Introduction Over 100 million animals are killed during experimentation for medical purposes each year, in the US alone. (PETA 2018). The animals killed for the purpose of animals are not merely mice and rabbits, but can even by cats and dogs that many consider to be loyal pets. Animal testing is used to test the safety and effectiveness of millions of drugs around the world. It has been a growing issue over the past several decades, because many believe that animal testing is very unethical and should not be permitted, while others argue that the benefits of the information discovered as a result of animal testing outweigh the cons. According to Kim Masters Evans, who is who is an author of many scientific works, such as Animal Rights, studies …show more content…
Animal testing, is prohibited, would completely alter the current medical field, but the question at hand is whether that change would be positive or negative. This leads to the research question, should animal testing be permitted for animal research in the United States? After extensive research, it is clear that animal testing should not be permitted for medical research in the United States, because it is unethical to put the animals through so much suffering, unreliable in many cases, and very …show more content…
According to C. Ray and Jean Greek, the experimentation of animals also takes a lot of time away from useful medicines that could be reaching millions of people in need. Many drugs that would be beneficial to humans have negative effects in animals, so they have to go through more extensive testing, or are even denied as usable (Greek, Greek 2004). During the time of this testing, the medicine could be in pharmacies across the nation, where people in need would have easy access to it. Holden, Burgos, and the Greeks all provide insight to the valuable resources thrown down the drain because of the practice of animal