Animal Testing and Experimentation

Paper Summary:

This paper presents arguments against animal testing and contends that there are alternatives such as test tube experimentation of human tissue cultures. The writer believes it is unethical to put animals through torture and suffering so that scientists can develop drugs that may not benefit us and might cause a delay in discovering effective medicines. The writer further argues that deaths through experimentation are no less than murder and are absolutely unnecessary.

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Animal Testing - The Cons
Animal Testing - The Pros
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The use of animal testing increased in the United States in the late 19th century and as a reaction to it, groups that spoke for the rights of animals were formed. If one asks the people conducting experiments on animals as to why they do such a thing, their initial response would be that animals are like humans. When asked why they consider it to be morally okay to experiment on animals but not humans, they would say that animals are not like us (Anonymous). Animal testing is not a requirement by law either and hence there is no reason why one should continue with these unethical practices. Each year, millions of animals are tested upon in the United States and such experiments include the isolation of baby monkeys from their mothers. This is inhuman and as no human would put a baby away from his mother, similarly no human should put a baby animal away from its mother."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Anonymous - Animal Testing 101. [Online website] Available from: http://www.stopanimaltests.com/animalTesting101.asp [Accessed on: 13/04/08]
• Karen Lee Stevens - Animal Testing Alternatives. [Online website] Available from: http://www.allforanimals.com/alternatives1.htm [Accessed on: 13/04/08]
• Peter Tatchell -Why Animal Research Is Bad Science: The Government Is Wrong to Support Vivisection-And Not Only Because of the Suffering Caused to Non-Human Creatures. Most Human Diseases Are Unique to Us, and Testing on Other Species Is Downright Misleading. Magazine Title: New Statesman. Volume: 133. Issue: 4700. Publication Date: August 9, 2004. Page Number: 18+.
• Andrew N. Rowan - Article Title: Ethical Review and Te Animal Care and Use Committee. Journal Title: The Hastings Center Report. Volume: 20. Issue: 3. Publication Year: 1990. Page Number: 19+.
• Anonymous - Uncaged Campaigns: End Vivisection. [Online website] Available from: http://www.uncaged.co.uk/ [Accessed on: 13/04/08]

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