The first reason animal testing should be allowed is because animal testing has provided life-saving cures and treatments for decades. The California Biomedical Research Association states that nearly every medical breakthrough in the last 100 years has involved animal testing. For example, animal …show more content…
We know that animals have rights to protect them from mistreatments, however they are still not human. Human life has a higher value and worth than animal life. No animal possess all of the characteristics to the same degree as the average human. If animals were viewed as equal to human than we would not be killing them for food, or using them for helping with farming and labor. Most of the companies that use animals for testing treat them with significant care and dignity. Animals that are being used for testing cost significantly more than animals for simple farming and therefore they are usually taken care of