In the United States an estimated 26 million animals are used for testing each year. This includes both scientific and commercial uses. Animal testing is used for testing medical treatments, checking safety of products intended for human use, determine toxicity of medications, and numerous other commercial, biomedical, and health care issues. With testing there are many positives and negatives, however unfortunately neither side tips the scale to please everyone. There is no clear way to please scientists, citizens and government. But in the end its not about scientists, citizens or government, the real importance is in the animals being tested. Animal testing is wrong, inhumane and needs to change. With an incredible 26 million animals being used for testing each year, it is awful to hear the experiments are painful damaging and deadly. Proponents of animal testing intend for the average person to think if we do not continue animal testing, massive amounts of the sick and diseased will die. Fortunately this is propaganda intended to lure people away from the real problem.
Ray Creek, a board -certified doctor, explains how the use of these animals can hinder medical research. "The simplest explanation
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Mice are 98% genetically similar. Humans and all mammals derived from common ancestors and possess the same set of organs. They function in basically the same way, with the use of a blood stream and central nervous system. In Wrights et al.’s (2012) article “Zoobiquity” they review numerous diseases humans as well as animals can contract. According to the article, animals and humans are so biologically similar, they are susceptible to the same diseases and conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Thomas Hardung, a professor of evidence -based toxicology at John Hopkins University argues for alternatives in animal testing by simply stating, “we are not 70kg