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More than 100 million animals are killed in the United States each year due to scientific testing.(PETA) Animals are often used for product testing in labs. Yes, these tests can help science to progress, but it is an inhumane thing. These animals are defenseless, and it is cruel to put them through these processes. Scientists should not be allowed to test products on animals because it can harm animals, other methods can replace animals, and tests are not always accurate because animals are so different from humans. When scientists perform tests on animals, it often harms or possibly even kills them. Animals are commonly force fed, forced inhalation, deprived of food and water, burned, wounded, inflicted pain and killed.(Procon) To test some cosmetic products animals' eyes are held open with clips for days so they can not blink away the product.(Procon) These tests are all so humans can find their favorite hair or makeup brand. In 2010 alone 97,123 animals suffered from pain with no source of relief. The majority of animals used for experimentation are killed after the experiments. (Procon) Scientific testing on animals is inhumane. …show more content…

94% of drugs that pass animal testing fail when they are tested on humans. (Procon) These tests are proof that animals are bad models for human product testing. Using animal for experimentation is one of the most expensive ways to test products. (Procon) The United States spends more than $500 million on animal experiments. (Book/ OpenForDebate) There are computer models that can predict the toxicity of substances without the need for animal experiments. (Procon) They use virtual reconstructions of human molecular structures. Using an animal as a test subject is unnecessary with the new technology science

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The tests can be misleading. Some chemicals that are harmful to animals prove valuable when used by humans. In fact aspirin is dangerous for some animal species, but we use it all the time. Another drug Fk-506(tacrolimus) was almost cancelled because of animal test results. I don’t think we should use animals for testing because they may be close to our liking but their results can’t determine if a drug is safe or

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In the end animals are dying quicker due to these horrific ways and we should stop using animals to test

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Cancer research has been going on for years. Experts can now cure cancer in a mouse, but not in humans. Animal testing is said to be unreliable and wasteful. Majority of drugs fail on humans, even though it works on the animal that was tested on. There is about ninety-three life threatening drug side effects when taking medication and only nineteen percent of them could be found in animal testing.

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There are over 26 million animals being used for scientific and commercial testing each year in the United States. Animals are being used for developing medical treatments, checking the safety of a product, and seeing the toxicity of medication before human use. Animal testing has contributed to many life saving medications, however animal testing is inhumane and cruel. Animals used in testing are put in experiments where there is force feeding, food and water deprivation, the infliction of wounds, physical restraint, decapitation, and many other inhumane acts. Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the use of animals being used for scientific and commercial testing.

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Every year, around 100 million animals are killed due to animal testing. Research on animals has been around since at least 500 BC. Animals are tested on to help develop medical treatments, check the safety of products that will be used by humans, and for other types of research. During this research, these animals are tortured and killed. This has caused a lot of controversy throughout history.

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Pro animal testers claim that their research is highly regulated, with laws in place to protect animals from mistreatment. (Source 4) This statement is true but misleading at most. There are three main legislative documents and regulations for animal testing: The AWA, the “Three R’s” and The Guide, each of which must be followed in order to have a legal research facility. (Source4)

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Through animal testing, hundreds and thousands of animals suffer by being tortured, killed and mutilated. For exafmple, in the cosmetic industry, companies don't use anesthesia to animals because it costs money. Thus, animals suffer for their whole life if they do not die after the experiment. This is overly cruel and inhumane! Furthermore, certain kinds of research involving animal testing, involves subjecting creatures to what can be described as torture.

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Scientists simply use animals out of habit for already knowing how they may react to a product. It’s laziness on their part. Over several of the past years, groups of scientists who were supposedly against animal testing have developed alternatives to it, such as third dimensional human skin equivalents. Animal testing is just cheaper and easier to get ahold of. Over eight million animals a year are exposed to extremely painful experiments, for what gain?

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The U.S. drug industry invests $50 billion per year in animal testing related research, but the approval rate of new drugs is the same as it was 50 years ago. Dr. Jane Goodall touches on the topic of wasteful animal testing in the foreword to Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals, stating “I have a growing conviction that many animal data are not only obtained unethically, at huge cost in animal suffering, but are also unscientific, misleading, wasteful (in terms of dollars and effort) and may be actually harmful to humans.” Wasteful animal testing not only impacts the animals falling victim to the experiments but also humans, in a materialistic and possibly physical

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Animals have been frequently used over the years as experimentations. Animals are kept in cages inside a laboratory, waiting to be out and tested for a certain product. I believe animals shouldn’t be exposed to this ill-used type of level because technology has advanced and there can be other methods available for researchers. Animal cruelty is horrible because they experience pain and obviously have feelings too. Each year an estimated twenty-six million animals are victimized for scientific or commercial testing.

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First of all alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals. “In vitro (in glass) testing, such as studying cell cultures in a petri dish, can produce more relevant results than animal testing because human cells can “(Kara Rogers). This shows how we can use human cells for scientific testing and we don’t need to use animals for testing. “Computer models, such as virtual reconstructions of human

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An alternative to animal testing would be vitro testing.” Studying cell cultures in a petri dish, can produce more relevant results than animal testing” (Should Animals be used for scientific research or commercial testing) If there are less hurtful and more productive ways to get better results than animal testing there should be no need to hurt these innocent living beings. Scientist kill animals daily when the results might not even be as reliable as if it is done in a petri dish. “Virtual reconstruction of human molecular structures, can predict the toxicity of substances without invasive experiments on animals” (Should Animals be used for scientific research or commercial testing).

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This topic of testing and experimentation on animals is one that I feel strongly about. I am a large supporter animal rights - not just by viewing the practise of experimentation and testing on animals as unethical. Animals have no voice, and do not have the advanced ways of protecting themselves against dangers that we as humans have. I place great value on animal lives, so to me, abusing an animal is almost like abusing a person who cannot fight back or stand up for themselves (such as the elderly, people with disabilities, or children). I have a hard time feeling any sort of sympathy for someone who gets punished for treating animals in any way less than a person should be treated.

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“More than 100 million animals suffer and die in the U.S. every year in cruel chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics tests as well as in medical training exercises and curiosity-driven medical experiments at universities.” according to PETA (2017). This is such a horrible numbers of animals suffering and deaths due to animal testing. Animal testing is an experiment that accomplished on animals. People keep using animal for cosmetic,medical and scientific test,which harm animals seriously.

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Every year, millions of animals were suffering or killed due to scientific research. Some animal rights groups suggest that we should ban animal experiments because use animals for experimentation is cruel and animals should have the same right of living as human beings. A report from U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that more than 100 million animals are killed in U.S. laboratories for biology lessons, medical experimentation, and chemical, drug, food, and cosmetics testing. There are some other people believe that the death of animals will help and save millions of human lives. Personally I believe that the experimentation on animals for scientific and medical should not be stopped.

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