Imagine that you are locked inside a small room without any control of your life. You are told on what to eat, how you spend your time, and when to reproduce. You are told to try new experiments on yourself or when you are going to die. Using animals in research to test products or medicine is a topic brought to the public’s attention. While some may think that animals should have their own right to live, others do not care for the suffering and pain the animals go through to get a result for a test. Animals shouldn’t be used for researching the safety of products or medicine.
The pain and suffering that animals experience when locked up to take tests for medicine is not worth the possible benefits for humans. Animals feel and express pain the same way humans do; by screaming and
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In a public opinion on the morality of medical testing on animals in May 2006 shows that 61% of the public believes it is morally acceptable, 7% believes it depends on the situation, and only 32% think that is is morally wrong. (Public Opinion on Mortality) The fact is that we already do test new drugs on people. No matter how many animal tests are undertaken, someone will always be the first human to be tested on. Because animal tests are so unreliable, they make those human trials all the more risky. (Animal Testing par. 6) Sheila Silcock, a research consultant for the RSPCA, states: "Animals may themselves be the beneficiaries of animal experiments. But the value we place on the quality of their lives is determined by their perceived value to humans". While animal testing may produce positive results, the same product or drug may not have similar result, causing different side effects for different species. Making human’s lives better should not be a justification for harming and torturing animals. We should see animals with the same value we have for other human