Animal Experimentation Should Be Prohibited

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Animal experimentation should be prohibited As the development of the medical science, some incurable diseases such as cancer, dementia and HIV are healable or controlled by medicine. Because of animal experimentation, these achievements are successful. Except medical research, animal experimentation is also used into two broad categories: product testing such as new medicine and cosmetic, high school science lab uses animal for dissection to train student. Many people, however, are opposed to the idea of animal experimentation because it is unethical. The aim of this essay is to discuss whether animal experimentation would be disallowed and the objections against the idea. One strong argument in favour of the animal experimentation is the fact that it is used to develop new medicines and test the adjustability of the medicine. If there are no animal experiments, a new medicine cannot be developed and the development of the medical treatment will be strictly affected. Medicinal science is vitally important for human development. As Richards[1] points out, human testing is an only solution to replace animal testing. Although human testing is the most accurate method to test the efficiency of the product, it is a taboo subject and it is not allowed. For this reason, animal experiment must be continued in order to have the new treatment of HIV and cancer. Many people, however, are opposed to the idea of animal experimentation because it is cruel and inhumanity. Scientists care only about their research and achievements, not the animal. Animal is treated as an experiment’s tool which there is no feeling. There are many animal used on the animal experiments. According to the US department of Agriculture[2], there are over 900,000 animals used for medicinal research, dissect procedures and educational training. There is statistics showing that one animal is killed
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