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Animal Testing

The document discusses the ethical debate surrounding animal testing for new drugs and procedures, highlighting both its necessity for medical advancements and the concerns over animal suffering. While animal testing has contributed to the development of many treatments, critics argue that it is often unnecessary and ineffective, especially for non-essential products. The document calls for minimizing suffering in animal testing and suggests exploring more humane alternatives.

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Animal Testing

The document discusses the ethical debate surrounding animal testing for new drugs and procedures, highlighting both its necessity for medical advancements and the concerns over animal suffering. While animal testing has contributed to the development of many treatments, critics argue that it is often unnecessary and ineffective, especially for non-essential products. The document calls for minimizing suffering in animal testing and suggests exploring more humane alternatives.

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Should animals be used in testing new drugs and procedures?

A large number of animals undergo painful suffering or death because of scientific


research into the effects of drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other chemical
products. While many people think animal testing is necessary, others are upset by
what they see as needless suffering. This essay looks at some of the positive and
negative aspects of animal testing.

Many drugs and medical procedures have been developed from experiments on
animals. Since animals share many features with humans, scientists use animals to test
the safety and effectiveness of newly developed drugs and treatment before pilot
testing on small groups of patients. Medical teams practice new operating techniques
such as transplants on animals. Without animal testing, many procedures or new drugs
would be extremely unsafe.

However, many people are concerned that animals are suffering unnecessarily. They
do not believe that every new drug needs to be tested on animals, especially with the
huge database of information and modern computer models that we have. They are
also worried that many animal tests are ineffective, pointing out that many drugs have
had to be withdrawn from the market despite extensive testing. They particularly
argue that animal testing should not be used for non-essential products such as
cosmetics and cleaning products. Furthermore, some campaigners claim that certain
tests should be replaced and more humane methods need to be used.

We need to make sure that the millions of animals that are used for testing new
products are guaranteed a minimum of suffering. Although some animal testing may
be unavoidable at present, treating our fellow creatures as mercifully as possible will
demonstrate our humanity.

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