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In 2012, cardiovascular diseases alone killed 17.5 million people. If such diseases are capable of killing this amount of lives, how do our kind survive? Humans have no distinct qualities that they could use in nature. The only redeeming quality they have is their complex brains. Throughout history, starting from the homo sapiens during the Stone Age, humans have survive through the tools they create. Through the tools and technology they perfected and employed, they are able to prolong their life. One of the fields humans have succeeded is the medical field, and it is partly because of using our animal friends in our experiments that mankind has survive till now. Without sacrificing animals, such medicines like insulin treatments wouldn’t …show more content…

Their moralistic belief that harming a living creature is sinful. They reason that even though the scale difference between humans and animals are obvious the audacity to kill another living organism would go against their morals and religion. Humans can speak and reason; however, animals cannot. These people even imply that the questions “Can they reason?” or “Can they talk?” are not the valid questions to ask, but the question “Can they suffer?” is the valid question to ask. Animals do suffer. They feel pain (Source B), but is that really the point to stop animal testing? Animals do feel pain in a biological perspective; however, animals and humans do not think alike, feel alike, or experience alike. This proves that humans and animals are not on the same scale (Source …show more content…

In the United Kingdom alone, the animals used in scientific research are mostly mice, which accounts sixty-seven percent of all animals used in research, and the least were reptiles/amphibians, which consist of less than one percent, followed by other mammals, which consist of three percent (Source C). Scientists are reasonable enough to use mice for experiments because these animals can reproduce quickly, have a short lifespan, and coincidentally resemble humans in terms of genetic, biological and behavior characteristics. Many people are conflicted between both sides. They have their moral beliefs that hurting another creature is sinful and evil yet also know that without the sacrifice, the current medical technology would probably take a long time to reach like now. These people are wise enough to create a third choice: to restrict the number of animals for research purposes [For example, the use of 2,000,000 mice for research purpose per year is acceptable or excluding mammals of the higher animal pyramid for animal testing] (Source

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The only reason that it is acceptable to harm, kill, or experiment on animals is if it fulfills an essential human need. If experimenting on this animal will help cure a disease then it is acceptable. However there is a limitation to that. If the animal is in unnecessary pain and suffering than there is no excuse and it is wrong in the eyes of this religion. The animal cannot be in any pain that is deemed unnecessary and cannot be in any discomfort that is not required to help the essential human

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In Rollin's article, he states "there is no evidence, either empirical or conceptual, that they have the capability to weigh future benefits or possibilities against current misery" (Rollin 1,2). Even if this reasoning is accurate, animals should not have to withstand misery in any circumstance because torment is inhumane, whether valuing the future or not. In conclusion, animals should have the ability to live their lives in peace rather than being confined to a heinous workshop. The sick, twisted minds of selfish buffoons in the outside world only consider the benefits of medical progress for humans, which is evidently barely measurable, instead of contemplating the significance of the virtuous creatures' lives. The recognition of alternative systems in this field must be brought upon the minds of contorted scientists.

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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.

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Animals can suffer like humans do, so it is speciesism to experiment on them instead of human. In animal experiments, animals can be burned, cut, mutilated, poisoned, turned into drug addicts or alcoholics, given diseases such as cancer or arthritis, crippled, blinded, starved, and brain damaged. Most of the time the animals are denied painkiller, for fear of affect on the experiment. The quality of life “ checklist” for an animal lists; hygiene, active/mobility, happiness or mental status, general behavior patterns,hydration, appetite, and pain. Out of these seven descriptions for an animal's quality of life one to two of them are met.

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If animals feel pain the same way humans do, why do we test on them, but reject the idea of testing on other people? The simple fact is, animal testing, no matter what it’s for, is inhumane. The case of animal testing is either overlooked or not being pushed hard enough. The controversy surrounding animal testing includes; the harming done to the animals’, supplementary forms that could/ should replace almost all animal testing, and why we shouldn’t use animals to test drugs because they differ from us genetically. Using companion animals to test our medical differences is completely absurd.

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Welfare, as defined by the Cambridge dictionary, can be seen in terms of “physical and mental health and happiness”, while priority, as defined by the Oxford dictionary, is "the fact or condition of being regarded or treated as more important than others”. The ethics of human welfare taking priority over animal welfare has long been debated. Although as a human, it is natural to prioritise human welfare over animal welfare, but in my opinion, it should not be supported. To justify my stand, I will be examining animal testing in labs, emotions of animals, and the use of animals in products.

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Did you know a lot of animals are killed in America from animal testing? Animals get tested for products that humans use and most of the time animals suffer or even die. Also using animals shows people from other parts of the world that Americans are cruel. Animals testing should not be allowed, because it hurts and kills animals. Animal tests are more expensive than different methods.

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“Over eighteen million animals are used in research and experimentation in the United State” ( Lubinski 4). Some people truly do not think animals should be used for medical testing. Animals are medically tested to find cures for human diseases or to make sure chemical products are safe to be around humans. But while being tested, animals are harmed, given diseases, and even killed by the chemicals without a say in doing so. Even though animals are a different species they still are living and should be respected.

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Since animal testing is cruel, inhumane, and alternative testing methods now exist, we should discontinue animal testing once and for all. For these reasons, animals should not be used in research or to test the safety of human products. To begin with, animal testing is cruel, inhumane and it violates animals’ rights. The USDA reported that in 2016, 71,370 animals suffered pain during experiments while being given no anesthesia at all for relief.

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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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“The UK consumes over 300 times more fish each year than the total number of animals used in medical research each year” people believe that animal testing is cruel, but where would we be without it? Cancer, asthma, and the flu are all common diseases between mice and us humans. People say virtual reality is an option but computers don’t know everything. Imagine if surgeries were not perfected on animals, we would have a high chance of losing our loved ones. If we want to get our cherished family members and friends out of the hospital and feeling healthy again we must let our scientists experiment on animals to find new cures, and vaccines.

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