The Surprising Pros of Animal Testing You Never Thought About
Animal testing has been a very controversial topic from the very beginning. The following write-up lists some of the pros of animal testing...
Across the globe, new products ranging from drugs for cancer, diabetes, and heart disease to cosmetic products such as soaps, shampoos, etc., are tested on animals. There are many questions regarding the ethics of using animals for testing. Because of this, several regulations have been put in place that evaluate and control animal testing in laboratories. It is believed that these regulations will ensure that research is carried out in a humane and ethical manner. However, these regulations are also under a lot of debate.
Pros of Animal Testing
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Even anesthesia, which is used to numb the body during surgery today, was successfully tested on animals first. It was essential to test it on animals so as to find out the effects on the body.
If you think human beings are the only living creatures that have benefited from animal testing, then you are mistaken. Heartworm medicine was a product of animal testing and has proved to save the lives of millions of dogs across the globe. Animal research has also provided better understanding of cat nutrition and the reasons behind the long life of cats. Several other animal drugs available today are the products of animal testing itself.
According to an article published on December 15, 2011 in the New York Times, "The National Institutes of Health on Thursday suspended all new grants for biomedical and behavioral research on chimpanzees and accepted the first uniform criteria for assessing the necessity of such research. Those guidelines require that the research be necessary for human health, and that there be no other way to accomplish