“Animal is used in its broadest sense to encompass all animate life forms” (6). The issues with-in testing deal with the welfare of these animals, the moral principal, regulatory umbrellas under which experiments are conducted, and the efforts made towards finding alternatives to animal testing. According "Animal Experimentation: A Guide To The Issues," animals are used for: biological research, genetic research, behavioral research, education and training, and product testing.
Those who support animal testing would lead us to believe that without the work of scientist who use animals as test subjects, causalities among us “humans” would increase. “In recent years has been the recognition that animals rarely serve as good models for the human body” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). One would think that infecting animals with a disease they normally do not contract would not be viable for factual information. “Fortunately, a wealth of cutting-edge, non-animal research methodologies promises a brighter future for both animal and human health” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). According to Peta the only reason people are under the impression that medical advances attribute to animal experiments is because of the media, experimenters, universities and lobbying groups exaggerate the potential of animal experiments to lead to new cures and the role they have played in past medical advances. I feel that there is too much exaggeration towards helpful medical outbreaks due to animal testing. There are other ways to gain “medical success” without undermining the animals. “The fact is that we already do test new drugs on people. No matter how many animal tests are undertaken, someone will always be the first human to be tested on” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). Tests towards animals is painful and unjustified; animals are being burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, forcibly restrained, addicted to drugs, and brain-damaged. There are other ethical options. “Human clinical and epidemiological studies, human tissue- and cell-based research methods, cadavers, sophisticated high-fidelity human patient simulators and computational models are more reliable, more precise, less expensive, and more humane than animal experiments” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). There is much to be said on behalf of animals and the testing they undergo.
Those who support animal testing would lead us to believe that without the work of scientist who use animals as test subjects, causalities among us “humans” would increase. “In recent years has been the recognition that animals rarely serve as good models for the human body” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). One would think that infecting animals with a disease they normally do not contract would not be viable for factual information. “Fortunately, a wealth of cutting-edge, non-animal research methodologies promises a brighter future for both animal and human health” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). According to Peta the only reason people are under the impression that medical advances attribute to animal experiments is because of the media, experimenters, universities and lobbying groups exaggerate the potential of animal experiments to lead to new cures and the role they have played in past medical advances. I feel that there is too much exaggeration towards helpful medical outbreaks due to animal testing. There are other ways to gain “medical success” without undermining the animals. “The fact is that we already do test new drugs on people. No matter how many animal tests are undertaken, someone will always be the first human to be tested on” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). Tests towards animals is painful and unjustified; animals are being burned, shocked, poisoned, isolated, starved, forcibly restrained, addicted to drugs, and brain-damaged. There are other ethical options. “Human clinical and epidemiological studies, human tissue- and cell-based research methods, cadavers, sophisticated high-fidelity human patient simulators and computational models are more reliable, more precise, less expensive, and more humane than animal experiments” (Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint). There is much to be said on behalf of animals and the testing they undergo.