Since 2000, around 16 million in government funds have gone to Wayne State University, or WSU, for animal research, specifically for experiments that use dogs to attempt to simulate or replicate cardiovascular conditions in humans. However, Wayne State’s methods of research have concerned Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who aims to file a lawsuit against WSU. These dogs are used to simulate cardiovascular conditions. For example, “The dogs have the blood flow to their kidneys obstructed to create hypertension.”
In the medical science world, scientists have many ways to find cures for diseases or to figure out if one product is safe for the general public. Animal experimentation, the most common method, is a very inhumane way of testing out certain experiments. In some labs, scientists try and compensate the animals by giving them sort of treatment after experiments. Surprisingly some scientists fail to realize that common primates used in testing have the same sensitivity as humans, they might aswell be testing on humans. Jeory, the author of the article, quotes Dr. Goodall saying; “I can state categorically that they have a similar capacity for suffering, both mental and physical, and show similar emotions to many of ours”.
Although experimenting with animals has advanced what people know about the world today, there are now new methods that do not involve experimenting on animals. According to the article “About Animal Experimentation” by Humane Society International, “Human genome and birth of functional genomics, the explosive growth of computer power and computational biology, and high speed robot automation of cell based screening systems has sparked quite a revolution in biology…predictions regarding human safety and risk are potentially more relevant to people in the real world than animal tests.” (About Animal Experimentation). Methods such as computer biology, genomics, and more have resulted from people trying to find other ways to test for what they
Animal testing goes as far back to greek philosophers such as Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) and Erasistratus (304 – 258 BC). Whom once performed testing on animals to advance behavior of something or who aspired to alter brain activity. However there was scientists such as Galen (129 – 199 / 217 AD), who used animals in order to attempt to improve various human activity within the body. Specifically focusing on cures and treatment for those who don't have them. Later, Ibn Zuhr began to use animal testing to benefit humans in which he would perform surgeries on them to ensure that the procedures would not harm humans.
Testing, experimenting, assessing, and scrutinizing are apart of the procedures that harmless animals are put through every day in order to benefit the human life. What makes torturing animals with chemicals considered a good thing? Animals involved in testing include: rats, rabbits, hamsters, cats and dogs. Imagine a household pet, such as a cat or dog, being put against their will placed in chemicals with no good reasoning? Whether or not you’re human, living creature still deserve to be treated respectfully and fairly, and based on the percentages and experiments being placed on animals; there is no respect or fairness given.
Testing on animals can cause animals to die because of the chemicals that are used. “The U.S law allows animal testing to be allowed, and the law says that is good for animals
New studies are being published on the ethical failings of researchers to adequately represent data in a variety of contexts. This could have serious implications for the veracity of certain information germane to deliberations on whether or not studies should progress to the next stage, among other things. One new American study, for example, has found that placebo groups are used often in clinical trials despite a lack of appropriate guidelines for how they can be used, and the study shows how problematic that is. Meanwhile, a German and Canadian study is showing what is perhaps an even bigger deal, which is that inadequacies in the designs of animal studies as well as insufficient reporting of said studies are proving to be a circumvention
With the questionable accuracy of animal experimentation to answer the questions, we have about the human body system the next question that is asked is whether animal experimentation is necessary. The main reason animal experimentation is questioned on its necessity is because scientists all over the world have developed alternatives. A different type of alternative mentioned was cellular tests. Cellular tests are experiments that measure white blood cell response to chemicals and medical substances which can take the place of rabbit injections (Ask).
Between animal rights activists and the scientists themselves, testing on animals has been a debatable subject for many years. Animal activists are known for being hard headed defenders for the rights of the friendly creatures on the planet, but the scientists believe in using the rodents for research purposes such as finding treatments and cures for genetic diseases and disorders. Thanks to the test subjects, scientists were able to find cures or treatments for breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, leukemia, and different types of sclerosis. Disorders and diseases like these are inherited, when genes pass from parents to their offspring.
all of the sick individuals that it helps because the act of utilizing non-humans in research does the most good for the most people (Lyons, 2001). Protesters are also considered stakeholders due to the fact that they are usually advocating animal sentience and their rights to live naturally, and not in a laboratory setting. Typically, protestors often have an issue concerning this dilemma due to their own ignorance. Unfortunately, this ignorance usually centers on misinformation obtained from the internet, their own imaginations, and the fact that they do not believe that animal research is necessary. Due to their position of ignorance, a protestor cannot present fair scientific data unless they have actually experienced the animal research
Did you know that research from "Cruelty Free International" and Dr Haden Trust say that at least 115,000,000 animals are possibly used in labs/experiments each year worldwide? That is one reason why I think that testing products on animals is horrible, and should be illegal everywhere. Where is testing on animals illegal? The article "Cosmetics Animal Testing Has Been Banned in These Amazing Places" (onegreenplanet.org) states that it is illegal to test on animals in the EU, Norway, Israel, and India. But some countries that are considering banning it are the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Animal testing is the use of animals in a rarity of experiments use by universities, pharmaceutical companies, medical institutes, agricultural industry and military establishments. The reasons that human test on animals rather than on humans is that ethical consideration restrict the use of humans as subject for testing and the World Medical Association Decoration of Helsinki states that human trials should be preceded by animal trials. Animals are also appropriate subjects and models to test and research on as they share similar body systems to humans, where Chimps share 99% of their DNA with human and mice are98% genetically similar to humans. All species of mammals are the descendants of a common ancestor, and have the same set of organs
Animal experimentation is used by most researchers in the United States, and products need to pass numerous tests on animals before they are approved by the FDA. This is why many animals are used in an experiment; Almost 12,000 animals are used in almost 50 tests for a single pesticide. Is this really necessary? Although testing on animals can protects humans from dangerous products, animal experimentation is not necessary because too many animals die, many tests animals pass fail on humans, and thousands of animals are being tortured. First, too many animals end up dying from being experimented on.
Animal research, a debate for animal rights. Several experts believe the idea valid to debate, while numerous deem the idea absurd. Richard L. Cupp Jr., professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law, states in his article,¨Animal Cruelty Laws Don't Depend on Animal Rights,¨ that,¨ Rather than focusing on rights for cats and dogs, we should focus on human moral responsibility.¨ People are arguing that we should give animals personhood. ¨Biomedical researchers must study laboratory animals to discover new medicines and therapies, and deem them safe and effective,¨ says Frankie Trull, president of the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR). She says this, stating that without animal research, there would be no cure for
So, even if they cannot complain or scream during and after laboratory tests, they still feel pain. Moreover, sometimes animals are killed after the experiment if they had not died during it. Just in the United States more than 100 million of animals are killed yearly for research purposes (1). It is a huge number that in the end will lead to the extinction of animals. Thus, animal testing must be banned.
