Essays on Animal Testing

            Animal testing is a very controversial topic around the world, especially between scientists and researches and animal rights advocates. Although the arguments presented about the wrongness or rightness of such practice vary, the choice on which to believe depends on people themselves. The practice of animal testing entails pros and cons that both sides…

A subject which always arouses strong feelings on both sides of the argument is the use of animals in medical research. I believe that, though this may have been necessary in the past, other ways can be developed to test drugs and, in the future, animals should not be used. One of my main reasons…

In my introduction I began it with a statement that was quite striking. Most people would not associate cute little animals with a killing scientist. Throughout the whole speech the problem and solution are organized problem-cause-solution pattern. In the first paragraph I state the actual problem which is what animal testing is, the second paragraph…

Every year, cosmetics companies kill millions of animals to test their products. Product testing is performed on animals to measure the levels of skin irritancy, eye tissue damage, and toxicity caused by substances used in the manufacture of cosmetics. tests involve general toxicity, eye and skin irritancy, photo toxicity and mutagenicity. Photo toxicity is a…

ntingAnimals: Testing , Extinction, Habitat Loss, and Mass HuntingWe, as humans, mistreat the animal population. On a smaller scale, the human population wastes domestic and wild, animals for medical testing, for their fur, and for entertainment such as dog fighting. These things may not seem to be globally threatening, yet the constant waste of certain…

Abbott, Alison. “More than a Cosmetic Change.” Nature, vol. 144, no. 6, 2005. ProQuest, doi: 438.7065. Accessed 29 Oct. 2016. This article focuses on the changes that are being made to minimize the use of animals in toxicology testing. The main problem scientist are facing is the replication of the physical tests. They are not…

Animal Testing Introduction Animal testing is a big business in the U.S. So-called breeding companies, such as the Wilmington, Mass.-based Charles River Laboratories Inc., create genetically modified laboratory animals, which they sell to universities, drug companies and medical research firms. In fiscal year 2004, Charles River Labs reported a net income of nearly $90 million….

Imagine yourself inside a 6 by 4 feet cell. You have been locked up for days and although they have been serving you a variety of seemingly appetizing meals, you refuse to eat. You insist that there’s something fishy about the food and you can just smell the dangers that lies in its ingestion.  Imagine…

Professor Charles R. Magel has stated, “Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: ‘Because the animals are like us.’  Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: ‘Because the animals are not like us.’  Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction” (“Animal…

Animal testing is a vital and common procedure that has raised controversy regarding humanistic values. Animal testing has allowed for the development of safe medicine, vaccines, and advancements in scientific knowledge. Without the sacrifices made during animal testing, we would not have the achievements in medication, knowledge, cosmetics, and saving lives. Without animal testing, it…