Testing on animals ; some people believe that this is harmful. Testing on animals whether it's medicine, food, or anything it is not harmful. If testing on rats it will not hurt their species . This is because the birth rate is 22-26 days and 6-13 pups per litter. I am pro animal testing because animals repopulate In the wild and in captivity so,testing won't hurt.
Animals are or needed for testing in order to keep humans out of harm's way. Using animals prevents people from dying and could save more depending on the medicine being tested. Animals must be used in cases when ethical considerations prevent the use of human subjects. When testing medicines for potential toxicity, the lives of human volunteers should not be put in
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The United States eats 9 billion chickens, 150 cattle, pigs, and sheep a year but only 26 million for testing and 95% are fish, birds, and rodents. This show the economy does much more damage to the animals eating them . We eat more than 1,800 times the number of pigs than the number used in research, and we consume more than 340 chickens for every research animal. The amount of animals for testing is a relatively small price to pay compared to the amount eaten. The opposing side would like to say that the animals are treated inhuman and cruelly. This is a lie the scientists have to treat the animals humanely so that the test are reliable . The research animals are cared for by veterinarians, husbandry specialists, and animal health technicians to ensure their well-being and more accurate test. Also the scientists can not treat animals in a inhuman or cruel manner or will be fined or arrested for animal abuse. The scientists have to treat all the test subject humanely because if not and someone gets hurt or dies the scientists will be responsible for the accident.
Testing upon animals saves humans from having To volunteer to be tested on and possibly die from the drugs. When using animals I won't matter because compared to how many animals we kill for food the test are a small