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English 103
Paper #1 Animal Rights
ïAn Argument For Animal Research
Medicine has come a very long way since the days
when men used to puncture holes into the skull to
release tension or evil spirits. In the last one
hundred years, for the sake of humanity, numerous
vaccinations have been developed, disease and disorders
of all types have been prevented, surgical techniques
have been advanced, drugs have been developed to cure
ailments and the list continues endlessly. The
progress that has been achieved in knowledge as well as
safety in medical practice is correlated directly to
animal research. It is one argument to control animal
research so that needless death of animals are not
rendered, but it is absolutely different to argue that
animals have rights which supersede human subsistence.
'For most of the past decade, the animal-rights
movement hasn't merely opposed animal research; it has
tried to destroy it.'
( ïThe Wall Street Journalî,
'Animals and Sickness', Page 378.) Animal rights
advocates and activists generally have ethical
objections regarding treatment of animals during
experimentation, but the use of animals in research for
the benefit of all people is and always will be
justifiable.
Over 99 percent of all animal experiments are on
rats and mice developed expressly for laboratory use.
'Less than 1 percent of experiments involve cats, dogs,
farm animals, nonhuman primates, frogs, fish, and
birds.' ( ïEncyclopedia of Medicine, AMAî, 'Animal
Experimentation', Page 110.) Animal rights advocates
try to sway public opinion by showing grotesque
pictures of destroyed cats, dogs, farm animals,
dolphins, and monkeys which account for less than 1
percent of the experiments, yet it seems 99 percent of
their advertising and campaigning deal with this one
percent. At least the American public realizes even
those who portray...
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Animal testing is needed because people like you will settle for second best. Animal testing is very inaccurate. Penicillin kills rats, asprin is toxic to cats. I am also disappointed to see that all you and the scientists, or so they call themselves, care about is space, money and time spent on a test subject. How would you feel if you were bred in captivity for the sole purpose to be tortured and eventually killed for the good of someone who thinks you are a piece of property who is does no more than take up space. Scientists would have to feel this way because anyone who cared in the least bit wouldn't be able to live with what they do to the animals.
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