality. When it comes to finding a cure for a certain disease at times it may be difficult and really hard to develop, yet once found it must be tested before given to humans. The living organisms most similar to humans are animals and when it comes down to it some specific animals such as mice and chimpanzees have extremely similar DNA. Although it may seem inhumane ,it saves a lot of human lives once a breakthrough cure is found. That is the main reason why animal testing is important even though new ways of testing have risen that is one of the most trusted and secure ways to find out if the cure can be given to humans. Animals are put in danger but its for the benefit of saving and curing human lives. Animal Testing is practiced because animals are so much similar to humans. Animals are the living organisms which have some of the same needs and organs as human and at times they may be even suffering from the same diseases. Impressively mice and chimpanzees have similar DNA to that Escobar 2 of human being and they are 98 and 99% similar. 1These animals make it easier to be able to know if a cure can be given to humans because of the effects which may be brought on them because of the medicine may be the same reaction which humans may have. Animal testing has benefited humans over the last 100 years to the point where every almost medical breakthrough has risen due to the help of animal testing.“Animal research and testing has played a part in almost every medical breakthrough of the last century. It has saved hundreds of millions of lives worldwide...”– Former UK Home Office minister Joan Ryan. 2Countless diseases have been able to be cured because of it and has helped to make healthier lives for humans and being able to live past diseases which were simply lethal in the past and now the cure for feeling better is only a dosage of medicine away. The vaccine for polio was come across thanks to animal research ,insulin was discovered due to dogs having their pancreas removed .“Animal research has also contributed to major advances in understanding and treating conditions such as breast cancer, brain injury, childhood leukemia, cystic fibrosis, malaria, multiple sclerosis, tuberculosis, and many others, and was instrumental in the development of pacemakers, cardiac valve substitutes, and anesthetics”. 3These are all just amazing advancements in medicine and human life which have all come as a result of animal testing. Medicine being where it is today has reached that point thanks to animal testing countless cures and advancements towards treating and understanding a disease to the point where it has helped raise the years in human life expectancy. Even though computer and technology advancements have risen a computer can still not know all the possible effects a medicine can have on a living organism and they do not have the capability of knowing because the brain and other organs are so sophisticated.4 The Escobar 3 most reasonable way to come across a medical advancement without putting a human life in danger is animal testing. Animal testing is the most close to being accurate way to make advancements and find out the effects of a medicine and
are number of animals used for research, experimentation and testing. However, how many people will realize that there are thousand of animals’ research behind these medical outcomes. Almost every species of animals included hamsters, dogs, cats, and rabbits are used in human medical research. With the rapid development in medical field and human civilization, more and more people are concerned about a problem that whether or not animals should be used in medical research?
We use animals that are closely…
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Should animals be used in medical research?
Over the years, very large amount of animals has been tested and used for medical research in Australia. Some people say animals should not be used for research and some say they should be used for medical research. Animal medical research is the use of animals in scientific research. It helps them to understand diseases that afflict animals and humans. Animals are also used for experiments to test new treatments for animal and human disease…
Using animals in research and to test the safety of products has been a topic of heated debate for decades. According to data collected by F. Barbara Orlans for her book, In the Name of Science: Issues in Responsible Animal Experimentation, sixty percent of all animals used in testing are used in biomedical research and product-safety testing (62). People have different feelings for animals; many look upon animals as companions while others view animals as a means for advancing medical techniques…
Animal Testing
“According to the US-based Foundation for 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.” (Kristina Cook 2006). There are so many drugs have been made possible through the research done on animals. Animal testing made great benefits on human life and medical research, not only on the length of our lives but also the quality of our lives. This essay will provide some examples…
over 100 million animals are burned, crippled, poisoned and abused in the U.S every year (“11 Facts about Animals"). It is important because animals shouldn’t be tested so we could have a new kind of makeup, perfume, soap, or lotion.The value of knowing about animal testing is necessary because if you care about animals, then you would want to know what’s hurting them. The U.S. government should not allow animal testing.
People don’t realize what testing products on the animal do to them. People…
Ethical Dilemma
One ethical dilemma retained my attention. We saw briefly during class a subject regarding animal testing for medical purposes.
Should be allowed to test medical purposes on animal rather than human being?
From Wikipedia, in the United Kingdom there are approximately 45-70 millions cats and 40 millions dogs. It is also estimated that 3,000 cats and dogs are born every day and 4,000 rats every hour (derelictlondon.com). In other words, I would rather say that if one dies spontaneously…
year, over 26 million animals are used for scientific and commercial testing in the USA. Animal research is nothing new, we do it since at least 500 BC. But only since the 1960s and 1970s this topic created a heated debate between animal activists and animal test supporters. Many protests took place in the last years and on result is that since 2009, animal testing for cosmetics is illegal in Europe. Animal testing should be illegal all around the world! Testing on animals is cruel, immoral, and…
2014
English 1301
Dr. Lopez
Animal Testing
“Every day in countries around the world, animals are fighting for their lives, these are mutilated and confined to tiny cages so that we can kill them in outdated product tests for cosmetics, personal-care products, and household-cleaning products. These animals are burned, blinded, poisoned, electrocuted, strangled, and tested on all in the name of “science”’ stated by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (1). Animals are abused and mistreated on…
What is animal testing? Animal testing is using an animal to try out a substance before it goes on the market for human use.
Why do we do it? We use animals to test on as there are more species of animal than human, therefor they are good models for diseases, so we can take the disease from a poorly animal test on a healthy animal (of the same species) to then find a cure.
What are ethics? Moral principles that determine how a person sees what is right or wrong.
Opinions on animal testing? Many people…
Animal Experimentation : Is It Wrong To Experiment On Animals?
There is an ongoing battle between animal rights activists and scientific researchers on the topic of Animal Experimentation. A scientific researcher, Gina Solomon, said, “While we would prefer not to sacrifice a single laboratory rat, we believe that the sacrifice is warranted to protect our children and future generations.” These experiments on animals are needed for the greater good. Animal experimentation is essential for the discovery…
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