Introduction: Animal testing is one of the most interesting, discussed and controversial themes for debates, It is very questionable because of the people’s atttitude - if the animal testing is a good act and beneficial for people and should be supported or a negative act and should be banned. Of course that there are many different opinions to that and many of them are positive, but they still do not outweigh the negative aspects. In spite of this fact anyone does not have any rights to force animals to feel pain, suffering or multilating, because all animals have feelings and they can not defend themselves. What is an animal testing? An animal testing, also known as an animal experimentation or an animal research, is a very violent and hurtful …show more content…
According to information collected by Organization Cruelty Free International, animal experiments include: injecting or force-feeding animals with potentially harmful substances, exposing animals to radiation, surgically removing animals‘ organs or tissues to deliberately cause damage, forcing animals to inhale toxic gases or subjecting animals to frightening situations to create anxiety and depression (crueltyfreeinternational.org). In addition, animals are also used for testing fertilizers, pesticides, detergents, medical procedures and other inhumane procedures. In the past few years, surprisingly, animals are being used for …show more content…
They do not have any complaints against it and they actually try to keep it as it has been so far. These people act that way because in their view animals are just stupid and insignificant lower species than humans and this is the reason why animals do have no rights. But it must be admitted that thanks to animal testing many cures for serious ilnesses have been invented or improved. Animal experiments are a huge business for scientists, doctors, smugglers and many other people. Therefore, the situation is quite complicated. These people are not interested in limiting animal experiments, rather they try to keep everything as it is right now. Tom Regan, a professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University, cites: “Animals have a basic moral right to respectful treatment. This inherit value is not respected when animals are reduced to being mere tools in scientific experiment” (Regan,