Tommie Clark

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION

There are extremely different perspectives when looking at animal testing

A proper compromise would involve a set of measures being put in place in order to secure the future use of animals in research

INTRODUCTION

One perspective is that any type of experimentation performed on any type of animal is cruel and unethical while also being executed without proper constraints. With this being said, animal experimentation does aid the advancement in the world of science while allowing investigation into scientific questions. Therefore a proper compromise would involve a set of measures being put in place in order to secure the future use of animals in research.

THESIS

Cruel and unethical to animals

Animals rarely serve as good models for the human bodyCondition of animals does not add up to real life scenarios

Executed without proper restraints

Test drugs on humans anywayAnimal Welfare Act- allows animals to be burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, and more

AGAINST ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION

Most of the drugs used on animals have different responses from those on humans

Penicillin kills guinea pigs but is inactive in rabbits

Aspirin kills cats and causes birth defects in rats, mice, guinea pigs, dogs, and monkeys

Morphine, a depressant in humans, stimulates goats, cats, and horses

EXAMPLES

Advancement due to animal experimentation We are affected every day

by at least one thing that has been influenced by animal testing

Many of the things we take for granted would not exist

Allows investigation of scientific questions Medical field impacted by

use of animals- discoveries and treatments

PRO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION

Discovery of diabetes cure by dog experimentation with insulin

Treatment of rabies, arthritis, whooping cough, leprosy, diphtheria, rubella, measles, and anthrax due to animal experimentation

EXAMPLES

Improve conditions for lab animals

Reduce the number of animals used in experiment

Investigate alternative approach

MEDIATIONThere is a “brighter future” for all animals and animal activists due to the “cutting-edge” technology we have today.• This includes “human clinical and epidemiological

studies, human tissue- and cell-based research methods, cadavers, and sophisticated high-fidelity human patient simulators,” (Animal).

• These methods are “more reliable, more precise, less expensive, and more humane than animal experiments,” (Animal).

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ESSAY WORKS CITED

"Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint." Peta: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. <http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/animal-testing-bad-science.aspx>. Dixon, Thomas. "Animal Experimentation: Debatabase - Debate Topics and Debate Motions." IDEA: International Debate Education Association. 28 June 2000. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. <http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=7>. Nelson, Laura. "Britain Seeks Compromise on Animal Research." Nature.com. Nature Publishing Group. Web. 22 Mar. 2012.

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