Should Animals Be Used For Medical Testing

Animal Testing | Pros & Cons | ProCon.org

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An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human …

Why Animal Research? | Animal Research at …

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There are several reasons why the use of animals is critical for biomedical research: • Animals are biologically very similar to humans. In fact, mice share more than 98% …

Pro and Con: Animal Testing | Britannica

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Animals are appropriate research subjects because they are similar to human beings in many ways. Animals must be used in cases when ethical …

The Ethics of Animal Experimentation – HOPES …

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Answers to Common Arguments for Animal Testing | PETA

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Even when alternatives to the use of animals are available, U.S. law does not require that they be used—and often they aren’t. Because the AWA specifically excludes rats, mice, …

Should Animals Be Used in Laboratory Testing? (Op-Ed)

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While most researchers who support animal testing seem to feel this is a regrettable but necessary practice, some, such as Dr. John VandeBerg, director of the …

6 Pros and Cons of Animal Testing for …

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Although there are alternate methods of testing medications and cures, the results they render might not be relevant to humans. Because some animals can …

Using animals in experiments - The Humane Society of …

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Animals used in experiments include baboons, cats, cows, dogs, ferrets, fish, frogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, horses, llamas, mice, monkeys (such as marmosets and macaques), …

Arguments against animal testing | Cruelty Free …

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The harmful use of animals in experiments is not only cruel but also often ineffective. Animals do not naturally get many of the diseases that humans do, such as major types …

Should Animals Be Used in Scientific Experiments?

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The purpose of testing on these animals and reaching a treatment to attack against a disease is what gives us initial hope that it will work on humans. If researchers …