Animal testing has been a moral issue among Americans for many years, and even today, the United States is still at about sixty eight percent of those who do support this testing. This number is down from 2008, where about seventy five percent claimed to support animal testing, which shows a change in our moral stance on the issue. But is this bandwagon the right one to support? Animal testing has continuously been proven to be more humane than ever before, so not only are protecting the safety of humans, we are making strides in supporting the safety of the animals in general. It also provides insight into diseases and helps scientists develop and test potential treatments, and furthers advances our knowledge and scientific understanding. …show more content…
These methods will prevent human deaths and will make for new learning curves in the advancing field of science medicine. A 2011 poll of nearly 1,000 biomedical scientists conducted by the science journal Nature found that more than 90% "agreed that the use of animals in research is essential." Testing on these animals has also been dramatically reduced by the use of computer modulations and testing through high tech programming, but can we trust this new route? Many say that if we can do it all on computers, that testing on animals should become permanently banned, but how safe is that alternative when it comes time to using these methods on humans? To most, not at all, computer models can only be reliable if accurate information gleaned from animal research is used to build the models in the first place. Therefore, even the most powerful supercomputers are unable to accurately simulate the workings of complex organs such as the brain. Computer testing relies on accurate information from animal testing, so how can you rule out animal testing entirely? There are other alternative tests like EpiDerm, but these tests still require animal testing to be accurate, without animal testing you would be unable to create safe products and treatments, possibly harming