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ANIMAL
EXPERIMENTATION
Tommie Clark
INTRODUCTION
 There are extremely
different perspectives
when looking at
animal testing
 A proper compromise
would involve a set of
measures being put in
place in order to
secure the future use
of animals in research
THESIS
 One perspective is that any type of experimentation performed
on any type of animal is cruel and unethical while also being
executed without proper constraints. With this being said,
animal experimentation does aid the advancement in the world
of science while allowing investigation into scientific questions.
Therefore a proper compromise would involve a set of measures
being put in place in order to secure the future use of animals in
research.
AGAINST ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION
Cruel and
u n e t h ic a l t o
animals
Animals
rarely serve
as good
models for
the human
body
Condition of
animals does
not add up to
real life
scenarios
Executed
without proper
restraints
Test drugs on
humans
anyway
Animal
Welfare Actallows
animals to be
burned,
shocked,
poisoned,
isolated,
starved, and
more
EXAMPLES
 Most of the drugs used
on animals have
different responses
from those on humans
 Penicillin kills guinea
pigs but is inactive in
rabbits
 Aspirin kills cats and
causes birth defects in
rats, mice, guinea pigs,
dogs, and monkeys
 Morphine, a
depressant in humans,
stimulates goats, cats,
and horses
PRO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION
 Advancement due to
animal experimentation
 We are affected every day
by at least one thing that
has been influenced by
animal testing
 Many of the things we take
for granted would not exist
 Allows investigation of
scientific questions
 Medical field impacted by
use of animals- discoveries
and treatments
EXAMPLES
 Discovery of diabetes
cure by dog
experimentation with
insulin
 Treatment of rabies,
arthritis, whooping
cough, leprosy,
diphtheria, rubella,
measles, and anthrax
due to animal
experimentation
MEDIATION
There is a “brighter future” for all animals and animal activists due to the
“cutting-edge” technology we have today.
• This includes “human clinical and epidemiological studies, human
tissue- and cell-based research methods, cadavers, and sophisticated
high-fidelity human patient simulators,” (Animal).
• These methods are “more reliable, more precise, less expensive, and
more humane than animal experiments,” (Animal).
Improve
conditions
for lab
animals
Red
uce the
number of
animals
used in
experiment
Inv
estigate
alternative
approach
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ESSAY WORKS CITED
"Animal Testing Is Bad Science: Point/Counterpoint." Peta: People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals. Web. 19 Mar. 2012.
<http://www.peta.org/issues/animals- used-for-experimentation/animal-testing-badscience.aspx>.
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