Why Animal Testing Should Not Be Banned

Although alternatives like vitro methods (testing on human cell and tissue) and silico models (computer-modeling techniques) have been introduced, the government still preferably uses animal experimentation - this needs to end. Animal testing should be stopped because it’s expensive, unreliable, and unethical. Imagine how many lives could be saved if we took appropriate measures against this injustice. 16 billion American tax dollars are funded each year toward animal experimentation. To spend this vast amount of money is ludicrous, especially because there are other methods that companies could use that are cheaper, more effective, and don’t risk the life of animals.

Drugs used to prevent and treat cancer HIV diagnosis and other serious conditions have all been tested on animals first the animal rights puts a stop on such research, risking the lives of humans in the process. Reduce risk on human

Animal Ethics- Pro Animal Research There is a large number of people who would disagree with the statement that “Animal testing is very beneficial” but what these people don’t realize is that without animal testing we wouldn’t have all the medical advancements that we have today. Animal testing has made a huge impact on our daily lives and will affect our future to come. According to Alec Baldwin, “One cannot be ‘single issue’ when it comes to medical research.” Baldwin’s mother is apart of the Breast Cancer Research Fund, she stated that “This year, approximately 182,800 women in the United States will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and approximately 40,800 women will die from breast cancer.”

Yes, it has helped find cures for other diseases, but there are way too many other ways to do it without harm to anybody or anything. This is important to notice by reason of many animals are killed and tortured for unnecessary reasons. Start making a difference by using non animal tested

Procon.org reads, “If vaccines were not tested on animals, millions of animals would have died from rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, infectious hepatitis virus, tetanus, anthrax, and canine parvovirus.” The main debate over testing on animals is that people want the animals’ well being to be taken care of. It is understandable that some will sympathize with them however, if their goal was to keep an animal healthy then the best option would be to let the animal be tested on so that it can be cured. Taking away animal testing will also take away an animal’s last option in surviving. There is an argument that the animals will not be taken care of because they must go through inhumane acts in order to be tested and they would never benefit from testing.

According to the article,”  Animal testing has also been instrumental in saving endangered species from extinction, including the Black Footed Ferret, the California Condor and the Tamarins Of Brazil”(5).  Not only can animal testing help humans, it can also help the scarcity of certain species of animals.  Animal testing is a two in one.  “ If vaccines weren't tested on animals, millions of animal would have died from rabies, distemper, feline leukemia, and anthrax” (5).  

This constant fail can cause many negative effects of the host animal due to the number of stillborn that occur. The animals that do survive die a painful death within the first few weeks of living. The European Parliament has issued a proposal to ban animal cloning in Europe, and to also ban the importation of cloned animals from other countries due to the negative impacts that cloning is having on the animals (EP Wants Animal Cloning Ban Extended to Offspring and Import, 2015). Another issue regarding animal welfare is the fact that many animals come out having a variety of health problems from oversized heads, kidney issues, twisted limbs and repertory diseases. These deformities are rarely seen on animals who were born naturally, compared to the large amount of cloned animals who are born with these deformities (Polejaeva, et al., 2013).

Animal Experimentation for Medical Development The use of animals for medical research has been around for centuries, it is not a new concept and there is a deep passion for and against this practice. This topic intertwines a great deal of emotion and facts, which takes solid evidence to distinguish between the two. There is the scientific view and the view of ordinary people who challenge the morality of animal experimentation.

If some countries have come up with the idea to take care of animals and have made even groups and organizations against animal abuse why do, they inhumanly abuse animals for testing. Experimental tests on animals its something unessential, and what if results are erroneous and in animals works perfect and on human results badly. As well, we know that the human body its pretty similar to an animal's body. Some doctors say that animal testing can slow down he results for a research or for a product.

Also drugs and vaccines applied on animals fail on human clinical trails. However, Animal testing plays a vital role in a great medical advances and participate in many life-saving cures and treatments in last few centuries. Animal testing plays an important and effective role in both human health and veterinary as well . Firstly, for human health ,

The practice of using animals for biomedical research is severely being criticized from Animal protection and animals rights group. For example, drug fiascos have occurred, such as the diethylene glycol (DEG) use in 1937. This substance was poisonous for humans, but was still used in flavors of taste. And this ended up with more than one hundred people in death. After this incident, a law was passed that the drugs were only to be used on animals first to be marketed!

The closest body structure we have to the human body is an animal, so it is logical to keep testing on animals, considering the fact that scientists have been doing so for years. If animal testing was to be banned then all scientists can really use is human cells, but over the years it hasn’t been proven to help find cures as much as animals already do. Human cells can be useful but don’t allow scientists to get a test on the central nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system, those being the humans most important parts of the body, where in animals they can. In fact, there are a variety of animals that are considered to be like humans. Such as, elephants, chimps, monkeys, dolphins and even octopuses.

The discovery of over 160 drugs and vaccines (Sun n.p.) has been through the use of animal testing. “Some other medical advancements that have been discovered through animal testing include penicillin, blood transfusions, insulin (that controls blood sugar levels of diabetics), kidney transplants, and vaccines for polio and meningitis (Sun n.p.). ” Almost every medical breakthrough has come from testing on animals. The polio vaccination, from the polio diseased, has reduced tremendously over the years due to animal testing.

According to my research, animals has been in used for scientific testing early as 500 B.C. Scientist use animals purposely for medical treatment, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human use, and other biomedical, commercial, and healthcare uses (Animal Testing, 4). It is estimated that over 26 million animals are used yearly in the U.S for scientific testing or other purpose. The reason why animals testing is so important for scientist and ultimately human race is because, animals testing allow the progress of life saving treatment for humans and animals. Second profound reason is, there no alternative means of conducting research that requires a complete living organism. The useage of animals

Animals must be used when ethical considerations prevent the use of a human subject. Even animals themselves have benefited from animal testing. If vaccines were not tested on animals, then millions of animals would die from rabies, feline leukemia, tetanus, canine parvo virus, and infectious hepatitis virus. While animal testing can of