Animals are an important part of our life, they provide us with food, clothing, companionship, and our healthy lives. Animals, for many centuries have been subject to the tests of man, but now there is a debate of whether animals should be used for these tests or not. Animals should be used for testing because they can be used in ways humans cannot, they themselves are the cures to some diseases, also animals as well as humans benefit from these tests.
People who argue that animals should not be tested have their reasons. They say that animal testing is cruel and inhumane, animals do not provide results that correctly depict human results, and they say that animal tests are more expensive than modern alternative methods. Scientists continually make advances that were unthought-of before. Nevertheless, these advances need to be validated in order to be implemented, and the only way to validate their findings is by conducting many trials and receiving positive results. An example is the testing of
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Without tests being carried out, millions of animals would have died. “The [MISMR] points out that use of animals in research benefits not only human medicine but also veterinary medicine” (“Research Animals”) curing diseases such as; Rabies, Distemper, Feline Leukemia, Infectious Hepatitis Virus, Tetanus, Anthrax, and Canine Polio. Not only have those illnesses been cured, but scientists have also developed treatments for animals. Scientists have successfully created pacemakers for heart attacks, in addition to remedies the for glaucoma and hip dysthymia. Another benefit that animals have from being subject to these tests is that animal testing has been instrumental in saving endangered species from extinction. The Black-footed Ferret, the California Condor, and the Tamarins of Brazil are few of the many animals that have been brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to animal