Animal testing is defined as the use of non-human animals in research and development projects, for purposes of determining the safety of substances such as foods or drugs. (Dictionary, 2013) Animal testing/research was first majorly noted during the late nineteenth when Louis Pasteur administered anthrax to sheep and showed the importance of vaccines with his germ theory. (Murnaghan, 2010) Animal testing over the years has provided us with crucial information in regards to the development of medicines
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different laws to in order to prevent animal abuse. Although they exist, they are not strict enough to thoroughly prevent cruelty. In the State of New York, unnecessary pain towards animals has been reduced by a anti-cruelty laws (State of New York 1). Although these laws exist, many tend to not include animal testing as a result of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Jerrold Tannenbaum is a professor at the UC Davis School. According to Tannenbaum, animals are commonly classified as property
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Animals are routinely severed, poisoned, starved and confined for weeks at times all for the well-being of humans. Sadly, the number of advances found through animal testing is remarkably faint compared to the number of living organisms being persecuted in the process. Animal testing is used to assess the safety and effectiveness of everything from cosmetics to medication, as well as understanding how the human body works. Animal testing is brutally inhumane, and unreliable especially considering
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Topic: Animal testing is unjust and unnecessary. I. Ineffective a. Results don’t apply to humans 1. 92% tested drugs fail phase 1 human clinical trial 2. Cured cancer in mice – no cure for humans 3. Barbiturates for stroke effective for animals – not for humans 4. HIV/AIDS vaccines effective for all 85 monkeys – not for humans 5. Nimodipine no effect on cats and baboons – effect on humans b. Animals hard to predict 1. Difficult to show headache, amnesia, nausea, depression, allergies
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Animal Testing: Death by Cosmetics Makeup trends are changing every season, but something that is not changing is the fact that perfectly healthy animals are dying every day. In many parts of the world, animals are having chemicals shoved down their throats, dripped into their eyes, or dropped onto their shaved skin. They are sitting in dark, cold cages just waiting for the day where it becomes banned all across the world as chemicals sink into their skin and damage them for life. Cats and dogs
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these products tested?” You could be supporting animal cruelty without even be aware of it. The majority of the medications that we are provided with today have been tested on animals before being introduced onto the market . Using animals in scientific research has forever since been a controversial topic for heated debates. Despite the fact that we often benefit from successful animal experimentation, the pain and death that hundreds of millions of animals are suffering from are not worth the welfare
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do we use animals to be tested on? Is it ethical or unethical? Many animals are used every year to test on human products, medications, and possible cures for diseases. These animals range from anywhere from rats to dogs and cats. Some tests are to help other animals as well, but are these test necessary and do we benefit from them? In the Journal essay I will discuss the benefits of animal testing and I will also discuss the downside of animal testing. When animals are used for testing cures and
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Myresearch About 30 million other animals. Animal experimentation by scientists can be cruel and unjust, but at the same time it can provide long term benefits for humanity. Animals used in research and experiments have been going on for 2,000 years and keep is going strong. It is a widely debated about topic all over the world. Some say it is inhuman while others say it's for the good of human kind. There are many different reasons why people perform experiments and why others total disagree with
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day as scientists don’t even care if the animal is suffering. Animal testing should be banned because we don’t need the next eyeliner and we have a different body system than animals. Claim: My claim is that we should not do animal testing. First Argument: The first reason why is that they kill animals just to have the next medicine,soap, and food ingredient. My first piece of evidence: Right now there are millions of animals such as dogs, cats, rats, mice, and primates
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Exploitation of Animals: Rats and human ethics In the field of science and technology, the last decade has proven to be the most successful time period. Advancements in the field of science, such as Genetic engineering, has made human life easier. But, the critics in this field has raised many questions regarding ethical, environmental, economical, and social dilemmas. Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of animals used for technological research, and many animal extremists around
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