Should the Animals Be Used for Scientific Research?
Abstract
This research paper discusses the opposition side of my chosen topic “Should the animals be used for scientific research”. It will evidently elucidate why it is malicious for the animals to be used as scientific research. Animals cannot be compared to humans when it comes to finding out what product or drug is competent for human to use, because animals and humans have different hormones. It is also been proven with the drug thalidomide, that even though it has been tested on thousands of animals it was not a good alternative for human choose.
Should the animals be used for scientific research?
According to American Anti-Vivisection Society 100 million animals are used every year in the United States as models in biological and medical research to study human disease, injury, development, psychology, and anatomy and physiology (AAVS, 2010). Animals undergo tremendous cruelty in these studies. Animals should not have to tolerate unnecessary pain and torture that they can avoid. Even though it has always been known that the animals are what scientists and researchers use to test new products that we use, they should find a better alternative to test products.
First of all animals and humans are very different so the results that the tests have on the animals are usually different that those of a human. An FDA drug assessment states, “Over half of all new medications the FDA approved in a decade were recalled or relabeled because of side effects not observed in animal experiments. Only nine percent of products that are tested on animals actually make it to the market. Plus $12 billion are spent every year on animal testing, which should be given to a better cause. In my opinion animals have the right to live as much as humans do. Plus it is illegal for people to abuse animals so why isn’t it yet illegal for scientists to use animals for testing that will result in harming the animal or death? Statistics show that fifty percent of these animals to die two
This research paper discusses the opposition side of my chosen topic “Should the animals be used for scientific research”. It will evidently elucidate why it is malicious for the animals to be used as scientific research. Animals cannot be compared to humans when it comes to finding out what product or drug is competent for human to use, because animals and humans have different hormones. It is also been proven with the drug thalidomide, that even though it has been tested on thousands of animals it was not a good alternative for human choose.
Should the animals be used for scientific research?
According to American Anti-Vivisection Society 100 million animals are used every year in the United States as models in biological and medical research to study human disease, injury, development, psychology, and anatomy and physiology (AAVS, 2010). Animals undergo tremendous cruelty in these studies. Animals should not have to tolerate unnecessary pain and torture that they can avoid. Even though it has always been known that the animals are what scientists and researchers use to test new products that we use, they should find a better alternative to test products.
First of all animals and humans are very different so the results that the tests have on the animals are usually different that those of a human. An FDA drug assessment states, “Over half of all new medications the FDA approved in a decade were recalled or relabeled because of side effects not observed in animal experiments. Only nine percent of products that are tested on animals actually make it to the market. Plus $12 billion are spent every year on animal testing, which should be given to a better cause. In my opinion animals have the right to live as much as humans do. Plus it is illegal for people to abuse animals so why isn’t it yet illegal for scientists to use animals for testing that will result in harming the animal or death? Statistics show that fifty percent of these animals to die two
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