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Animal Research

            
             The world as we know it has progressed through a series of changes throughout the last couple of centuries. Almost all of this progress can be traced back to technology. Technology has allowed humans to do everything from flying a plane to creating clones. Along with the economical and educational benefits of technology have come medical advances. The phenomenal success of medicine throughout the 20th century can be attributed mainly to technology and the brilliant minds that applied it to medicine. However, the advancement of medicine and human health has not come without costs. One such cost is that in order to find new and more effective forms of treatment, scientists have sacrificed many animals in their testing and research. This has raised the moral question of whether animals should or should not be used in medical research? Although there are some legitimate concerns in addressing this topic, we as humans must answer this question with an emphatic yes!.
             However, by saying that animals should be used in medical testing and research, we must recognize our obligations and responsibilities to these animals. We must not lose sight of the overall goals of the testing and research being done: to find cures for diseases and disorders and to ease pain and suffering (and that goes for all species). Scientists must also continue to use Russell and Burch's "three Rs" as a guideline for research and continue to look for newer and better alternative methods of research. New test-tube research is a perfect example of the new techniques that scientists have and must continue to use in place of animals. As humans continue to gain more knowledge we must also realize the errors of our past ways, and there is evidence that we have. For example, the overall number of animals being used has decreased all over the world. There has also been a dramatic decrease in the amount of experiments that intentionally inflict discomfort and/or pain on animal subjects.


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1. Animal Research

Medical research is not the only department using animals. ... So, how do animals become injected into the research picture? ... Animal research continues to happen because "animal research is flexible-it can be used to prove' almost anything."" (11) The list continues to grows. Animal research is "know-, animal research is controllable, animal research is traditional, animal is readily funded, and animal research is fast... Humans benefit more from animal research then the actually animals. ...

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2. Ethics of Social Behavioral Research

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3. Animal Research

Opponents of animal research argue that animal experimentation and animal testing is unethical and cruel. ... Now, however, animal-rights activists want to stop the use of animals for scientific and medical research. ... The scientific-research community defends animal testing, claiming that animal research is necessary to develop life-saving medicines and technologies. ... Researchers agree that the use of animals is absolutely critical for most of the HIV/AIDS research conducted today. ... Today, animal research remains controversial. ...

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4. Ethnics of Animal Experimentation

Animal research creates controversy between people who agree with animal research and the people who believe research with animals is cruelty. ... These extremists want the total abolition of all animal research. ... Animal research is a necessity and should continue because animals are considerable inferior to humans, it helps researchers find drugs and treatments, and animals are sometimes benefitted as well. Animal research extremists argue that animals are morally equal to humans. ... Without the human rights, animals are allowed to be used for research. ...

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5. The Cruelty of Animal Experimentation

Each year, millions of animals are tortured, mutilated, and infected with painful diseases in research laboratories until they die. ... Nevertheless, AWA excludes 95% of animals used in research; mice, rats, farm animals, and cold blooded animals, like fish and reptiles. ... Researchers do multiple experiments on the same animal until the helpless victim is no longer useful, some animals even die during the testing process. ... Non-animal research methods have been proven to be more efficient, less time consuming, and more affordable. ... In the last analysis, animal testing is an ancient rese...

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6. Animal Research

For generations, psychologists have used animals in forms of research. ... But what we really need to ask ourselves is - is it ethical to use animals in research? ... why do we have to use animals for research? ... In thirty articles and fourty - three letters on animal research ethics. Sixty percent supported animal research and only ten percent opposed it. ...

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7. Advantages of Animal Testing in Medical Research

Medical research involving animals has done much to promote the health of the human race. ... The animal supply for medical research is also virtually endless. Animals are easily bred specifically for animal research. ... A valuable result of animal research is that it saves human lives. ... Many would argue that animal testing is cruel and that results from animal research transfer over to humans. ...

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8. Animal testing

Animal testing should be illegal for the following reasons:each year millions of innocent animals are killed during painfull tests and research. ... Animal testing is making it right to kill animals and that is wrong. What IS Happening To The Animals Animals getting tested and researched on are forced to inhale things hours at a time,have their backs shaved and have chemicals put on them, they are held down and have things dripped in their eyes such as face washes,soaps,shampoos. ... proof animal testing doesn't always work Some...

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9. animal testing

Animal testing should be illegal for the following reasons: Each year millions of innocent animals are killed during painfull tests and research. ... Animal testing is making it right to kill animals and that is wrong. What IS Happening To The Animals Animals getting tested and researched on are forced to inhale things hours at a time,have their backs shaved and have chemicals put on them, they are held down and have things dripped in their eyes such as face washes,soaps,shampoos. ... proof animal testing doesn't always work Sometimes even after the product is marke...

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