In this 21st century society, scientific research raises the question of ethics. One of these major issues would be the topic of animal testing. Many believe that animal testing is an awful way of measuring the effectiveness of cosmetics and cures for deadly diseases, but without it scientists would not have been able to find cures for diseases like Parkinson’s disease, malaria, smallpox and many other illnesses. Though it has cured countless diseases, lobbyists and protesters still find animal testing as cruel and immoral, questioning the morality of the scientists who do this. On the contrary, when looking at the analysis and ideals, animal testing for the good of humankind should be acknowledged by lobbyists, for one day they might need …show more content…
government passed the Animal Welfare Act. This act is used to regulate “the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers” (USDA). This act shows that the government is trying to protect the animals, but they are still giving scientists and corporations a leeway to test their products. If the government is allowing these tests to happen then animal research should not be protested. Also this act only protects certain species of animals, therefore allowing scientists and corporations to do as they please with mice, rats and birds. In the Animal Welfare Act or AWA, it states that “standards for specific species or groups of species” (USDA) must be met. Some of these animals held at these standards would be “cats and dogs, guinea pigs and hamsters, rabbits, nonhuman primates, marine mammals, and the general category of ‘other warm-blooded animals’”(USDA). This means that the government understands that animal testing is cruel for certain species, but it is still necessary to protect the lives of humans. Without animal testing, humanity may be jeopardized because there would be much less reliable tests done to make sure that these cures or products are