Arguments Against Animal Testing

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The definition for animal rights is the idea that animals are entitled to the possession of their own lives, and that their most basic interests is not suffering and that they should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. With this definition in mind, I believe that animal testing is wrong. We have no right to value an animal’s life over our own. What gives us the right to use animals in such a way for our own wellbeing? Just because we have a higher intelligence, it doesn’t necessary mean we are better than other animals on the planet. I think that using animals for testing is a pointless exercise, as even though some animals may have similar anatomies to our own, they are not completely the same, and this means that even if you successfully tested a drug on an animal the results may not be the same for humans, for example, researchers have found a cure for cancer in mice, but it simply doesn’t work for humans. However, I do agree that drugs have to be tested, but only on things such a human tissue grown in a lab. I believe that this would be better as it will show what effect the drug in question would have on the human body and it is more humane than testing on animals. Also many of the things that are tested are cosmetics; this just shows how vain and selfish we humans are. Now let's move on to some of the awful things coming from animal testing. I feel that animal testing is definitely giving us information but it is not worth it for all the pain the animals are experiencing. Did you know some of the animals are not even properly sedated? In fact, almost ten per cent aren't and 9 % of the ones who are die. In research labs, animals are screamed at, hit, and stuffed in tiny cages when researchers are finished using them. It is also stated that ninety-two per cent out of every 100 drugs that passed animal
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