Experimenting on animals?

Question

i'm suppose to write an essay, but i cant think of an idea or it!! can u plz help me give some ideas? here's the topic:

people have experimented on non-human animals for people's needs like medicine. do you agree on this? why or why not?

ps: could u maybe write how we can stop this too?

thank u sooo much!

Answer 1

Experimenting on animals is cruel.

I don't think animals should be experimented on because they are not like humans. Testing on animals (like mice) and seeing good results does not mean our bodies will react the same way theirs did. It is a whole different anatomy. So why abuse a helpless animal for no reason? To form another hypothesis?

I strongly suggest you look up the experimentation IAMS has done on their animals. It's terrifying and unreal!

And as for what we can do: Do not purchase any products from companies who test on animals. Items usually have labels that state they did not test on animals in the making of the product. Also, look up a few dog/cat food companies, you would be surprised by how many animals they have killed to con money out of our society. (Like IAMS!!) (youtube also has a video on it somewhere, where somebody went under cover in an IAMS testing facility. Its extremely sad.

Answer 2

Animal testing or animal research is the use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation. It is estimated that 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide — from zebrafish to non-human primates — are used annually.

For details visit following site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_test...

What's wrong with animal experiments?

http://www.alv.org.au/issues/experiments...

Answer 3

Animal testing is cruel. And even if a medicine did work on an animal, who's to say that it will work on a human?

Answer 4

Animal testing is not only barbaric, it is unscientific - animals react differently to humans to many substances, rendering many tests pointless. For example, a contraceptive called Tamoxifen was once developed which was tested on rats. It worked as intended, and was given to humans. However, it had the opposite effect on women, actually increasing their fertility! There are many other examples, some of which had much more harmful consequences. I don't know if you remember it, but a couple of years ago a drug called TGN1412 was tested on some human volunteers, and very nearly killed them - they were on life support for some time, and were left with permanent health problems. Prior to being given to these people, this drug had already been tested on monkeys at a dose 500 times stronger than that which was given to the humans, without causing the monkeys any ill effects. Aspirin, helpful to humans, causes birth defects in cats. Penicillin kills guinea pigs. 6-azauridine, a cancer drug which can be used in humans for long periods, will kill dogs in a few days in even small doses. The list goes on.

I realize that some people feel that animal testing is necessary and that the end justifies the means - these people are entitled to their opinion, but I do not share it, personally. I don't think a human's life should be considered more important than a dog's or a rat's or a monkey's - animals have just as much right to live as we do, and the right to live that life free of pain and misery. As noted philosopher Jeremy Bentham put it, the central question is not "Can they reason?" nor "Can they talk?", but "Can they suffer?" And obviously they can. Our greater intelligence gives us a responsibility to protect other species, not the right to use and abuse them for our own ends.

Answer 5

animal testing is cruel it is like one step from human mutations just cuz animals are small or weaker than us doesn't give us the right to take advantage of than especially for something stupid like shampoo u should go to peta.com they could help u