Animal Testing Research Paper

Animal testing should be discontinued because animals being tested by scientist, cosmetic product makers, students, teachers, or doctors, result with over one hundred million deaths every year. These animals include, but are not limited to, mice, rats, cats, dogs, frogs, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, monkeys, fish, and birds. The list of animals being tested could go on forever. They are killed from experimentation in laboratories for medical research, or chemical, drug, food, and cosmetic testing, biology lessons such as dissection, and some people just use animals for their curiosity driven experiments. People started testing on animals back when Aristotle was just starting out, this means animal testing has been going on for thousands …show more content…
“Virtually every major medical advance of the last century owes credit to animal models” (Schaffe pg.131) this quote is saying that most vaccines people owe from animal testing, but articles like these question whether the amount of knowledge gained by the student or scientist through such activity can justify the sacrifice of the living creatures. “Animal testing is valuable not only for solving health and medical problems for humans but also for solving such problems for other species of animals, such as farm animals and pets.”(Newton pg.108) this is why people continue to use animals for dissection to learn more about the anatomy of similar species DNA wise to humans and possibly help save many animals with testing on them. Any of the writers of the articles are arguing more and more that modern-day computer graphics in the biological sciences have become so advanced that animal dissections in the high school and college classrooms can no longer be justified. No responsible biologist would recommend the destruction of animal life, but the majority do not want to eliminate the dissection phase of their laboratory course. In a survey taken on animal dissection laboratories, most of the life-science instructors that were asked believed that the hands-on …show more content…
If anyone required hands on experience, it would be medical students, and even then some medical schools don’t allow their students in animal labs. “Animal testing is an unreliable biomedical procedure since the anatomy and physiological of test animals is likely to be very different from that of humans” (Newton pg.73) They realize that for manual and surgical skills, operating room experience is far more appropriate than animal labs. Dissection alternatives are also environmentally benign. Alternatives are also cost-effective. Though the initial purchase cost for the technology replacing dissection may exceed the price of one year's dissection specimens, alternatives can be reused almost indefinitely. According to one biological supply catalog, a dozen bullfrog specimens average $90. In a small school using only four dozen specimens per year (a total of 96 biology students), this would cost $360 per year - exceeding $1,000 in just three years. There are numerous permanent models and/or computer programs which can be purchased for less than $1,000. Another issue is the psychology of dissection. “Using animals in research for our own immediate needs and ends all too often results in animals being made “objects” instead of “subjects”, and as the objects they become expendable” (Fischer pg.137). We are teaching students that it is ok to disrespect life. Using

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