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The Pros and Cons
Animal TestingAnimal Testing
Pros of Animal Testing
•Medical Research• Consumer Product Testing• Education Research
Pros of Animal Testing
• Medical Research:
1.used to save humans from illnesses or help them lead better, healthier lives
2.the studies are often beneficiary to animals such as the case of heartworm medicine
3.using animals with certain characteristics similar to ours to minimize the number used
Pros of Animal Testing
Research or Testing improved (treatment for)1. Open-Heart Surgery – repair of the heart while blood flow is
maintained mechanically2. Rhesus Factor – Rh positive people have in blood, causes
hemolysis and anemia3. Hepatitis – inflammation of the liver caused by infectious
and/toxic agents4. Burns – caused by hot things such as fire or things on a fire5. Memory Research 6. Psychiatric and Psychological Studies – to treat mental disorders
or studying the mind7. AIDS – caused by the advancement of HIV, causes susceptibility
to a number of infections8. Cancer Research – to find possible ways of treatment for cancer
Cons of Animal Testing
•Morality•Necessity/Validity•Usefulness
Cons of Animal Testing
Morality1. Supporters say animals have the right to
live their own lives peacefully.2. Also said that we shouldn’t be allowed to
mess with them just because we can.
Cons of Animal Testing
Necessity/Validity1. Research-related deaths are considered…
a. Unnecessaryb. Morally not different from murder
2. Animal dissection is regarded as misleading.
Cons of Animal Testing
Usefulness1. Some believe many of the goals of this type of testing
are not significant.Ex: the blinding of rabbits for new mascara and other makeup
2. Effects of the drug on animal may differ from human reaction.
3. Being in unnatural conditions or pain and distress may cause inaccurate or consistent results.
Animal Testing
• Whether or not animal testing is right or wrong in any sense, it has lead to breakthroughs in medical technology and other studies.
• Not all studies lead to positive results so the testing may have been a waste. By supporters it is considered a lesson learned that we know there may not be an effective cure or outcome of the tests.
Animal Testing
Pro-Testing Organizations• Pro-Test• Americans for Medical Progress• FBR
Anti-Testing Organizations• PETA• BUAV• AAVS• SAEN• ASPCA• MACS
Animal Testing
• Nearly every state in the US has an anti-animal testing organization and almost every large country has the same.
BibliographyPeter, Singer. Animal Liberation. Random House 1990McCoy, J.J.. Animals in Research. 1993www.soulcast.com/post/.../Animal - Testing/---the-pros-and-cons