Debates About Animal Testing

An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the united states for scientific and commercial testing.

Debates about animal testing. Animals have feelings just like us. Because animals as distant from humans as mice and rats share many physiological and genetic similarities with humans animal experimentation can be tremendously helpful for furthering medical science. Animal testing is a cruel way of trying to find results that aren t always trustworthy. I am con for this debate because i am against animal testing and i believe it should be stopped.

As such animal testing is not merely subjugation of animal life to human life but a necessary step in preserving earth s biology writ large. Lab animals are cared for by dedicated veterinarians who are committed to ensuring test animals have a high quality of life. In addition scientists are working on new technologies for medical research as an alternative to animal testing. Rounds 1 accepting and presenting our arguments to the case 2 rebuttal 3 rebuttal 4 rebuttal 5 concluding our arguments.

Arguments against animal testing. The debate on animal experimentation august 10 2013 at first glance animal testing may seem cruel and unethical a clear injustice to a sentient being that has done no wrong and has no voice through which to stand up against such treatment. Lab animals lead fine lives. There are organ chips that already exist of the lung heart and kidneys.

However it is prudent and vital to consider the. It is estimated that 50 to 100 million vertebrate animals worldwide from zebrafish to non human primates are used annually. Although much larger numbers of invertebrates are used and the use of flies and worms as model organisms is very important experiments on invertebrates are largely. The diseased or healthy tissue can be used for testing.

We now have alternatives such as bio engineering and computer modeling that can provide us better more accurate results than animal testing. Animals do not get many of the human diseases that people do such as major types of heart disease many types of cancer hiv parkinson s disease or schizophrenia. Animals are used to develop medical treatments determine the toxicity of medications check the safety of products destined for human use and other biomedical commercial and health care uses research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 bc. Those in opposition to animal testing primarily base their arguments on ethics morality and the unreliable nature of using animals as test subjects.

The debate on animal experimentation. Hurting animals is the same way as hurting people. Animal testing is so not good. Animal testing or animal research is the use of non human animals in scientific experimentation.

Use of animals in experiments about 31 1 of animals in science are used in basic research while 11 9 are used for translational and applied research which includes projects that test primary. However there is an ongoing debate about the ethics of animal experimentation.