1984 By George Orwell
The scientific community is for animal testing because they see it that it is better for animals to suffer than humans. Animals greatly advance human medicine which is enough to overlook and justify animal suffering. On the other hand, those who are against testing products on animals see it as cruel. Researchers induce pain on animals, sometimes without the use of anesthetics. However, there is also a grey area where some people support it only under certain circumstances. Despite differing opinions, both sides agree that animal suffering should be minimized (Murnaghan). In the book 1984, George Orwell explores the concept of dictatorship, by showing how the main character, Winston Smith's life is dictated by Big Brother. Big Brother is the government that monitors citizens’ every move. Everything including the food in this book is monitored by the government preventing the people from living life as they please. A similar concept can be seen in the real-world issue of animal experimentation, where animals lives are controlled
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In the late 1500s English physician William Harvey revolutionized physiology and relied on knowledge gathered from animal experiments to learn more about humans. Today, biomedical research throughout the U.S. has recorded using several million animal test subjects per year. Why are these numbers so high? One reason is because the Food and Drug Administration requires all new medicine in the United States to be tested on animals before moving on to human trials. Starting with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty in England in the early 1800s, animal rights groups have formed to fight for the ban against animal testing (Fellenz, Marc R). Today, there is the well known People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) which continues its efforts around the world to end animal testing and give animals a
In the late 1500s English physician William Harvey revolutionized physiology and relied on knowledge gathered from animal experiments to learn more about humans. Today, biomedical research throughout the U.S. has recorded using several million animal test subjects per year. Why are these numbers so high? One reason is because the Food and Drug Administration requires all new medicine in the United States to be tested on animals before moving on to human trials. Starting with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty in England in the early 1800s, animal rights groups have formed to fight for the ban against animal testing (Fellenz, Marc R). Today, there is the well known People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) which continues its efforts around the world to end animal testing and give animals a